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Creativity and the Twenty-first Century Workshop

The University of Canberra is hosting a two-part workshop with Professor Michael Grenfell, Professor of Education at Trinity College, University of Dublin on December 1, 2016.

The workshop will consider a range of theoretical approaches to Creativity and their applications in practice from diverse perspectives, including philosophy, aesthetics, sociology and psychology. The aim is to explore the essential features of Creativity and how they play out procedurally from different points of view.

The workshop is open to postgraduate students and early career academics (up till two years after finishing their postgraduate studies). Those interested in participating should visit the University of Canberra’s website.

Entries for the UBUD Writers Prize close 30 May

If you are an emerging writer based in Australasia, take note! In partnership with Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), we are offering a once-in-a-lifetime Prize.

The winner of this Prize will receive a ticket to the festival, accommodation for the duration of the festival and $500 towards economy airfares. In addition, you will receive a one-year annual membership to the AAWP and fully subsidised conference fees to attend the annual conference in Canberra, where you are invited to read from your work. In addition, the editors at Meniscus will consider your work for publication.

Sound good? Take a look at the terms and conditions and visit the UWRF site for more information

TEXT Journal Vol 20 No 1 – Live

TEXTJournal’s Vol 20 No 1, including the Special Issue ‘Writing and Illustrating Interdisciplinary Research’ edited by Simon Dwyer, Rachel Franks, Monica Galassi and Kirsten Thorpe, is live on the TEXT website! The journal is open access and is available here.

This issue features several exciting papers from both AAWP members and academics in the community. Jessica Gildersleeve’s review of Quinn Eades’, all the beginnings: a queer autobiography of the body, which was launched at last year’s conference, is also included in this month’s issue.

TEXT is currently open to submissions for the October issue. For more information, visit the journal’s submission guidelines.

Double the fun: the latest issue of Meniscus is live

AAWP is proud to launch the latest issue of Meniscus! Volume 4, Issue 1 contains not only the general issue, but also the latest Special Issue: Beyond the Divide edited by Dallas John Baker, which focuses on writing from the other side (geographical, political, linguistic or cultural).

Submissions to the next issue of Meniscus are now invited. Creative writing of any genre—poetry, micro fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays—is welcome. See the website for more information.

Literature of Remembering: Call for Papers

This call for papers for an edited edition urges scholars from around the globe to find and describe the practice of writing and reading memoir within their own borders as a cultural phenomenon. How does it differ from country to country? How has it evolved? What are the ethical constraints of different countries? Who are each nation’s unique memoirists?

200-word chapter abstracts should be sent to Sue Joseph at sue.joseph@uts.edu.au by July 30, 2016. Selected contributions (5-6,000 words) will be confirmed by September 30, 2016.

For potential topics and how to submit, see the Call for Papers.

APWT-Sun Yat-sen U’s Southern China Conference

Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT) is calling for papers or presentations for ‘Ideas and Realities – Creative Writing in Asia Today’, the association’s 2016 conference at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 24-27 November. Follow-on events readings and panels are also planned for Hong Kong and Macau.

Both an academic and non-academic stream are offered this year. Academic papers will be considered for a special post-conference issue of AAWP’s peer-reviewed journal TEXT.

AAWP members are warmly invited. Here is the link to the Call for Papers.

See also the overview conference page.

You are invited to join and support APWT at this link

Writer in Residence Opportunity

The British Council has opened a UK residency for an international short story writer. The successful applicant will spend up to one week as a Writer in Residence at this year’s Small Wonder Short Story Festival, which runs from 28 September – 2 October 2016.

What’s included in the residency:

  • Entrance to the entire Small Wonder programme of around 16 mainstream sessions plus fringe events and workshops
  • All local travel, meals, per diems, hospitality
  • £250 stipend paid to the writer directly
  • Mentoring from a UK literary professional after the Festival

The residency would suit a writer at any stage of their career who is interested in responding creatively to and within the Small Wonder environment and making connections with the UK short story sector. For more details, click here

Dream Writing Project call for participants

Dr Niloofar Fanaiyan is currently carrying out a research project entitled Creative Writing as a Response to Dreaming (HREC 16-57), which aims to investigate writers’ use of dreams in creative writing, what attributes of the dream experience induce particular responses, how much importance the writers attribute to the dream experience in the context of their creative practice, and the efficacy of dream writing as a workshop exercise.
Dr Fanaiyan invites Creative Writing staff and students to contribute towards this study by participating in a Dream Writing workshop and follow-up interviews. 
See the Participant Recruitment Letter for details regarding the participation process. For more information, contact Dr Fanaiyan directly at Niloofar.Fanaiyan@canberra.edu.au
 

Mapping the Magazine Conference CFP

The fourth Mapping the Magazine conference will be held at the University of Sydney, Department of Media and Communications, from December 12 – 14, 2016.

‘Mapping the Magazine’ is a series of conferences established by Tim Holmes of the Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC). Three conferences have run so far – in 2011, 2007 and 2005. The conference is open to all scholars working in the broad field of magazine research. There will be no registration fees, and the conference includes a potential publication opportunity.

For details on potential topics and how to submit, see the Call For Papers.

CFP for 2nd Australasian Death Studies Network Conference

Despite being imaged all around us in popular culture and the media, death and dying are, it often seems, the last taboo subjects in modern society.

The Australasian Death Studies Network brings together diverse fields of research and discussion that consider death and dying. These areas of investigation include creative arts, popular culture, health and community planning. The inaugural conference of the ADSN will take place in Noosa, Australia on 12 October 2015. There are also potential opportunities for publication.

For potential topics and how to submit, see the Call For Papers, and for more information on the ADSN, visit their website.