Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELMCIP), a collaborative research project funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) JRP for Creativity and Innovation, seeks submissions of electronic literature from European writers and practitioners for its upcoming anthology. We are looking for innovative literary works by European authors [...]

The University of Lausanne is organizing an international conference entitled «From Ancient Manuscripts to the Digital Era. Readings and Literacies» , which is to be held at Lausanne (CH), 23rd-25th August 2011. I’m quoting from the presentation provided by the organizers: The main purpose of the conference is to demonstrate the major impact of the Digital [...]

This special issue of DHQ invites essays that consider the study of literature and the category of the literary to be an essential part of the digital humanities. We welcome essays that consider how digital technologies affect our understanding of the literary— its aesthetics, its history, its production and dissemination processes, and also the traditional [...]

The New River is seeking works of electronic literature or new media by current students or recent graduates from electronic literature or new media programs. The journal intends to publish its next issue in spring 2011. If you know of a current student or recent graduate whose work you would recommend, could you either send [...]

Reading Writing Interfaces: Electronic Literature and the “Interface-free” 2012 Modern Language Association Conference in Seattle (Jan. 5-8) Send 300 word abstracts and a brief bio. by 15 March 2011 to Lori Emerson (lori dot emerson at colorado dot edu) Given that, as Lisa Gitelman puts it, “media represent and delimit representing,” this special session seeks [...]

ISEA2011 Istanbul is the international festival of new media, electronic and digital arts. The 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a leading world conference and exhibition event for art, media and technology, is scheduled for September 14 to 21, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The ISEA2011 Istanbul exhibition will coincide with the Istanbul Biennial and will [...]

common practice/language Texts by mez breeze 3 June, 5pm-8pm Reading Room in Arnolfini and online at http://automatist.net/deptofreading/wiki/pmwiki.php/CommonPractice contact common_practice on Skype to join the session (next sessions: 24 June, 9 and 30 September) Italo Calvino said ‘the storyteller explored the possibilities implied in his own language by combining and changing the permutations of the figures [...]

Greetings all! A heads-up: the 7th issue of Hyperrhiz, “New Media Subversions,” is now online, guest-edited by Davin Heckman and Hai Ren. Featuring essays from Davin Heckman and Hai Ren, Neil Hennessy, Brian M. Reed, Benjamin J Robertson, Andrew Klobucar, and Brett Phares With gallery works by: Neil Hennessy, Nicholas Knouf, Angela Ferraiolo and Mary Flanagan, Jason Nelson, and Brett Phares And a very fine review [...]

I just got this from Simon Morris and am posting it here: Christine asked me to put this out to people in the creative industries…so here you are: Looking for anyone in the art and experimental literature field who uses any iPhone apps, has one made about them, has made one… anything art & app [...]

I’ve been going to these iota salons for the past year and they’re really interesting. I’m probably posting this a little late but if you have anything ready to send, do so! And check out their website to see what they do, along with the website of the Center for Visual Music, also here in [...]

Nick Montfort and I are working with a designer to develop a coffee-table photo book version of Implementation, the sticker novel we published in 2004-2005. Originally, most of the photos submitted were of a resolution only suitable for the Web. We are currently looking for readers to help re-implement Implementation and to send in higher [...]

ELO_AI: Archive & Innovate

The Electronic Literature Organization’s
Fourth International Conference
& Program of Digitally Mediated Literary Art

June 3-6, 2010
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The New River is a journal of digital writing and art, originally created and edited by Edward Falco. The current managing editors are graduate students in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Virginia Tech. The Fall 2009 issue editors, Josette Torres and Amy Vance, are interested in receiving submissions of original and unpublished digital [...]

Call for Presentations Transliteracy Conference Tuesday 9 February 2010, 9:30 – 17:30 Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, Leicester, UK In association with the Institute of Creative Technologies & the NLab Small Business Network,  De Montfort University www.transliteracy.com/conference2010.html Deadline for Abstracts:  1 December, 2009 Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range [...]

All, Mark Sample’s post and subsequent comment about teaching e-lit…reminded me that easy to use tools such a Google maps is a lovely way to introduce e-lit to beginning writers. With that in mind, I wanted to announce the theme of NetPoetic’s first contest.   Using Google maps, create a small work of Electronic Literature/Fiction/Poetry/Creative [...]