[Commlist] CFP Deadline Extended: Mapping the Impossible Special Issue 'Fantasy Across Media'

*Call for Papers: /Mapping the Impossible/,//Special Issue ‘Fantasy 
Across Media’*

Extended submission deadline: 13 November 2022

/Mapping the Impossible /is an open-access student journal publishing 
peer-reviewed early-career research into fantasy and the fantastic.

For more information about the journal and submissions click here>>

https://fantasy-research.gla.ac.uk/index.php/submissions/ 
<https://fantasy-research.gla.ac.uk/index.php/submissions/>

*Aims and Scope*

We welcome submissions from undergraduate and postgraduate students (and 
from those who have graduated within the last year) from any higher 
education institution. We publish articles on any aspect of fantasy and 
the fantastic and any work within this transmedial genre. Increasingly, 
students from more established disciplines (including, but not limited 
to, Literature Studies, Game Studies, Film and Television Studies, Media 
Studies, Philosophy and Theology) elect to write essays on a fantasy 
related topic that intersects with their primary discipline.

*‘Fantasy Across Media’ CFP*

Our second Special Issue takes as its theme ‘Fantasy Across Media’, 
inspired by the works produced during this year’s GIFCon. Submissions 
are encouraged from those who presented during the conference, but also 
from fantasts far and wide who would like to share their perspectives on 
the Fantastic beyond the realms of literature.

To quote the GIFCon call for papers:

‘Fantasy and the fantastic have had long, rich histories outside of 
literature, playing a central role in the development of theatre, film, 
and comic books, and celebrating a more recent boom on the small screen. 
Furthermore, from the innumerable reimaginings of the Arthurian 
tradition, to The Wizard of Oz, to manga and anime, to contemporary 
multimedia franchises and cinematic universes, fantasy texts have been 
integral to the history of transmedia storytelling, allowing their rich 
storyworlds to expand across multiple media. By examining fantasy with a 
focus on media, we find a genre shaped in distinct ways by the many 
different media and creative industries that produce it, with specific 
creative processes and varying cultural media traditions opening onto 
distinct forms of fantasy that may not be properly accounted for in 
fantasy studies’ traditional focus on Anglophone literature.’

/Mapping the Impossible/exclusively accepts academic papers between 3000 
and 5000 words in length, including references but excluding 
bibliographies. Along with your paper, we ask you to submit a 300-500 
word long abstract, and a 100 word long biography. Please attach these 
to an email as separate Word documents, each clearly labelled with your 
name. For instance: TerryPratchettSubmission.docx, 
TerryPratchettAbstract.docx, TerryPratchettBiography.docx

Please note that we ask for your paper to conform to the /Mapping the 
Impossible/ *Style Guide* 
<https://fantasy-research.gla.ac.uk/index.php/style-guide/>when you 
submit it. Your paper should also be anonymised as far as possible when 
you submit it (except for the file name!), as per our double blind 
review policy.

When you’re ready to submit, send your email to 
(journal.for.fantasy /at/ gmail.com) with the subject line “Submission – [your 
name][date of submission]”. You will receive a confirmation email within 
seven days, to say that we have received your submission.

The board meets at least once a month to discuss submissions, and you 
should expect to hear back from us within five weeks.

Please email (journal.for.fantasy /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(journal.for.fantasy /at/ gmail.com)>for any queries regarding the call.

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