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Calls for Papers
(please click on the link for full information, CFP opportunities appear in order of deadline date)
October 1, 2025
Paper proposals due for Diversity Committee’s Guaranteed Panel (for 2026 ChLA Conference)
October 15, 2025
Call for Papers: ChLA 2026 - Imagined Spaces, Real Divides: Neighbors and Neighborhoods in Children's Literature, Media, and Culture, Omni William Penn Hotel ~ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 28-30, 2026
October 30, 2025
BUILDING A CAREER
For this year’s “Building a Career” panel, the Membership Committee invites proposals for an interactive workshop that explores the diverse experiences of careers within the fields of children’s and young adult literature and proposes ways we may best support one another and our students through navigating an often tumultuous professional landscape. Read the full CFP here. If you are interested in participating in this panel/workshop, please send a 250-word proposal to Sarah Minslow at [email protected] by October 30. In one document, please include your name, your affiliation, your proposed topic, and a short (max. 100-word) bio.
October 30, 2025
SYLLABUS SWAP
For this year’s “Syllabus Swap” panel, the ChLA Membership Committee invites proposals for an interactive workshop that focuses on how concepts of community, place, and belonging shape our teaching practices. We seek proposals that examine how we create inclusive classroom neighborhoods, connect across disciplinary boundaries, extend academic work into local communities, and help students navigate the complex neighborhoods—both real and imagined—within children's and YA literature. Read the full CFP here. If you are interested in participating in this panel, send 250-word abstracts to Amanda Allen ([email protected]) with the subject line, “SYLLABUS SWAP PROPOSAL.” In your document, please include your name, your affiliation, your abstract, and a short (50-100-word) bio. The deadline for proposal submission is October 30, 2025.
November 1, 2025
Call for Papers for the upcoming Special Issue (20.2, 2027) of International Research in Children’s Literature, titled:
“Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature.”
Read the full CFP here.
November 15, 2025
Call for Papers: The Diaspora Child Strikes Back: Transnational Desires and Childhoods of Empire. June 11-13, 2026, Camden, NJ Read the full CFP here.
December 1, 2025
CFP: Reading Girls: Literacy in 19th-Century Girls' Transatlantic Literature and Culture. We are particularly interested in essays that take an intersectional approach. We are also interested in essays that take a pedagogical approach to nineteenth-century girls’ literacy. Read the full CFP here.
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