We currently have two issues lined up. Our first issue, to be published in October 2021, will be a special issue for papers submitted from this year’s GIFCon<\/a>. Our second issue, to be published in March 2022, will be a general issue. We operate with a rolling submissions window, and if you’re interested in submitting to us, we would love to see your paper no matter when it’s ready! Check out our submissions page<\/a> for the details and guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mapping the Impossible<\/em> has been developed specifically with early-career research into fantasy and the fantastic in mind. We exclusively publish papers by current students and recent graduates, and we define \u201cfantasy\u201d very broadly<\/a>. Our aim is to highlight the brilliant work being done by undergraduates, postgraduates and student researchers looking into fantasy, and give them a new avenue to publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are affiliated with and supported by the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic<\/a> along with the annual fantasy research conference GIFCon<\/a>, and are generously hosted by the University of Glasgow. It’s wonderful to be a part of such a vibrant community of fantasts, and we strongly encourage checking out the Centre, GIFCon, and the University of Glasgow’s Masters in Fantasy<\/a> if the research we’re publishing inspires you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a personal note \u2013 putting together this journal, along with my colleagues Katarina O’Dette and Emma French, has been a real work of love, and we have a lot of people to thank for helping us get it off the ground. In the first instance, we have to highlight the wonderful work being done over at our sister publication, Press Start<\/a><\/em>, who are publishing early career research in Game Studies and were the inspiration for Mapping the Impossible<\/em>. The Press Start<\/em> team have provided us with brilliant support in setting up, and without Matt Barr it’s likely we would have never got off the ground. Everyone at the Centre for Fantasy has been so enthusiastic and helpful, and their guidance has helped us work out the fine details of what you see today. And a special thanks must go to my brilliant sister, Lois Langmead<\/a>, who was generous enough to donate some really wonderful illustrations to the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Oliver Langmead Mapping the Impossible is a brand new open-access student journal publishing peer-reviewed research into fantasy and the fantastic. The editorial board and reviewers are composed of current students and recent graduates from institutions across the world, and we are so pleased to be opening for submissions this month. If you’d like to … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mapping-the-Impossible-1.jpg\")
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