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Contemporary Indigenous Horror – Creative Fiction – Deadline 07/14/2026
Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. No AI work will be accepted.As a companion to analysis in Contemporary Indigenous Horror (contracted with University Press of Mississippi), we are looking for creative
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PAMLA 2026: Androhorror: New Approaches to Gender in Horror (Roundtable / In-Person) – Deadline 05/15/2026
The following is a cfp for a roundtable session at the forthcoming PAMLA 2026 conference to be hosted in Seattle, Washington, U.S. from Nov 12-15, 2026. Please contact Noah Gallego [email protected] for inquiries. All abstracts must be submitted through the PAMLA portal. The deadline is May 15,
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Festival of Monsters SSAG Allied Session – Deadline 04/08/2026
We are accepting proposals for our allied session at the Festival of Monsters Conference (10/14-10/18, 2026, Santa Cruz, CA). In keeping with the annual theme of “Language,” we are proposing a panel on Monstrous Dialects. Modern adaptations of the zombie myth have
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Bodies & Embodiment in Jackson – Deadline 05/21/2026
Shirley Jackson Studies invites proposals exploring the role of the body and embodiment in the works of Shirley Jackson. The bodily experience—fear, appetite, illness, gendered expectations, and the social regulation of bodies—shapes both the psychological and supernatural dimensions of Jackson’s work, which frequently
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THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC AT PCAS/ACAS 2026 – Deadline 06/15/2026
The Southern Gothic is not merely a regional offshoot of the Gothic tradition—it is a dynamic cultural mode shaped by the histories, violences, mythologies, and contradictions of the American South. Rooted in hauntings both literal and structural, the Southern Gothic interrogates race,
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To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry – Deadline 03/01/2026
[email protected] Call for abstracts for proposed articles To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry “When we are harassed by sorrows or anxieties, or long oppressed by any powerful feelings which we must keep to ourselves, for which we can obtain and
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More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify: Women and People of Marginalised Genders in the Gothic – Deadline 3/30/2026
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify: A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 22nd/23rd August 2026 (Online) 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final posthumous works. Often paid scant attention in critical writing on Radcliffe, they
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Popular Culture Review – Deadline Ongoing
Popular Culture Review welcomes compelling, well-argued, and well-researched articles on popular culture both past and present. We seek to publish research on traditional as well as on emerging forms of popular culture and encourage submissions on underrepresented areas within our field. We publish
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Preternature Journal – Deadline Ongoing
Preternature provides an interdisciplinary, inclusive forum for the study of topics that stand in the liminal space between the known world and the inexplicable. The journal embraces a broad and dynamic definition of the preternatural that encompasses the weird and uncanny—magic, witchcraft, spiritualism,
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SALEM MEETS THE NOIR 2026 – Deadline 1/16/2026
First Conference on Hispanic Noir in Literature, Television, and CinemaMay 19–21, 2026Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts, USA Salem Meets the Noir 2026 is the first U.S. conference dedicated to Hispanic Noir across literature, TV, and film. This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars,