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SUMMARY:Event: Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories’ 50th Anniversary Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us as we honour the enduring legacy of Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories (1976)\, a landmark work that reshaped how we read\, teach\, and think about short fiction. This special event marks the 50th anniversary of its publication; a moment to reflect on its impact and celebrate the vibrant community of short story scholars\, writers\, and readers it continues to inspire. \n  \nSpeakers\nMichael Basseler (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen\, Germany)\nMichael Collins (King’s College London\, UK)\nAilsa Cox (Edge Hill University\, UK)\nAndrea Marzocchi (University of Surrey\, UK) \nJoin the Teams link here: \nCharles E. May’s Short Story Theories’ 50th Anniversary Roundtable | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams\n  \nMichael Basseler is Academic Manager at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)\, Justus Liebig University Giessen\, Germany. He has published widely on the (American) short story and short story theory\, including his monograph An Organon of Life Knowledge: Genres and Functions of the Short Story in North America (2019)\, A History of the American Short Story (2011\, ed. with Ansgar Nünning) as well as a book chapter on “Current Approaches to the American Short Story” (in Handbook of the American Short Story\, 2022\, eds. Erik Redling and Oliver Scheiding). Michael is a founding steering committee member of the European Network for Short Fiction Research. \nMichael Collins is a Reader in American Studies at KCL and Chair of the British Association for American Studies. He is the author of two monographs\, The Drama of the American Short Story  and Exoteric Modernisms: Progressive Era Realism and the Aesthetics of Everyday Life and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story (with Gavin Jones). He has published numerous articles in a range of journals\, specifically (though not exclusively) focused on short fiction. Most recently\, he has been working on topics relating to intelligence testing\, The Panama Canal\, and the American Civil Service in literature and culture. \nAilsa Cox is the world’s first Professor of Short Fiction. Her books include Alice Munro ;Writing Short Stories ; The Mind’s Eye: Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades with Christine Lorre; and Reading Alice Munro’s Breakthrough Books\, in collaboration with Tim Struthers\, Corinne Bigot and Catherine Sheldrick Ross. She has written extensively on other writers including Katherine Mansfield\, Helen Simpson\, Daisy Johnson and Jon McGregor\, and is principal editor of the peer-reviewed journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice. Her own fiction has been widely published\, most recently in the mini-collection Precipitation. \nAndrea Marzocchi is a PhD candidate in the School of Literature and Languages at the University of Surrey. His research focuses on the aesthetic of the sublime and the functions it performs in realist American short fiction: from opening dimensions of expansiveness to encoding the affects and power dynamics that characterize the contemporary world. Since May 2024\, Andrea has been running a podcast dedicated to short fiction. The podcast is entitled A Small\, Good Thing after a short story by Raymond Carver and it features interviews with writers\, academics\, publishers\, and short story enthusiasts.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/charles-e-mays-short-story-theories-50th-anniversary-roundtable/
LOCATION:Teams
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260119
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SUMMARY:Residency: Writer in the Park Ljubljana Residency 2026\, Open Call
DESCRIPTION:Ljubljana\, a UNESCO City of Literature since 2015\, offers two one-month residencies for writers at the Švicarija/Swisshouse Creative Centre\, which is part of the International Centre of Graphic Arts.\nEach residency lasts one month per applicant. The residency periods are April 1–30\, 2026\, and November 1–30\, 2026. The dates are non-negotiable\, but a shorter stay is possible if required due to travel arrangements. Extra nights cannot be covered by the organizer\, though organizational assistance can be provided. \nAbout the Residency: \nLjubljana\, the capital of Slovenia\, was named World Book Capital in 2010. After being designated a UNESCO City of Literature in 2015 – the first in the country – it joined a growing global network of cities\, committed to actively promoting literature and reading culture\, while engaging in activities that strengthen collaboration in the fields of writing and publishing. \nLjubljana boasts a vibrant art scene and offers an array of diverse literary events\, ranging from alternative performances to major international festivals. This highly regarded residency\, established in 2018\, provides peace and quiet for uninterrupted writing\, while also offering opportunities to actively participate in the city’s literary life. \nThe deadline for applications is 19 January 2026. For full details about the residency\, including how to apply\, click here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/residency-writer-in-the-park-ljubljana-residency-2026-open-call/
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SUMMARY:Event: Online Talk\, Elizabeth Gaskell’s Short Stories – An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin popular speaker Elizabeth Williams for this intriguing introduction to a different side of Elizabeth Gaskell’s story-telling. \nBetter known for her classic novels\, Elizabeth Gaskell was a prolific writer of short stories. Charles Dickens knew this and encouraged her to write for his literary magazine. \nWorks like the much-loved Cranford started as short stories. Others\, like Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras and Lizzie Leigh\, drew on themes of female friendship\, industrialism and class relations that would later feature in novels such as Mary Barton or North and South. \nSo\, where did Elizabeth Gaskell get her ideas from? What inspired her to write in this format and why did she cover so many genres?
