Czasopismo Polish Gothic

https://polishgothic.ug.edu.pl/ 

"American Gothic Afternoon" - promocja nr 3 czasopisma "Polish Gothic"

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na American Gothic Afternoon - promocję nr 3 czasopisma "Polish Gothic"

31 marca 2026 w Instytucie Anglistyki i Amerykanistyki

Wydział Filologiczny UG, budynek Neofilologii, ul. Wita Stwosza 51, pokój 335, godz. 14.00.

Issue 4 (2/2026) – Call for Submissions

Polish Gothic – Special Issue: Domestic Gothic

What we’re looking for

• Short stories
• Personal essays
• Prose excerpts
• Reviews (books, films, haunting exhibitions)

Theme: DOMESTIC GOTHIC

Explore the shadows lurking inside the home. We invite work that delves into:

• Gothic interiors and uncanny domestic spaces 
• The Female Gothic and domestic confinement
• Marriage, family, motherhood
• Domestic violence and psychological terror
• Suburban and contemporary Domestic Gothic
• Haunted households
• Memory, repression, and trauma

Reimagine the home through a Gothic lens. Turn familiar rooms into sites of haunting, secrecy, and unease. Reveal the tensions, ghosts, and buried histories that cling to everyday family life.

Deadline: May 5
Submit to: editor.polishgothic@ug.edu.pl
More info: polishgothic.ug.edu.pl

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Prose submissions for Flash Fiction are between 450 and 580 words; for Fiction, 1800 words is the starting point; Personal Essays begin at 600 words. For all submissions 6000 words is the limit.

For all review types (book, film, movie series, visual and performance art, as well as internet culture) a pitch of 150 words is preferable. We welcome marginalized subjects and unique perspectives.

Please read what we have already published before submitting.

Standard formatting, Times New Roman 12 p. font preferred.  

Call for submissions

Polish Gothic – Issue 2: Fantastic Animals

Homey pets, endangered species, vengeful spirits, totem animals, magical creatures (unicorns, werewolves), hybrids, monsters, and unprotected animals in times of war.

We invite you to explore the uncanny presence of animals in literature and culture. Approaches may include:

• A personal story
• A tale told from an animal’s point of view
• Narratives of separation, love, vengeance, attachment, or fate
• Encounters with something mystical

We welcome short and long stories, essays, and reviews. A gothic angle is encouraged.

Animals in literature are masters of communication. They possess minds of their own, uncanny powers of observation, and the ability to reflect human experience from a perspective beyond our own.

For inspiration:

• Felix Salten, Bambi (1923)
• E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web (1952)
• Patricia Highsmith, The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder (1975)
• Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake (2003)
• The Nightmares of Nature (Netflix, 2025)

Conjure your inner animal. Learn its habits. Allow the wisdom of other species to speak through you. Or remain with a human point of view and tell us about the encounter.

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Deadline: February 1st
Submit to: editor.polishgothic@ug.edu.pl (Word attachment preferred)
More info: polishgothic.ug.edu.pl