[ecrea] CFP: Special Issue of 'Text' - 'Beyond Australia Queer'

Call for Papers: A Special Issue of TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing 
Courses

http://www.textjournal.com.au/



Editors: Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson (La Trobe University), Dr. Dallas J. 
Baker (Southern Cross University)



This special issue of TEXT reflects and builds on Australia Queer, a 
pioneering collection of queer writing. The 1990s saw the rise of queer 
theory and politics. Annamarie Jagose has described queer ‘as an 
umbrella term for a coalition of culturally marginal sexual 
self-identifications and … a nascent theoretical model which has 
developed out of more traditional lesbian and gay studies’ (1996: 1). In 
Australia, the arrival of queer was heralded by the work of writers such 
as Christos Tsiolkas, Dean Kiley and Fiona McGregor; the activism of 
groups such as the Australian chapter of ActUp; and scholarly work which 
includes journals such as Critical InQueeries (1995-98) and a 1996 
Special Edition of Meanjin, entitled ‘Australia Queer’.



For this Special Edition of TEXT, we are calling for 
submissions—fiction, scholarly non-fiction, plays and essays— that 
address the question of what ‘Australia queer’ might mean in the current 
historical moment. Is ‘queer’ still viable, twenty years after its 
inception, or has it been superseded? What does it mean, in the early 
twenty-first century, to be ‘Australian’ and ‘queer’? What might 
‘Australia queer’ mean?



Scholarly papers should be no more than six thousand words in length. 
Creative works will usually be 3,500 – 5,000 words in length, or poetry 
or short fiction up to 3,000 words in length, or as agreed by editors.



Creative work must be accompanied by an ERA research statement that 
clearly explains the submission’s relevance as a research outcome. 
Peruse any of TEXT journal’s Creative Writing as Research special issues 
to familiarise yourself with the ERA statements.



Deadline for initial submissions: March 1st 2015

Please include a brief biography (200 words max, in TEXT style) and 
ensure that you include your email address for reply. Submissions MUST 
be in TEXT style and formatting.

Final revised submissions Due: July 1st 2015. Publication Date: October 2015



Email: (Dallas.Baker /at/ scu.edu.au) or (Jay.Thompson /at/ latrobe.edu.au)





Warm regards,



Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson
Research and Publications Officer

Book Reviews Editor, Journal of the Association for the Study of 
Australian Literature (JASAL)
Judith Lumley Centre | La Trobe University| Level 3, 215 Franklin Street 
| Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: +61 3 9479 8792 | F: +61 3 9479 8811 | E: 
(jay.thompson /at/ latrobe.edu.au)  | www.latrobe.edu.au/jlc





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