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Short story conference issues call for papers

Posted in: What's On on 22nd March 2007 by Sandy Auden

Short story fans should get their diaries out and book in for
The Story Shall Be Changed: Tales and Re-tellings in the Short Story an event that will take place on Saturday July 21 2007 at Edge Hill University. While the event is sometime away yet, the conference have issued a call for papers so if you feel moved to write a non-fiction presentation about fantastic short stories, here's the inside information from Edge Hill University…

"The short story is a protean form, encompassing myth, fable, anecdote, tall tales, yarns and literary experimentation. Rooted in oral tradition, storytelling has a special affinity with popular genres such as science fiction and tales of the supernatural. In this second one-day conference on the short story at Edge Hill, we focus on this multiplicity of forms and genres. We also consider the re-imagining of familiar narratives, themes and imagery; and the invention of new ones. How is the short story being transformed in the twenty-first century?

"The conference is linked with the inaugural presentation of the Edge Hill Prize, for a published single author collection from the British Isles. The winner will be announced on the eve of the conference, and it is hoped that writers from the shortlist (announced May 2007) will take part in the conference reading. Confirmed speakers include:

•Professor Alan Wall (Richard Dadd in Bedlam and Other Stories)
•Andy Sawyer (Science Fiction Foundation, University of Liverpool)
•Cecilia Morreau (Leaf Books)

Call for Papers

"Proposals for twenty minute papers are invited from all those writing and researching the short story, whether as practitioners or literary scholars (or both). Practice-based presentations are welcome. Suggested topics:

•Genre and sub-genre – crime – horror – the ghost story – fantasy – science fiction – gothic – erotica – autobiography – online writing – multi-media – hybrid genres

•Intertextuality – myth and symbolism – image-based fiction – the epiphany – adaptation - oral storytelling - modernism and postmodernism

•Individual authors – re-readings and reworkings – writing in translation - postcolonial fiction – experiment and innovation – novellas – story sequences – flash fiction – anthologies

Please send your 100 word abstract to Ailsa Cox [coax (at) edgehill (dot) ac (dot) uk] by Friday May 11 2007.

This is the second annual conference hosted by the North West Short Story Network, supported by Lancaster University, Liverpool Hope, St Martin’s Lancaster, University of Chester, Bolton University, Salford University and Manchester Metropolitan University (Cheshire). Following last year’s conference, The Short Story, a selection of papers, including A.L. Kennedy’s opening speech, will be published by Cambridge Scholars Press in 2008.

Booking Fees: £55/£30 (students, unwaged)

Source: Edge Hill University via Andy Sawyer and Roy Gray


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  1. (L)ink « Torque Control on March 27th, 2007 12:08 pm

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