CFP: “The Health of the Short Story” – Short Fiction in Theory and Practice


This collection of original essays highlights the intertwined fates of the modern short story and periodical culture in the period 1880–1950, the heyday of magazine short fiction in Britain. Through case studies that focus on particular magazines, short stories and authors, chapters investigate the presence, status and functioning of short stories within a variety of…
The following call for papers has been selected by the organisers of the 53rd annual Congress of the French Association for American Studies, which will take place at the University of Bordeaux (Michel Montaigne) from 31st May to the 3rd June, 2022. The theme of the congress is “Legitimacy, Authority, Canons”. American short story writers…
Call for Papers Modern detective fiction is usually considered to have started with Edgar Allan Poe’s three Dupin short stories and it is certain that the Sherlock Holmes short stories in The Strand magazine brought the new genre to the attention of the world. Other notable writers who helped shape the genre in the early 20th century, including…
Out now – the special issue of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice , ‘Short Fiction as World Literature’ Guest-edited by Amandio Reis, the issue follows on from the ENSFR conference in Lisbon, October 2022. It includes articles on Janet Frame, Annie Dillard, Lucia Berlin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Zoe Wicomb and Zadie Smith from a host…
In today’s world, there is ample evidence of the return of borders worldwide; as a material reality, as a concept, and as a way of thinking. Edited by Barbara Korte and Laura Lojo-Rodriguez, Borders and Border Crossings in the Contemporary British Short Story focuses on the ways in which the contemporary British short story mirrors,…
Conference in Celebration of Flannery O’Connor’s 100th Birthday Nicolaus Copernicus University; Toruń, Poland; March 25-26, 2025. Click here for First Call for Papers. Email inquiries to Professors Grzegorz Koneczniak (gregorex at umk.pl) and Mirosława Buchholtz (mirabuch at umk.pl). (Proposals Due November 15, 2024)