[csaa-forum] CFP for Special Edition of TEXT - extended deadline

[Jay Daniel Thompson]

 Dear colleagues,

Please find below and attached the CFP for a Special Edition of TEXT, now
with the deadline extended to 31 March 2015.

Warm regards,

Jay

*Call for Papers:* A Special Issue of TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing
Courses
http://www.textjournal.com.au/

*Editors: *Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson (University of Melbourne), 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still viable, twenty years after its inception, or has it been superseded?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.

*Extended Deadline for initial submissions: *March 31st 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 jaydthompson80 at gmail.com




*Dr. Jay Daniel ThompsonBook Reviews Editor, Journal of the Association for
the Study of Australian Literature (JASAL)*

*Orygen*


*The University of MelbourneParkville, Vic. 3052*
*Telephone: 0439 488 046*
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