"Girlpower" Call for papers: > Please post the following, and we apologize for any cross postings. > > GIRLPOWER---FEMSPEC (Special Issue)---REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS > > Girl power is power that comes from within. Girl power comes from > celebrating femininity in all its complexity. Girl power comes from > girls breaking traditional molds and becoming who they want to be, > taking control of themselves and extending that control to their > environment. Currently media and texts celebrate girl power in varied > and innovative ways. This special issue of FEMSPEC focuses on all > aspects of girl power in media and texts, and we are calling for > critical articles, creative writing, and art by young adults and > professionals that address this topic. > > FEMSPEC is an interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to critical > and creative works in the realms of sf, fantasy, magical realism, > surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres. Submissions > on all aspects of girl power and speculative fiction are welcome. We > are especially interested in submissions that focus on the following: > > · new developments in animations and television, such as Power Puff > Girls, Sailor Moon, Charmed, Kiki's Delivery Service, Barbie and the > Sensations > · current television shows such as Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer > · speculative fiction novels/series of novels and comics featuring girl > power > · discussions about girls writing and publishing > · submissions of writing by girls > · girls' websites and home video games > · female superheroes, such as Xena and the women in X-Men > · anime > · art or photographs > > Submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter, including name, > address, and title of the work; submissions should include only the > title of the work. Please submit 4 copies. > > If you are interested in writing a book review, or submitting art or > photography, please contact Roxanne Harde at the address below. > > Deadline: 1 April 2001 > Critical/analytical articles: 15 pages, MLA style > Creative writing: Short fiction or plays (15 pages) and poetry (3 > poems) > Book reviews: 500-750 words, MLA style > > Send 4 copies of each submission to Donna Varga, Child & Youth Study, > Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3M 2J6 > [log in to unmask] > > Send 2 copies of each book review to Roxanne Harde, Dept. of English, > 411 Watson Hall Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 > [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu