Celebrating the Powerful Women’s Voices of the Hispanophone Caribbean and the Diaspora

CALL FOR PAPERS: Celebrating the Powerful Women’s Voices of the Hispanophone Caribbean and the Diaspora

The Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars (ACWWS) invites submissions for an upcoming issue of its journal. MaComère is a refereed journal that is devoted to scholarly studies and creative works by and about Caribbean women in the region and the diaspora. It is the flagship publication for ACWWS, an international organization founded in 1994. MaComère is published annually.

In 2025, ACWWS will publish its first bilingual issue, dedicated to celebrating and exploring the diverse voices of women authors from the Hispanophone Caribbean and its Diaspora. These writers often grapple with a range of issues reflective of their diverse cultural, historical and social landscapes. Their writings frequently highlight the complexities of identity, politics, and human experiences across different times and regions. This bilingual issue of MaComère will provide a platform for scholarly and creative works that explore some key issues prevalent in the works of writers, scholars, and activists from the region.

Subthemes for Submission:

Resistance and Empowerment: How Latina writers of Caribbean heritage use literature as a tool for political and personal empowerment.
Identity and Belonging: Explorations of cultural identity, race, and the sense of belonging.
Intergenerational Narratives: The representation of generational trauma, memory, and heritage.
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism: Critical approaches to gender roles, feminist thought, and LGBTQ+ narratives.
Migration and Diaspora: Writings reflecting on the immigrant experience, exile, and transnational identities.
Spirituality and Tradition: The role of faith, spirituality, and cultural traditions in shaping women’s narratives.
Afro-Latina Experiences: The intersection of Afro-Latina and Caribbean identities and their unique contributions to literature.
Environmental Justice and Narratives of the Land: Writing on ecologicalconcerns, land, and environmental justice.
Body and Language: Negotiating body politics and bilingualism or multilingualism.
Historical Reimagining: Rewriting and reclaiming history through Caribbean Latina perspectives.
Dictatorship and Political Repression: A critique of authoritarian regimes, censorship, and human rights violations. The “literature of dictatorship” can interrogate themes of exile, oppression, suppression of freedom, and political resistance.
Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism and the Blurring of Reality: Speculative fiction, magic realism and other literary modes that blend the fantastical with the everyday, often to reflect on historical trauma, political corruption, or social inequalities.

Submission Guidelines

Contributors may submit critical articles, book reviews, or poetry.

Manuscripts in either English or Spanish should be submitted in Microsoft Word. Critical articles should not exceed 20 pages, and book reviews should be approximately 3,000 to 4,000 words in length. Authors should follow the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. All articles are refereed blind by at least two readers; consequently, the name(s) of the author(s) should appear only on a separate title page, which should also include the title(s) of work(s) submitted, street address, telephone, fax and email information, and a brief biographical statement of no more than 100 words. The
journal does not accept unsolicited material that has been previously published. The editors reserve the right to amend phrasing and punctuation in manuscripts accepted for publication.

Timeline for publication

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted by January 15, 2025.
Final papers are due by April 15, 2025.
Reviews will be received by June 30, 2025.
Final, corrected papers are due September 1, 2025.

Submissions will be accepted in English and/or Spanish.

We look forward to your contributions in celebrating the powerful voices of Caribbean Latina writers.

Guest Editors: Dr Zaida Corniel and Dr Isabel Espinal

All submissions and editorial correspondence should be sent to:
Dr Stephanie Fullerton-Cooper, Publications Editor, MaComère
University College of the Cayman Islands
Telephone: (345) 623-0532
Email: SCooper@ucci.edu.ky

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