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JFA Special Issue on the Canadian Fantastic – Extended Deadline for Proposals

Although we’ve received a number of proposals for a special issue of JFA on the Canadian Fantastic, we were hoping to reach readers of the journal who might not also be on this listserv. However, due to unavoidable publication delays, the issues of the journal containing the CfP will arrive in mailboxes after the original deadline.

So we’re extending the deadline to February 15.

We’re defining the fantastic as broadly as does the conference, and hoping to see proposals on the work of many great Canadian writers including (but not limited to) R. Scott Bakker, Sylvie Bérard, A. M. Dellamonica, Charles de Lint, Cory Doctorow, Candas Jane Dorsey, William Gibson, Hiromi Goto, Phyllis Gotlieb, Nalo Hopkinson, Tanya Huff, Guy Gavriel Kay, Yves Meynard, Spider Robinson, Geoff Ryman, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, S. M. Stirling, Jean-Louis Trudel, Elisabeth Vonarburg, A. E. van Vogt, Robert Charles Wilson, toalphabetizeonly a few of our northern stars.

Please submit a 300-word proposal by February 15, 2012 to both Graham Murphy (grahammurphy@trentu.ca) and Chrissie Mains (cemains@shaw.ca).

CFP: Coloquio Internacional — Lima, Peru

For all who speak Spanish and Portuguese, here is the CFP for an annual sf/f colloquium in Lima, Peru.

COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL

FINES DEL MUNDO: NARRATIVAS FANTÁSTICAS EN HISPANOAMÉRICA

Coloquiofanperú 2012

(en conmemoración de los 140 años del nacimiento

de Clemente Palma, Enrique López Albújar y Aurelio Arnao)

25, 26 y 27 de Octubre de 2012

Lima – Perú

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Estimada(o) colega:

El Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar, con el auspicio del Instituto de Investigaciones Humanísticas de

la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), tienen el agrado

de invitarla(o) al COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL: «FINES DEL MUNDO: NARRATIVAS FANTÁSTICAS EN

HISPANOAMÉRICA», evento que continúa con la exhumación de la obra de autores nacionales y latinoamericanos con

vínculos con lo fantástico. Este año el motivo central es el estudio sobre el Modernismo y la literatura finisecular

hispanoamericana, además de la reflexión sobre los propósitos y fines del mundo en su doble acepción.

Ejes temáticos propuestos:

1. Teorías de lo fantástico: entre la tradición y los nuevos paradigmas. Relaciones de lo fantástico con modalidades afines, como lo real maravilloso; el realismo mágico; lo maravilloso; lo policial; el horror; la ciencia ficción; la ghost-story; lo gótico; lo grotesco; la minificción; el humor; etc.

2. Literatura fantástica en Latinoamérica y Europa. Estudios de literatura comparada. Los estudios del fantástico peruano y latinoamericano y su relación con lo fantástico anglosajón y europeo. Análisis de textos en particular, además de estudios temáticos y de motivos fantásticos.

3. Utopías y distopías en la literatura hispanoamericana.

4. Arte fantástico latinoamericano y universal (cine, artes plásticas e historieta, entre otros).

5. Manifestaciones de lo fantástico peruano:

• Orígenes del cuento fantástico peruano. La tradición y otras formas narrativas decimonónicas.

• Clemente Palma y las publicaciones periódicas modernistas.

• El cuento fantástico peruano y su vinculación con la vanguardia.

• Narrativa fantástica peruana contemporánea.

• La tradición oral y sus vínculos con lo fantástico.

RESÚMENES Y PONENCIAS

El plazo de envío de la propuesta de sumilla (abstract) será el domingo 8 de julio de 2012. La sumilla, de aproximadamente 250 palabras, deberá contener: Título de la ponencia, resumen descriptivo, nombres completos, teléfonos y, de manera obligatoria, la filiación institucional. El Comité Organizador acusará recibo de las propuestas y notificará la aceptación de las sumillas antes del 22 de julio.

Para garantizar que el nombre del ponente y su trabajo aparezcan en el programa, la confirmación deberá hacerse a más tardar el 2 de septiembre.

La extensión de las ponencias no deberá exceder los 20 minutos de lectura oral. La lengua del Coloquio es el español y portugués.

