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Are you a fan studies scholar (senior PhD students or early post-PhD career)? The OTW is recruiting for TWC Assistant Editors! Read more at https://otw.news/adb4e0
otw_staffAre you a fan studies scholar (senior PhD students or early post-PhD career)? The OTW is recruiting for TWC Assistant Editors! Read more at https://otw.news/adb4e0
Five Things Jennifer Duggan Said
Mar. 31st, 2023 01:51 pmotw_staff
In Five Things Jennifer Duggan discusses being a copyeditor for TWC and guest editing its March 2023 issue on trans fandom. Read more at https://otw.news/a41928
otw_staffAre you interested in the rescue and preservation of fanworks? Do you have experience copyediting or proofreading academic journals? Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from Spanish or Portuguese to English? The OTW is recruiting! Read more at https://otw.news/a77af3
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TWC issue 39 is out! The issue focuses on Trans Fandom & includes essays on mpreg, trans rage, Teen Wolf, fanfiction, possibility and recognition, Harry Potter, and more. Read more at https://otw.news/57e110
OTW Signal, December 2022
Dec. 1st, 2022 08:52 amotw_staff
OTW Signal explores mixed feelings about sharing fanworks outside of fandom circles and praise for Transformative Works and Cultures + tips for you on TWC contributions. Read more at https://otw.news/otw-signal-0ffcbc
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TWC's no. 38 is a general issue with articles focusing on affirmational fandom, non-western fandom, nonbinary gender, media industries, femslash, and more. Fandoms include Taylor Swift and Game of Thrones, and fan engagement includes Vietnamese and Chinese perspectives, among others.
This issue also includes a special Symposium section titled The Year without a Comic-Con. No. 38 is the first issue edited by new TWC co-editors Poe Johnson and Mel Stanfill. Read more at https://otw.news/transformative-works-6ef619
OTW Signal, August 2022
Aug. 3rd, 2022 09:30 amotw_staff
OTW Signal highlights recent recs for Transformative Works & Cultures and AO3 + a tip on keeping up with academic fandom content. Read more at https://otw.news/otw-signal-943452
otw_staffWould you like to help your fellow fans use the AO3? Do you have experience with organizational governance? Would you like to help translate OTW/AO3 news posts? Are you a fan studies academic? The OTW is recruiting! Read more at https://otw.news/otw-recruiting-2d379a
TWC releases No. 37, “Fandom Histories”
Mar. 15th, 2022 10:15 amotw_staff
Transformative Works and Cultures' Issue No. 37, "Fan Studies Histories," is out! This issue’s 5 book reviews, 22 essays, and a dedicated section on FanLIS seek to start conversations on how academics do fan studies and fan histories. Read more at https://otw.news/twc-releases-7a91a5
TWC Restructures Submission Guidelines
Feb. 11th, 2022 11:01 amotw_staff
OTW's fan studies journal, Transformative Works and Cultures, has launched a new structure for submissions which takes effect as of issue No. 38. New TWC co-editors Mel Stanfill & Poe Johnson expand on why they believe these changes are important and necessary to better reflect "the reality on the ground". Read more at https://otw.news/twc-restructures-8c3236