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-online-talk-elizabeth-gaskells-short-stories-an-introduction/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Gaskell House
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SUMMARY:Event: ENSFR reading group\, January meeting
DESCRIPTION:This year’s first short fiction reading group meeting will take place (via Zoom) on Monday 26th January at 5pm (UK time). Below\, you can find information on how to join the online meeting room. \nDuring the meeting\, we will be discussing Paul’s reading suggestion: the short story “Butterflies” by Samanta Schweblin. It is a very short story at just a page long. You can access the short story\, as well as a five-minute video of the reading of the story\, from the links below: \nSamanta Schweblin: Butterflies – Bookanista \nReading of Butterflies Video \nOur conversation will focus on the following key questions that Paul has selected: \nQ1) To what extent does the brevity of the story heighten the protagonist’s emotional intensity at the ending? \nQ2) What symbolic role do the butterflies play within the narrative? \nQ3) In what ways does the story construct or critique masculinity? \nQ4) How is parenthood depicted\, and what tensions or expectations surround it in the story? \nQ5) How is Nature represented\, and what thematic significance does it carry? \nQ6) Does the story align more closely with gothic fiction\, ecological writing\, or family drama—or does it deliberately blend multiple genres? What might this hybridity suggest about the expressive power and intensity of the short story form? \nJoin the zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86043265746?pwd=900rbjzbcMrfkwKts7nKjf1Bdzljtq.1
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-ensfr-reading-group-january-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: ENSFR Annual Conference\, Artois 2026
DESCRIPTION:In Different Shapes: The Short Story and Its Modes of Circulation in Magazines and Newspapers\n  \n10–12 June 2026 / 10-12 juin 2026/ 10–12 de junio de 2026 \nLaboratoire Textes et Cultures (UR4058)\, Université d’Artois \nInvités d’honneur / Invited Speakers / Invitados de honor \nElizabeth Baines \nPaul Delaney\, Trinity College Dublin\, the University of Dublin \nNumerous studies link the birth of the short story to the most primitive myths (see\, among others\, Delaney\, May). As a literary genre\, the first examples appeared in the 19th century\, although it must be acknowledged that the first buds were already visible in Boccaccio’s Decameron (1353)\, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1387)\, and Cervantes’s Exemplary Novels (1613). In the 19th century\, it seems that practitioners of this emerging genre moved away from Voltaire-style philosophical tales and fables\, turning their attention to inner worlds and characters. The ordinary they are interested in mainly has two faces: one realistic\, the other darker\, often associated with the fantastic\, the gothic\, even horror. As Jonathan Daniel Wells explains\, magazines in the United States were “modeled . . . after European journals like Graham’s Magazine and the Edinburgh review” (3). They were often meant to reflect life in specific region and\, when circulated largely\, to promote tourism. Some publications\, such as Le Chat noir in France or the illustrated Madrid-based magazine Blanco y Negro in Spain\, were intended\, like the New Yorker some years later\, to advertise cultural events and venues while publishing renowned artists and offering a platform for those trying to make themselves known. \nFollowing the ideas initiated at the Leuven conference in 2017 on the short story\, its contexts and co-texts\, the 2026 ENSFR conference will be devoted to short forms appearing in magazines and newspapers. We will consider any story printed in such media but also stories that were solely published in magazines and newspapers (as opposed to stories that were later collected in book form)\, adapted into film or into longer works of fiction (as is often the case with “stories” that appear in the fiction section of The New Yorker\, in Granta or in academic journals such as TriQuarterly). Panelists may also work on any short form to be found in magazines (commercials\, letters to the editor\, notes…) as well as illustrated stories—the illustrations providing yet another story to explore\, as Stuart Sillars demonstrates and as suggested by the success in Spain of publications such as La Ilustración Española y Americana or\, later\, El Cuento Semanal. Writers often admit that some of their stories were inspired from actual events that they read about in the press\, heard about on the radio… How are such news items turned into