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\"\"<\/a>The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts<\/em>, published since 1988, is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of the fantastic in Literature, Art, Drama, Film, and Popular Media. It is published three times a year by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts<\/a>, JFA<\/em> welcomes papers on all aspects of the fantastic in world literatures and media, as well as interdisciplinary approaches including African\/Diaspora Studies, anthropology, area studies, critical game studies, disability studies, future studies, gender studies, history, Indigenous studies, music, philosophy, political science, postcolonial studies, psychology, queer studies, religious studies, science and technology studies, and sociology. All papers are made available in English and fully refereed.\u00a0 The journal is indexed in the MLA Bibliography.<\/p>\n

Book Reviews<\/h3>\n

JFA<\/em> also publishes reviews of scholarly works addressing the fantastic, broadly construed. Reviews of fiction are limited to reissues of speculative works with new introductions and scholarly apparatuses, and speculative works with the potential to impact scholarship in the genre. Books and other media received are advertised on the IAFA discussion list (which can be subscribed to through the IAFA homepage at www.iafa.org), and IAFA members are encouraged to suggest titles for review.<\/p>\n

To mail book copies for review and for queries or reviews of English-language publications, please contact Acquisitions and Reviews Editor-in-Chief Novella Brooks de Vita jfa.acquisitions@fantastic-arts.org and Submissions Editor-in-Chief Tedd Hawks at journal@fantastic-arts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 2026 general article submission window will be open until the beginning of June 2026. Book review queries and submissions remain open throughout the year. If you passed your accessibility screening and are already in process of working with us for a creative think piece or essay, please remain in touch with the editor with whom you have been working. If you are submitting to JFA Presents: The Ruthven Literary Bulletin<\/em><\/a>, follow issue-specific guidelines here or at the bottom of this page. Submissions for the focused issue will be open until June 2026 and acceptances will go out by September 2026. The issue will be published in early 2027. For submission information for the\u00a0Bulletin<\/em>, click here<\/a>.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Please make sure that essays and book reviews adhere to the JFA Submission, Accessibility and Sensitivity Review Handbook <\/em>and JFA In-House Style Guide <\/em>before submission to journal@fantastic-arts.org.  Please wait until this submission window closes before querying about review status.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JFAs-Submission-Accessibility-and-Sensitivity-Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current JFA In-House Style Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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