GIFCon Workshop: From Essay to Article, Navigating Student Publishing

Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow

Academic Yassification: From Essay to Article, Navigating Student Publishing with Gabriel Elvery

GIFCon 2023: Boundaries and Margins

GIFCon 2023 is a three-day free virtual conference that seeks to examine boundaries and margins within fantasy, be they textual, linguistic, geographical, embodied, or imposed.

We write essays. They get graded. We pretend to read the feedback… they are never seen again! To save your work from languishing on a hard drive, student journal, Mapping the Impossible has devised a workshop to guide you through the mysterious process of academic publishing. Join us to learn how to give your essay the glow-up it deserves and help find it a forever home in an academic journal (preferably ours 😈). This workshop is suitable for students new to academic publishing. Some minimal preparation is required; you will receive an information pack prior to the event. Available for up to 30 participants. This workshop will be hosted on Zoom.Gabriel Elvery is a genderfluid, neurodivergent LKAS funded PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow. Prior to their PhD, they graduated top for their Fantasy MLitt and PGCE, after obtaining a First Class Degree in English Literature from the University of Warwick. Gabe is an experienced writer and editor: they were co-deputy editor for Press Start, worked for the academic writing department at Glasgow (including their student journal [X]position) and have been published at multiple outlets including The British Fantasy Society Journal, Games and Culture, First Person Scholar and Springer. To see their work, visit <a href="https://digital-fantastic.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">their website</a>.

GIFCon Workshop: From Essay to Article, Navigating Student Publishing

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