fiction? Are they made more sensational\, more topical? How do readers respond to them? In the Spanish context\, contributors may also examine how writers managed to adapt under Francoism to a constrained context marked by strong ideological control\, as the magazine Ínsula did. Certain magazines target a specific audience\, and it could be stimulating to reflect upon writers’ ability to please (at least on the surface) literary editors. What role do academic journals or journals closely connected to academic circles play as laboratories of the genre? Such publications also examine the dynamics of consolidation or emancipation of the tropes of the genre\, while posing the eternal question of the tumultuous relationship between short stories and the publishing industry that differs from their relationship with the press. In the nineteenth century\, stories were often referred to as “articles\,” “tales” or “sketches” (see Goyet\, and\, among others\, Monfort)—how does this influence our understanding of the texts? What are the differences between stories printed in magazines and those printed in newspapers? The conference will give us an opportunity to discuss magazine publication with several authors and critics (Elizabeth Baines\, and Paul Delaney have confirmed their presence) and see how magazine and newspaper publication has evolved since its earliest forms. \nDeadline for submissions (200 words and a bio statement): January 31\, 2026. Send your proposal to caroline.lyvet@univ-artois.fr and gerald.preher@univ-artois.fr \nLanguages: French\, English\, Spanish \nConference fees: 80 euros (60 for doctoral students). \n  \nBibliographie sélective/ Select Bibliography/Bibliografía selectiva \nAji\, Hélène ; Céline Mansanti and Benoît Tadié. Revues modernistes\, revues engagées. Rennes: PU Rennes\, 2011. \nBaquero Goyanes\, Mariano\, El cuento español en el siglo XIX\, Madrid\, CSIC\, Instituto Miguel de Cervantes\, 1949 \nBoddy\, Kasia. The American Short Story since 1950. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP\, 2010. \nCasas\, Ana\, El cuento español en la posguerra. Presencia del relato breve en las revistas literarias (1948–1969)\, Madrid\, Marenostrum\, 2007. \nColin\, Claire. L’Événement dans la nouvelle contemporaine. Paris : Garnier\, 2018. \nCorey\, Mary F. The World Through a Monocle: The New Yorker at Midcentury. Cambridge\, MA: Harvard UP\, 1999. \nDelaney\, Paul\, and Adrian Hunter\, eds. Edinburgh Companion to the Short Story in English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP\, 2019. [chapter on ‘little magazines’] \nD’hoker\, Elke\, and Chris Mourant\, eds. The Modern Short Story and the Magazines\, 1880-1950. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP\, 2022. \nDietz\, Laura. “Online versus Print: The Reputation of Literary Fiction Magazine.” Short Fiction in Theory and Practice 4.1 (2014): 7-21. \nEzama Gil\, Ángeles\, El cuento de la prensa y otros cuentos. Aproximación al estudio del relato breve entre 1890 y 1900\, Zaragoza\, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza\, 1992. \nGodenne\, René. Études sur la nouvelle de langue française. 1985. Genève : Slatkine\, 2005. \nGodenne\, René. La Nouvelle française. Paris : PUF\, 1974. \nGoyet\, Florence. La Nouvelle\, 1870-1925 : Description d’un genre et son apogée. Paris: PUF\, 1993. \nGreen\, Fiona\, ed. Writing for The New Yorker. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP\, 2015. \nJacquelin\, Evelyne\, and Béatrice Ferrier\, eds. Voix et voies du conte : Les mutations d’un genre. Arras: APU\, 2019. \nMarch-Russell\, Paul. The Short Story: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP\, 2009. \nMay\, Charles E. The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice. New York: Twayne\, 1995. \nMay\, Charles E.\, ed. The New Short Story Theories. Athens: Ohio UP\, 1994. \nMonfort\, Bruno. “La nouvelle et son mode de publication: Le cas américain.” Poétique 90 (Avril 1992) : 153-71. \nMorris\, Ian; Joanne Diaz and Jeffrey Lependorf\, eds. The Little Magazine in Contemporary America. Chicago: U of Chicago P\, 2015 \nSillars\, Stuart. “The Illustrated Short Story: Toward a Typology.” The Art of Brevity: Excursions in Short Fiction Theory and Analysis. Eds. Per Winther\, Jakob Lothe\, and Hans Skei. Columbia: U of South Carolina P\, 2004. 70-80. \nReynès-Delobel\, Anne; Cécile Cottenet and Benoît Tadié\, eds. Investigating Big Magazines\, 1860-1960. Spec. issue of Journal of Modernist Periodical Studies\, 10-2\, 2020. \nStein\, Lorin and Sadie Stein\, eds. Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story. London: William Heinemann\, 2012. \nTadié\, Benoît\, ed. Revues modernistes anglo-américaines : Lieux d’échanges\, lieux d’exil. Paris: Ent’revues\, 2006. \nValls\, Fernando\, Sombras del tiempo. Estudios sobre el cuento español contemporáneo (1944–2015)\, Madrid / Frankfurt\, Iberoamericana – Vervuert\, 2016. \nViegnes\, Michel. L’Esthétique de la nouvelle française au XXe siècle. Berne : Peter Lang\, 1989. \nViegnes\, Michel. L’œuvre au bref\, la nouvelle de langue française depuis 1900. Genève : Éditions La Baconnière\, 2014. \nWells\, Jonathan Daniel. Women Writers and Journalists in the Nineteenth-Century South. Cambridge: Cambridge UP\, 2011. \nWhitehead\, Sarah. “Reader as Consumer: The Magazine Short Story.” Short Fiction in Theory and Practice 1.1 (2011): 71-84. \n  \nComité d’organisation/Organizing Committee \nCaroline Lyvet\, Université d’Artois \nGerald Preher\, Université d’Artois \n  \nComité scientifique/Scientific Commitee \nJochen Achilles\, University of Würzburg \nCharlotte Arnautou\, Université d’Artois \nMichael Basseler\, Justus Liebig University Giessen \nColette Colligan\, Université d’Angers \nAilsa Cox\, Edge Hill University \nElke D’hoker\, KU Leuven \nSolveig Dunkel\, Université de Lille \nXavier Escudero\, Université d’Artois \nXavier Lachazette\, Le Mans Université \nXavier Le Brun\, Université d’Angers \nLaura Ma Lojo-Rodríguez\, University of Santiago de Compostela \nCaroline Lyvet\, Université d’Artois \nCécile Meynard\, Université d’Angers \nCéline Pegorari\, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier \nVirginie Roche Tiengo\, Université d’Artois \nGerald Preher\, Université d’Artois \nPatricia Rochwert-Zuili\, Université d’Artois \nMichelle Ryan\, Université d’Angers \nJorge Sacido-Romero\, University of Santiago de Compostela \nOliver Scheiding\, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz \nCatherine Seltzer\, Virginia Commonwealth University \nFrédérique Spill\, Université de Picardie Jules Verne \nPeter Templeton\, The Open University \nMikael Toulza\, Université de Lille
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/call-for-papers-ensfr-annual-conference-artois-2026-2/
LOCATION:University of Artois\, Arras\, France
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Bristol Short Story Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \nWe are delighted to announce that the Bristol Short Story Prize is once again open for submissions. We accept entries of up to 4000 words from any genre and from published and unpublished authors alike. \nEnter by 31 January 2026 for the chance to win £1500 and publication in the Bristol Short Story anthology. All shortlisted entries will receive £50\, be published in our print anthology and receive a free copy. \n1st Prize: £1500 \n2nd Prize: £500 \n3rd Prize: £250 \nDeadline: 31 January \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-bristol-short-story-prize/
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Ironclad Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \nThe Ironclad Creative Short Story Competition is for both published and unpublished writers. \nWe aim to run four short story competitions each year. \nPrize winning and shortlisted writers will be published in our April 2026 anthology. \nWe accept any length of story up to 6k words. \nDeadline: 31 January \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-ironclad-short-story-competition/
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Parracombe Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \nWelcome to Parracombe Prize 2026. It’s the short story competition that started small and went global\, now in its sixth year. With the Parracombe Prize\, no writer gets overlooked. Every submitted story is read by a panel of judges\, which includes published writers. Long listed entries are re-read twice more and those in line for publication are debated\, dissected and discussed at length. A cash prize of £150 goes to the winning author\, with a second prize of £50 and two £25 prizes also up for grabs. There’s a prize for local writers\, too. Anyone living in the postcodes EX31 to EX39 is eligible for the £50 award. \nEntry is open from 1 November 2025 to 31 January 2026. At just £5\, we’ve kept the entry fee the same because we don’t want anyone deterred by cost. As far as content goes\, it’s free choice. We’re not looking for themes or special subjects\, only stories that come in at or below 2026 words. All profits are funnelled towards good causes in our small corner of Exmoor. The anthology of our 35 favourite stories will be launched at Parracombe’s annual arts and literary festival in May and will be available from this website\, in our community shop and on Amazon. \nDeadline: 31 January \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-parracombe-prize/
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