[Commlist] CfP - Queering Camelot - Fantastika special issue

Call for Papers

Queering Camelot: LGBTQQA+ Readings, Representations, and Retellings of 
Arthuriana Fantastika Special Issue
Guest Editors: Rebecca Jones and Sebastian F.K. Svegaard

https://www.fantastikajournal.com/cfps

A sequel to the Queering Fantastika issue, this is an open call for 
papers for a special issue of Fantastika Journal which will explore the 
queer side of Arthurian tales, adaptations, and fan-works including any 
and all media, whether directly adapting or only alluding to Camelot and 
Grail narratives. This issue will present a multivalent approach and is 
seeking both critical and critical practice-based research on this subject.
Submissions can range from historic analyses of Medieval manuscripts up 
to and beyond analysis of fan-works published yesterday. This 
exploration seeks to acknowledge the ways in which Arthuriana has a 
legacy steeped in ideas of gender roles and relations; sexual 
encounters, taboos, and restraints; and the limitations that society and 
individuals place on themselves which break relationships and create 
toxic spaces. By exploring how adaptations, readings, games, and 
fan-works reframe these narratives and choose to explore more queer 
pairings (shipping in fanfiction) or the relationships already there 
(the polyamorous potential of Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere and the 
swinger Lord and Lady of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) this special 
issue will open up new investigations of adaptation practice, fan 
responses and reframing, and present new readings of these old tales by 
allowing scholars and authors alike to take the chivalric and question 
how we engage with it today.

We welcome work on any kind of Arthurian narrative with a queer 
background in theory and/or praxis. These could be, but are not limited 
to, Dark is Rising (1965-1977), Mists of Avalon (1982), Fables 
(2002-2015), BBC's Merlin (2008-2012),  Once and Future (2019), Cursed 
(2020), The Green Knight (2021), or the tabletop role playing systems 
like Romance of the Perilous Lands (2019) and “The Lesbians in Avalon” 
setting for Advanced Lovers and Lesbians (2022). We are interested in 
all forms of media adaptation, allusion, and engagement. Subjects and 
ways of analysis may include, but are not limited to:

Critical and queer readings of Arthurian adaptations (ex. lesbian 
Morgana in Cursed, the homoerotic tension in Sir Gawain and the Green 
Knight)
Music and affect as queer and/or feminist influence in Arthurian adaptations
The queerness of chivalry and the Arthurian body (ex. the Fisher King's 
body being bound to the land)
Queering Camelot through casting
Creative adaptations/retellings of Arthuriana
Game worlds and player interactions in Arthuriana-inspired role playing, 
video games, and board games
We are seeking articles and creative-critical works which should be 
between 5000-7000 words. All submissions must include a 100-word author 
biography and a 500 word abstract along with any required content 
warnings at the end if applicable (warnings are not included in word count).
Creative-critical works should have a critical framework that informs 
its creative practice. This can either be critical discussion presented 
in a creative form following the tradition going back to Plato’s 
dialogues; or a creative piece that is accompanied by a critical 
reflective commentary (2000-4000 words). Submitted creative pieces must 
have a clear critical portion which contextualizes and highlights how 
the creative piece extends and responds to existing discourse on 
Queering Arthurian Legends. They should explore aspects of society, 
media and culture. For creative-critical abstracts, please explain the 
academic scope of the piece and how it relates to the theme of the 
journal. Feel free to email us if you have questions.

The deadline for submission is 26 August 2022, but early submissions or 
expressions of interest are encouraged. Email us if you have any 
questions about critical-creative submissions. And please check 
https://www.fantastikajournal.com/submission-guidelines for further 
submissions guidelines, including information about copyright. 
Fantastika is an open access journal supported by a team of volunteers.

The editors reserve the right to reject submissions that are not in 
keeping with the professional tones of Fantastika Journal or any which 
perpetuates a toxic environment. As well, we will not accept submissions 
arguing for the importance of studying Fantastika, and in the same vein 
we will not be accepting anything that argues for the importance of 
LGBTQIA+ representation and criticism. We take these arguments as a 
given and not open to debate. These ideas may of course be part of a 
larger and more nuanced analysis, but we do not accept submissions which 
have as its central aim arguing for its value.

All submissions will be peer reviewed. As part of this process, we may 
request contributors also join in the anonymous peer review process by 
reviewing 1-2 submissions.

Email all submissions to Rebecca Jones (she/they) and Sebastian Svegaard 
(he/him) at (Queering.Camelot /at/ gmail.com) using the subject line ‘Queering 
Camelot Submission’. We invite you to include your preferred pronouns in 
your submission email and bionote.
Fantastika is an open access, peer-reviewed journal and requires no 
payment from authors.
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