Las sumillas y propuestas de mesas deberán ser enviadas únicamente a la siguiente dirección: coloquiofanperu@gmail.com

Los participantes, cuyas sumillas sean aprobadas, tendrán plazo hasta el 31 de agosto para enviar una copia de su ponencia, la cual no deberá exceder las 10 cuartillas (excluida la bibliografía), en formato A-4, Arial 12, a doble espacio y con el citado de fuentes según el sistema internacional del MLA. Estas serán editadas en las actas digitales.

INSCRIPCIONES

Las cuotas de inscripción para el Coloquio son las siguientes:

• Ponentes provenientes de entidades europeas y norteamericanas: US$ 60.= (sesenta dólares americanos)

• Ponentes provenientes de entidades latinoamericanas, africanas o asiáticas: US$ 40.= (cuarenta dólares americanos)

• Ponentes provenientes de entidades peruanas: S/. 60.= (sesenta nuevos soles)

COSTO DE CERTIFICACIÓN PARA ASISTENTES NO PONENTES

Público en general y estudiantes: S/. 30.= (treinta nuevos soles)

Los pagos por derecho de inscripción y/o certificación de asistencia deberán ser cubiertos en la sede del Coloquio, antes de la sesión inaugural del evento.

En espera de recibir sus resúmenes y contar con su valiosa participación, la(o) saludamos cordialmente.

EL COMITÉ ORGANIZADOR
Elton Honores Vásquez
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
Gonzalo Portals Zubiate
Universidad Científica del Sur
Gonzalo Cornejo Soto
Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar

Asesor Académico:
Marcel Velázquez Castro
Instituto de Investigaciones Humanísticas
Facultad de Letras y CC. HH.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Contacto:
Página web: www.celacp.org/web/
Teléfono: (511) 449-0331
Blog del evento: coloquiofanper.blogspot.com
Correo: coloquiofanperu@gmail.com

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS ANTONIO CORNEJO POLAR
Av. Benavides 3074 – Óvalo de Higuereta, Miraflores / Teléfonos: 449-0331, 216-1029
Correo electrónico: difusión@celacp.org / Página web: http://www.celacp.org/web/

SFWA Names Connie Willis Recipient of the 2011 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

We’re delighted to see the following announcement on the SFWA site:

SFWA is proud to announce author Connie Willis as the 2011 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for her contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The author of fifteen novels and over fifty short stories and novellas, Ms. Willis’s first novel, Water Witch, co-written with Cynthia Felice, was released in 1982. In 1992, Bantam Spectra released Willis’s Doomsday Book, which went on to win the Hugo, the Nebula and the Locus Awards for Best Novel. As of 2012, Ms. Willis has seven Nebula Awards, eleven Hugo Awards and four Locus Awards, among many others.

Ms. Willis is known to fans and colleagues for her generosity and humor, and her stories and anecdotes are frequently quoted long after their debut. She exemplifies the best this genre has to offer, and we are proud to welcome her to the rank of Grand Master.

Have you booked your hotel room yet?

Don’t forget to book your hotel room if you haven’t already! Hotel is filling up and our rates are only good through February 12!

* Rooms are US$129 (subject to 11.5% tax) — flat rate for single, double, or triple (no cots!).
* Convention rates are available until Friday, February 12th, but book earlier as the rooms often fill beforehand.
* Use our group rate code: “IAFIAFA”!
* IAFA members who join Marriott Rewards will receive free WiFi in their rooms.

Reasons to stay at the Marriott:
* Help IAFA! Many conference costs are included in the cost of your discounted rate.
* Free Internet/WiFi in-rooms for any member who joins Marriott Rewards at any level.
* Entry for a two free room night raffle (you must attend the banquet to win).

We hope you will help support our organization by staying at the hotel.

For reservations, call the hotel’s toll-free number, 800-380-6751 ext. 9290, or dial direct, 407-851-9000. You can also go to their web site.

Early Registration ends today!

Today is the due date for the early bird registration! Registration is $110 but only if you register today! It goes up $25 tomorrow and $55 on February 1.

