(Apologies if this is a repeated post.)
CFP: Articles and Reviews on Robert Holdstock’s Writing
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-articles-and-reviews-on-robert-holdstocks-writing/
June 15, 2018
Call for Submissions: Articles and reviews on Robert Holdstock’s writing
Robert Holdstock – a celebration of ‘Mythago Wood’
‘No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood’, Michael Moorcock
Call for Submissions: Articles and reviews on Robert Holdstock’s writing
With the tenth anniversary of Robert Holdstock’s death approaching, the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy seeks articles and reviews with a focus on the author’s Mythago Wood series for publication in Gramarye, its peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Chichester.
Neil Gaiman considers Mythago Wood to be a ‘classic of the literature of fantasy.’ In this spirit we are looking for scholarly and imaginative submissions that will once more take readers in to the heart of the British mythic landscape.
The deadline for this issue is 21 September 2018, and the Guest Editor will be Dr Steven O’Brien.
General Gramarye submissions information
Gramarye is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal examining folk narratives, fairy tales and fantasy works, both as independent genres and also in terms of the resonances and dissonances between them and other cultural forms.
There is no charge or fee for submitting an article or abstract.
Articles should be 5,000 – 7,000 words, book reviews c.1,000 words, and submitted as a Word .doc or .rtf attachment to the editor (Email: info@sussexfolktalecentre.org).
All submissions should be accompanied by a 100-word abstract and 100-word biographical note.
Relevant colour image files, along with copyright permission, must also be supplied by the deadline.
For contributions that include any copyrighted materials, the author must secure written permission (specifying “non-exclusive world rights and electronic rights”) to reproduce them. The author must submit these written permissions with their final manuscript. Permission fees are the responsibility of the author.
The deadlines are always 21 March for the summer issue and 21 September for the winter issue. If you would like to receive a complimentary e-book of the most recent issue to check content and style, please request one from assistant Heather Robbins (h.robbins@chi.ac.uk).
Only original articles that are not simultaneously under consideration by another journal will be considered. Unrevised student essays or theses cannot be considered.
Submissions must include all quotations, endnotes, and the list of works cited. References should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
The copyright for a submission remains with the author at all times.
The peer-review process for Gramarye is as follows:
The paper, edited to fit Gramarye’s house style, will first be sent to the editorial board to approve it for peer review if they find it to be original, interesting, and of value to Gramarye’s readers.
One or two experts in the field of the paper will then be chosen as peer reviewers, in a double-blind process in which neither reviewer nor author identity will be made available to the other.
The reviewers will ascertain the relative strengths and weaknesses of the paper, including but not limited to:
a. whether it is properly referenced,
b.whether any opinion or evidence is presented clearly and is relevant to the overall argument,
c. and whether the language and purpose of the paper and its conclusion are clear and comprehensible.
This takes one to two weeks.
The reviewers’ comments will be returned to the editor, who will ensure the reviewers’ anonymity and return them to the author if any revisions are necessary.
If the author resubmits their revised article to the editor after peer-review and some queries haven’t been addressed, the editorial board will make the final decision on whether the article should be returned to the author to address the remaining issues, or whether it should be published or discarded. The author will be informed about this decision as soon as possible.
