Vara Neverow and Kristin Czarnecki, editors of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany, have issued a call for papers for the fall 2013 issue, #84.
The theme is Woolf and animals. From the animal nicknames she shared with loved ones; to the purchase of “a beautiful cat, a Persian cat” with her first earnings as a writer; from the cawing rooks in To the Lighthouse to the complex life of Flush to the disturbing animal imagery in Between the Acts, animals play a key role in Woolf’s life and writing.
The editors invite submissions discussing animals in Woolf both fictional and actual. They also welcome articles that align Woolf with animal elements in the work and lives of others.
Auto/biography is the theme for the Spring 2011 edition of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany, the bi-annual journal focusing on Woolf studies and related topics. The copy deadline is Aug. 31.
The publication includes short articles, Bloombsbury and Woolf photographs, drawings, commentaries and book reviews. More information is available on the website of the International Virginia Woolf Society.
The word limit is 2,500 but pubication editors welcome shorter pieces too. For more details and/or style and formatting guidelines, contact Gill Lowe, senior lecturer at University Campus, Suffolk.
Her efforts are designed to tie in with the edited volume for which she issued a call for papers in August. Click here for details of Southworth’s call for papers.
Southworth says she is looking for papers that deal with the following:
stories of authors, artists, and workers published by and/or associated with the Woolfs’ press
papers that expand on Willis’ history of the Hogarth Press.
Anyone interested in submitting a paper to the edited volume or becoming involved in a conference panel, should contact Southworth as soon as possible.
Contact information: Helen Southworth
Clark Honors College
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403
The deadline for Denver panel proposals is now Jan. 11.
Guest editors Jane de Gay and Marion Dell invite submissions to the Selected Papers from “Voyages Out, Voyages Home”: The Eleventh Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, which was held in Bangor, North Wales, June 13-16, 2001.
The volume will be published by Clemson University Digital Press.
“Although some time has now passed since the conference, the International Virginia Woolf Society is keen to see this volume in print (and online), in order to have a complete set of selected papers from the annual conferences. All speakers at the Bangor conference are therefore invited to submit their paper for consideration,” the editors wrote in a message to the VW Listserv.
“Papers should be no more than 4,000 words in length, and presented in MLA format. In order to preserve the flavour of the conference as far as possible, we ask contributors to submit the version they presented in 2001, preserving the tone of the talk as it was given. Necessary corrections and judicious updating are welcome, but we do not encourage submission of a fully-developed article that has been published elsewhere.
“However, contributors are welcome to include (within the 4,000 words) an optional Afterword of 2-300 words, looking back on the paper in the light of subsequent developments, or indicating how the paper fed into their more recent research,” the editors wrote.
“As an additional feature of this volume, we plan to compile a bibliography of publications arising out of papers given at the conference. We therefore encourage all contributors to let us have full publication details of any such articles, even if they do not wish to submit a paper for this volume,” the editors added.
Proposals for critical papers on any topic concerning Woolf’s work are invited. A particular theme may be chosen depending upon the proposals received, organizers say.
How to submit your paper proposal via e-mail: Send a cover page with name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, professional affiliation, and title of paper, along with a second anonymous page containing a 250-word proposal, to Kristin Czarnecki, kczarnecki@fuse.net, by Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007.