We’re excited to bring you these new methods of working with us. We
realize that some of this is still a bit clunky and we’re working
diligently to get it all integrated to give you a wonderful experience so
we appreciate your patience as we get these new systems online.

Also new this year is pre-ordering your China Miéville t-shirt! Don’t
forget as quantities will be limited on-site!

Hey, folks!! Today is the due date for the early bird registration!
Registration is $110 but only if you register today!

You can print your form here:
http://fantastic-arts.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ICFA33_MembershipRegistrationFS.pdf

You can also now update your membership information online:
http://fantastic-arts.org/membership/2012membership/

You can pay your fees using PayPal at:
http://fantastic-arts.org/annual-conference/payonline/ but remember to
email your registration form, too!

We're excited to bring you these new methods of working with us. We
realize that some of this is still a bit clunky and we're working
diligently to get it all integrated to give you a wonderful experience so
we appreciate your patience as we get these new systems online.

Also new this year is pre-ordering your China Miéville t-shirt! Don't
Hey, folks!! Today is the due date for the early bird registration!
Registration is $110 but only if you register today!

You can print your form here:
http://fantastic-arts.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ICFA33_MembershipRegistrationFS.pdf

You can also now update your membership information online:
http://fantastic-arts.org/membership/2012membership/

You can pay your fees using PayPal at:
http://fantastic-arts.org/annual-conference/payonline/ but remember to
email your registration form, too!

We're excited to bring you these new methods of working with us. We
realize that some of this is still a bit clunky and we're working
diligently to get it all integrated to give you a wonderful experience so
we appreciate your patience as we get these new systems online.

Also new this year is pre-ordering your China Miéville t-shirt! Don't
forget as quantities will be limited on-site!
forget as quantities will be limited on-site!

Membership Renewal/Enrollment Now Available Online

Good News!

As mentioned in an earlier post, you can pay your Conference and Membership fees through PayPal.  We have recently posted a Membership Information Form so you can now complete the entire process of Conference Registration and Membership Enrollment/Renewal online:

http://fantastic-arts.org/membership/

This is the first year we have done this, so please be patient (the PayPal interface in particular is a little clunky right now, but we are looking at ways to streamline that to one-click shopping for next year).  If you have any technical difficulties, please email our Off-Site Chief Technical Officer, Michael A. Smith <msmith *AT* highpoint.edu>.  If you have Registration questions or concerns, please contact our registration Coordinator, Bridgid Shannon at <iafareg *AT* gmail.com>.  I also encourage you to email me <jcasey *AT* highpoint.edu> or your Division Head if you have any other questions or concerns.

–Jim

George R. R. Martin named USA Today Author of the Year

Read about how HBO helped make George R. R. Martin Author of the Year with USA Today. Congratulations!

Rusty Hevelin (1922-2011)

We are very sad about long time attendee of the conference, James “Rusty” Hevelin passing away yesterday. Rusty could always be found in the company of Joe and Gay Haldeman.

He had been an active member of the science fiction community since the 1930s, publishing his own fanzines such as H-1661, as well as contributing to many others. He had been Fan Guest of Honor and Toastmaster more science fiction conventions than anyone can count. He was the Fan Guest of Honor at the 1981 Worldcon, Denvention Two (he had attended Denvention One in 1941). Hevelin was the 1986 recipient of the Big Heart Award for service to the science fiction community. He was well known as a collector of science fiction materials, and was the recipient of First Fandom‘s 2003 Sam Moskowitz Archive Award for excellence in science fiction collecting. He was one of the founders of PulpCon (now PulpFest), an annual convention dedicated to pulp magazines. In addition to all of his contributions to the industry, he was also a veteran of World War II who served as a Marine in the South Pacific.

We will miss him at the conference.

Ad Astra Call for Papers

James Gunn’s Ad Astra is a new online publication dedicated to the study, advancement, and celebration of speculative fiction in the twenty-first century. Ad Astra will be edited by volunteers at the Center for the Study of Science fiction at the University of Kansas. Each issue will feature an assortment of stories, reviews, scholarly articles, and poems about science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genres of speculative art and literature.

The first issue of Ad Astra is scheduled for release on June 22nd, 2012.

The theme for Issue #1 will be Communication and Information.

We are looking for work from a wide variety of disciplines about how we speak with others, share information, and overcome obstacles to understanding. All submissions should have one eye cast toward the future, or one foot planted firmly in the world of the imagination. What would be the effect on human culture of ubiquitous mobile data streams? How might sapient colony organisms share information in the dark oceans beneath the ice of Europa? What conversation topics might be verboten on one’s first date with an artificial intelligence? Are orcs and goblins really as malevolent as they seem, or have they just been tragically misunderstood?

Papers up to 7,500 words in length should be e-mailed in .rtf or .doc format to

Dr. Kathy Kitts at kittsscicoor@gmail.com or Dr. Mark Silcox at msilcox@uco.edu.

All submissions should be in APA format and prepared for blind review. Submit a separate cover page with name, word count and institutional affiliation. The tentative deadline for submissions to Issue #1 of Ad Astra is March 31, 2012.

For more information, visit http://adastra.ku.edu/.

Call For Papers

James Gunn's Ad Astra is a new online publication dedicated to the
study, advancement, and celebration of speculative fiction in the
twenty-first century. Ad Astra will be edited by volunteers at the
Center for the Study of Science fiction at the University of Kansas.
Each issue will feature an assortment of stories, reviews, scholarly
articles, and poems about science fiction, fantasy, horror and other
genres of speculative art and literature.

The first issue of Ad Astra is scheduled for release on June 22nd,
2012.

The theme for Issue #1 will be Communication and Information.

We are looking for work from a wide variety of disciplines about how
we speak with others, share information, and overcome obstacles to
understanding. All submissions should have one eye cast toward the
future, or one foot planted firmly in the world of the imagination.
What would be the effect on human culture of ubiquitous mobile data
streams? How might sapient colony organisms share information in the
dark oceans beneath the ice of Europa? What conversation topics might
be verboten on one’s first date with an artificial intelligence? Are
orcs and goblins really as malevolent as they seem, or have they just
been tragically misunderstood?

Papers up to 7,500 words in length should be e-mailed in .rtf or .doc
format to 

Dr. Kathy Kitts at kittsscicoor@gmail.com 
or 
Dr. Mark Silcox at msilcox@uco.edu. 

All submissions should be in APA format and prepared for blind review.
Submit a separate cover page with name, word count and institutional
affiliation. The tentative deadline for submissions to Issue #1 of Ad
Astra is March 31, 2012.

For more information, visit http://adastra.ku.edu/.

Call for Papers – special issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

“Performing the Fantastic” — special issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Jen Gunnels, Drama Critic/ New York Review of Science Fiction Isabella van Elferen, Musicologist/ Utrecht University

The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (JFA) is inviting contributions for a special issue on “Performing the Fantastic.” Performance in this context encompasses any of the performing arts, broadly defined, such as theatre, music, dance, magic, and/or ritual. Articles between 5,000–9,000 words might address, but are by no means limited to, the following:

  • Critical analyses of fantastic influenced production designs of traditional forms of performance (theatre, dance, opera)
  • Critical analyses of adaptations of fantastic narratives for the stage (from eighteenth-century Gothic melodrama to Wagnerian opera to musical fantasy)
  • Performance analyses of staged productions (theatre, music, dance) utilizing fantastic subjects or motifs
  • Fantastic use of performative conventions in non-staged (e.g., literary or interactive) narratives
  • Utilization of the fantastic in musical subcultures and their aesthetics (including Goth, metal, neofolk)
  • Fantastic influences on avant-garde and postmodern performance
  • Fantastic performance as social and/or cultural commentary
  • Evocations of the fantastic in magic, ritual, and liturgical performance

In accordance with the journal’s policy, all contributions will be peer-reviewed by JFA and subject to their acceptance. JFA uses MLA style as defined in the latest edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (New York: The Modern Language Association). For more details, please see the journal’s “Submission Guidelines” section online at http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/iafa/jfa/submission.html, or e-mail jfaeditor@gmail.com to request a copy of JFA’s style sheet. Please e-mail your contributions and/or any queries to the guest editors Jen Gunnels (jengunnels@gmail.com) and Isabella van Elferen (i.a.m.vanelferen@uu.nl) by 1 August 2012.