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Laura
Unregistered User
(8/21/04 8:08 am)
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Fairy tale scholarship and fiction publishing opportunity
I got the following announcement this morning on a Call For Papers list and thought I would post it here in case anyone missed it:
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:22:19 -0500
From: "Spector, Judith A." <jspector@iupui.edu>
To: cfp@english.upenn.edu
Subject: CFP: Feminist Fairy Tales (9/15/04; collection)
Readers are invited to submit pieces for a book project which will consist of original feminist fairy tales and psychological/cultural-analytical/interpretative essays about the tales. If you are interested in participating, I'll need expressions of interest, abstracts, or proposals by 9/15/04; I must have the stories and essays by 1/15/05. Since some of the writing you do may involve self-disclosure, I will need your mailing address so that I can mail you the requisite Indiana University "human subject" permission form for this type of writing project if I accept your work for inclusion in the collection. I will also send-via e-mail-if you'd like to see it, a model story ("Beauty and the Nature of the Beast") which I have written as the basis of the book. The format I have in mind is that each tale will be followed by an interpretative essay. Clarissa Pinkola Estes' Women Who Run With the Wolves is an example of a collection of actual fairy tales followed by Jungian analytical essays; however, your interpretative essays may be cultural, psychoanalytic, or anecdotal.
If you are interested in any aspect of this work and/or if you'd like an e-copy or hard copy of my story, please e-mail me at jspector@iupui.edu
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DonnaQ
Registered User
(8/22/04 2:01 am)
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Re: Fairy tale scholarship and fiction publishing opportunit
Thanks for the info Laura - it looks like an interesting project!
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janeyolen
Registered User
(8/22/04 2:34 am)
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Re: Fairy tale scholarship and fiction publishing opportunit
I have sent Dr. Dpector the following letter:
Dr. Spector:
Your call for stories and essays was posted on the SurLaLune Fairy Tale list, and while it sounds intriguing, I have many questions about the project.
1. Are you looking for brand new original fairy tales, or are you interested in reprinting? My book SISTER EMILY’S LIGHTSHIP (Tor) is full of original feminist fairy tales.
2. Do you expect the authors of the fairy tales to write the critical essays as well?
3. Is there payment for the publication of the stories? Advance, or share in royalties?
4. Is the copyright in the author’s name?
Thanking you in advance for this information.
The difference between writing professionally and writing professorially is really contained in the above. Often educational journals and publishing companies expect to keep all the rights, and educators--who need to publish in order to keep their jobs or get tenure etc.--are not as rigorous about such things as copyright and payment (they have jobs, after all) as mere authors. So I have asked the above questions.
When/if I hear from Dr. Spector I will post her reponse here.
Jane
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Terri
Windling
Registered User
(8/22/04 7:58 am)
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Re: Fairy tale scholarship and fiction publishing opportunit
Thanks, Jane. I had the same questions.
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janeyolen
Registered User
(8/23/04 12:44 am)
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Re: Fairy tale scholarship and fiction publishing opportunit
here it is--not much of an opportunity in my view:
Dear Jane,
Thanks for your expression of interest in my project. I'm
looking for brand new fairy tales by authors who also write their own
critical essays. There is no payment available to the authors and I
think I would own the copyright (I have no contract yet). Best, Judy
Spector
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janeyolen
Registered User
(8/23/04 7:43 am)
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Re: Fairy tale scholarship and fiction publishing opportunit
Dr. Spector has sent on a second note indicating that the copyright issue might be able to be resolved. I certainly hope so. Though the small amount of money she could scare up on an academic book might still rule out many of us who are published authors. But I respect her willingness to discuss these issues.
Jane
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Nalo
Registered User
(8/23/04 9:14 pm)
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Re: Fairy tale scholarship & fiction publishing opportun
Thanks so much for doing the legwork, Jane. I spend a lot of time explaining to academic editors why, although I very much value the work they do, I as a freelancer who eats when she sells her work literally can't afford to leap at the chance to write for them for free.
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