Apologies for cross-posting.
The submission deadline on M/C Reviews Special Feature, "The Best Book of
the Century" has been extended for one week, until the 27th of November
2001. As before, submissions are thought-pieces 600-1000 words in length.
Please find the Call for Papers below.
The Best Book of the Century: An M/C Reviews "Words" Special Feature
What are the best books of the last century? The best books of the new
millennium? The best books of the last millennium? What is canonical? What
is not? What is the canon anyway?
For the past several years, the questions have been posed again and again --
and answered again and again -- in numerous forums, from newspapers and
magazines to websites. Publishers list their "best" books, their "most
popular" books. Booksellers hold polls among their readers, or judge from
sales receipts, and announce the results to the next wave of shoppers in
advertising campaigns, the presentation of books and signs. Critics, authors
and readers all weigh into the discussion. And the lead-up to Father's Day,
Mother's Day and Christmas wouldn't be complete without glossy brochures
advertising "ideal gifts" and "best buys."
The "Words" editors of M/C Reviews invite you to join this debate. Do you
have a favourite book? A favourite author? A worst book? A worst genre? A
top 10? A book that changed your life? A book that changed someone
else's life?
Be it poetry, prose, drama, Victorian poetry, autobiography or biography,
children's literature, Absurdist theatre, self-help literature, science
fiction or fantasy, Jacobean revenge tragedy, books that have been
improved by movie adaptations, books that have been massacred by movie
adaptations, or none of the above, we want to hear your opinion.
In keeping with M/C Reviews format, we're looking for thought-pieces
600-1000 words in length. Pieces above this length will not be accepted.
Check out the M/C reviews site at the new address
www.media-culture.org.au
to check the format, or to simply read reviews.
Send your review, list, or intervention in another format to
c.mills@mailbox.uq.edu.au or lynette.hughes@hypermax.net.au by the 15th
November 2001.
Please send pieces in RTF [Rich Text Format] as an attachment, or in the
body of an e-mail.
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Full Information at
http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/
or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu
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