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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Times,Calibri, serif" class="">Call for Submissions: Persian Passages (Special issue of </font><i class="" style="font-family: 'Times,Calibri', serif;">Southerly)</i></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: 'Times,Calibri', serif;">Persian speakers from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have influenced Australian culture in many ways. What are the evocations
of Persian themes in Australian writing and culture? What are the contemporary heirs to Judith Wright's poem 'Hafiz of Shiraz'? And what is the image of Australia in contemporary Persian texts? Guest editors Laetitia Nanquette and Ali Alizadeh are calling
for submissions of poems, stories, non-fiction and literary papers for a special</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: 'Times,PT Serif', serif;"> issue of <i class="">Southerly </i>focusing on literary transactions between Australian and Persian
cultures. The editors are also interested in writings from Iranian, Afghan and Tajik writers engaging with Australia in any way. As the Persian-speaking community is becoming stronger in Australia and its cultural production diversifies, this issue aims to
offer to an Australian audience a rich sample of texts and perspectives focusing on Australian-Persian perspectives. This includes but is not limited to:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"> -<span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">Persia
and the contemporary nations of Persian culture (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan) in the Australian literary imaginary<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"> -<span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">Literary
relations and cultural interactions between Australian and Persian-speaking nations<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"> -<span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">Contemporary
Australian writers of Persian origin and their texts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"> -<span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">The
reception of Persian texts in Australia<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"> -<span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">New
forms of cultural or literary interaction between Persian-speaking cultures and the West<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"> -<span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">New
works of creative writing, by authors from any background, that speak to the themes and motifs of Persian culture and history</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Times;">With academic essays, please keep in mind that <i class="">Southerly</i> is a journal devoted to Australian literature. </span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">Please
submit only one story, one personal essay or up to 5 poems, at a time. </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Times;">Short fiction and literary non-fiction texts should be around 2,000-6,000 words. Submissions can be in English or Persian.
Please submit your texts online to the category “Persian Passages”: </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Times;"><a href="https://southerly.submittable.com/submit" class="">https://southerly.submittable.com/submit</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Times;">You can refer to Southerly’s guidelines: </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Times;"><a href="http://southerlyjournal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Submissions-guidelines-2015.pdf" class="">http://southerlyjournal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Submissions-guidelines-2015.pdf</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">Submissions due: 1<sup class="">st</sup> September 2016</span><span class="" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Times;">The issue will be published in April 2017.</span></span></p>
<div class=""><font face="Times" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The CFP can be seen online at this address: </font><font face="Times" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://southerlyjournal.com.au/2016/05/12/call-for-submissions-persian-passages-special-issue-of-southerly/" class="">http://southerlyjournal.com.au/2016/05/12/call-for-submissions-persian-passages-special-issue-of-southerly/</a></span></font></div>
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