The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, published since 1988, is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of the fantastic in Literature, Art, Drama, Film, and Popular Media. It is published three times a year by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
Like the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, JFA welcomes papers on all aspects of the fantastic in world literatures and media, as well as interdisciplinary approaches including African/Diaspora Studies, anthropology, area studies, critical game studies, disability studies, future studies, gender studies, history, Indigenous studies, music, philosophy, political science, postcolonial studies, psychology, queer studies, religious studies, science and technology studies, and sociology. All papers are made available in English and fully refereed. The journal is indexed in the MLA Bibliography.
Book Reviews
JFA also publishes reviews of scholarly works addressing the fantastic, broadly construed. Reviews of fiction are limited to reissues of speculative works with new introductions and scholarly apparatuses, and speculative works with the potential to impact scholarship in the genre. Books and other media received are advertised on the IAFA discussion list (which can be subscribed to through the IAFA homepage at www.iafa.org), and IAFA members are encouraged to suggest titles for review.
To mail book copies for review and for queries or reviews of English-language publications, please contact Acquisitions and Reviews Editor-in-Chief Novella Brooks de Vita jfa.acquisitions@fantastic-arts.org and Submissions Editor-in-Chief Tedd Hawks at journal@fantastic-arts.org.
2025 Article Submission
Window will open Monday, March 24, 2025,
and will close Monday, June 30, 2025.
Please make sure that essays and book reviews adhere to the JFA Submission, Accessibility and Sensitivity Review Handbook and JFA In-House Style Guide before submission to journal@fantastic-arts.org. Please wait until this submission window closes before querying about review status.
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