[ecrea] IALJS-7 in Toronto, May 2012

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*International Association for Literary Journalism Studies*

*“Literary Journalism: The Power and Promise of Story”*

*The Seventh International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies 
(IALJS-7)*

*Ryerson University*

*School of Journalism*

*Toronto, Canada*

*17-19 May 2012*

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The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies invites 
submissions of original

research papers, abstracts for research in progress and proposals for 
panels on Literary

Journalism for the IALJS annual convention on 17-19 May 2012. The 
conference will be held at

the School of Journalism and Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.

The conference hopes to be a forum for scholarly work of both breadth 
and depth in the field of literary journalism, and all research 
methodologies are welcome, as are research on all aspects of literary 
journalism and/or literary reportage. For the purpose of scholarly 
delineation, our definition of literary journalism is "journalism as 
literature" rather than "journalism about literature." The association 
especially hopes to receive papers related to the general conference 
theme, “Literary Journalism: The Power and Promise of Story." All 
submissions must be in English.

The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies is a 
multidisciplinary learned society whose essential purpose is the 
encouragement and improvement of scholarly research and education in 
literary journalism. As an association in a relatively recently defined 
field of academic study, it is our agreed intent to be both explicitly 
inclusive and warmly supportive of a variety of scholarly approaches.

Information on previous annual meetings can be found at 
http://www.ialjs.org/?page_id=33

*I. GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS*

Submitted research papers should not exceed 7,500 words, or about 25 
double-spaced pages, plus endnotes. Please regard this as an upper 
limit; shorter papers are certainly welcome. Endnotes and bibliographic 
citations should follow the /Chicago Manual of Style/. Papers may not be 
simultaneously submitted to any other conferences. Papers previously 
published, presented, accepted or under review are ineligible. Only one 
paper per author will be accepted for presentation in the conference’s 
research sessions, and at least one author for each paper must be at the 
convention in order to present the paper. If accepted, each paper 
presenter at a conference Research Session may be allotted no more than 
15 minutes. To be considered, please observe the following guidelines:

(a) *Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required*. No other 
format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.

(b) Include one separate title page containing title, author/s, 
affiliation/s, and the address, phone, fax, and e-mail of the lead author.

(c) Also include a second title page containing only the paper’s title 
and the paper’s abstract.

The abstract should be approximately 250 words in length.

(d) Your name and affiliation should /not /appear anywhere in the paper 
[this information will only appear on the first title page; see (b) above].

*II. GUIDELINES FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS (ABSTRACTS)*

Submitted abstracts for Work-in-Progress Sessions should not exceed 250 
words. If accepted, each presenter at a conference Work-in-Progress 
session may be allotted no more than 10 minutes. To be considered, 
please observe the following guidelines:

(a) *Submission by e-mail attachment using MS Word is required*. No 
other format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.

(b) Include one separate title page containing title, author/s, 
affiliation/s, and the address, phone, fax and e-mail of the lead author.

(c) Also include a second page containing only the work’s title and the 
actual abstract of the work-in-progress. The abstract should be 
approximately 250 words in length.

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*III. GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS FOR PANELS*

(a) *Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required*. No other 
format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.

(b) Panel proposals should contain the panel title, possible 
participants and their affiliation and e-mail addresses, and a 
description of the panel’s subject. The description should be 
approximately 250 words in length.

(c) Panels are encouraged on any topic related to the study, teaching or 
practice of literary journalism. See http://www.ialjs.org/?page_id=21.

*IV. EVALUATION CRITERIA, DEADLINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION*

All research paper submissions will be evaluated on originality and 
importance of topic; literature review; clarity of research purpose; 
focus; use of original and primary sources and how they support the 
paper’s purpose and conclusions; writing quality and organization; and 
the degree to which the paper contributes to the study of literary 
journalism. Similarly, abstracts of works-in-progress and panel 
proposals will be evaluated on the degree to which they contribute to 
the study of literary journalism. All submissions will be blind-juried, 
and submissions from students as well as faculty are encouraged.

*Please submit research papers or abstracts of works-in-progress 
presentations to:*

Prof. Isabel Soares, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)

20122 IALJS-7 Research Chair; e-mail: <(isoares /at/ iscsp.utl.pt)>

*Please submit proposals for panels to:*

Prof. Rob Alexander, Brock University (Canada)

2012 IALJS-7 Program Co-Chair; e-mail: <(ralexand /at/ brocku.ca)>

*_Deadline for all submissions: No later than 1 December 2011_*

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*For more information regarding the conference or the association, 
please go to*

*http://www.ialjs.org **or contact:*

Prof. Alice Trindade, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)

IALJS President; e-mail: <(atrindade /at/ iscsp.utl.pt)>

Prof. Bill Reynolds, Ryerson University (Canada)

IALJS First Vice President/Treasurer; e-mail: <(reynolds /at/ ryerson.ca)>

Pof,. Norman Sims, Secretary (U.S.A.)

IALJS Second Vice President; e-mail: <(sims /at/ journ.umass.edu)>

Prof. David Abrahamson, Northwestern University (U.S.A.)

Secretary; e-mail: <(d-abrahamson /at/ northwestern.edu)>

Prof. John S. Bak, Nancy-Université (France)

Founding IALJS President; e-mail: (john.bak /at/ univ-nancy2.fr)>