[Commlist] CFP: Evolution of Story IV: Call for Chapters and Symposium Contributions on Micro-drama

We are inviting proposals for Small Screens, Big Stories: Storytelling, 
Seriality and Mobile Screen Culture, the working title for Evolution of 
Story IV.
This is a call for edited collection chapters and online symposium 
contributions exploring micro-drama as an emerging mobile-first 
narrative form.
The project is interested in how micro-drama is reshaping storytelling 
through short episodes, vertical viewing, serial hooks, emotional 
escalation, mobile screen culture, data-informed narrative, platform 
circulation and global audience behaviours.

We welcome proposals from scholars, practitioners, creative researchers, 
postgraduate researchers and industry professionals. Possible topics 
include micro-drama, mobile-first storytelling, vertical video, 
seriality, romance and melodrama, CEO dramas, genre diversification, AI, 
data-informed story development, localisation, transnational 
circulation, audience experience, experimental forms and future 
directions for screen storytelling.

There are two contribution routes:

Chapter track
For contributors who wish to have their work considered for inclusion in 
a proposed edited academic collection. Chapter track abstracts are due 
by 1 June 2026.

Symposium-only track
For contributors who wish to present at the online symposium without 
entering the edited collection development process. This track remains 
open until March 2027.

The edited collection will be proposed to an international academic 
publisher following the selection of chapter abstracts.

Submissions should include:
•	300-word abstract
•	100-word biography
•	five keywords
•	names, affiliations and contact details for all authors
•	indication of preferred route: chapter track, symposium-only track, or 
either route

Download the full call here: 
https://evolutionofstory.info/cfp-small-screens-big-stories/
Please send submissions and enquiries to:
(roy.hanney /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)


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