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Call for Applications: SRN Book/Publication Awards 2026

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The SRN AWARDS will celebrate the 7th edition at the 2026 Conference in Oxford, UK this September 2026.

We invite all members and colleagues to submit Nominations for the best publications of 2025/2026 by the deadline of 15 June 2026 for articles published between 1 June 2025 & 31 May 2026.Both nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Winners will be announced at the 2026 SRN Conference in Oxford, UK.

The Awards this year will be again in two categories:

Best Monograph – for single-authored or co-authored volumes (any format)

Best Journal Article/Book Chapter – Both articles and chapters normally range around 6-8,000 words but the format may vary.

While no ratings of journals/publishers will be a factor in the evaluation of submissions, all publications should be scholarly, fully peer-reviewed work underpinned by substantial research specifically in the area of Screenwriting Studies.

Guidelines for the submission of nominations:

All submissions in both categories should be made directly to all the members of the Jury (see contact details below) by 15 June 2026. However, early submissions are most welcome and encouraged.

MONOGRAPHS – Nominees and self-nominees should send hard copies of their monographs directly to each Juror via regular mail/courier. Publishers are usually happy to supply complimentary evaluation/inspection copies: only where this is really not possible (including, for instance, volumes due out very close to the deadline), authors can send a PDF copy of the approved preprint manuscript (in this case via email) as a backup option.

ARTICLES/CHAPTERS – Individual journal articles (i.e. not the whole journal) or chapters (i.e. not the whole book) should be sent as PDF (as per preprint approved draft) directly to each of the Jurors via email.

All submissions will be evaluated independently by our Jury of distinguished academics:

Professor Carmen Sofia Brenes: [email protected]

Leslie Kreiner Wilson: [email protected]

Garrabost Jayalakshmi: [email protected]

Margaret McVeigh: [email protected]

If you have any enquiries, please contact EC Secretary Isadora García Avis: [email protected]

Call for nominations – SRN Screenwriting Teaching Innovation Award

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The Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Teaching Innovation Award recognizes the achievements of outstanding faculty scholars whose work demonstrates original approaches to supporting the teaching and learning development of screenwriters and scholars of screenwriting. The committee is particularly interested in reviewing materials from applicants who critically examine their research agenda and teaching practices and consider how, in addition to being innovative in their classrooms, they are intentionally integrating their screenwriting research into their pedagogy.

Additionally, the committee would like to encourage applicants to:

  • Demonstrate the significance and value of their
  • Address how their research and teaching practices are new to the
  • Consider the exportability of their teaching innovation (how other educators can adapt teaching practices).
  • Demonstrate an overall awareness of their research and teaching innovations and what they are trying to In other words, clearly articulate pedagogical objectives and the broader significance of their work.

As a member of SRN, you may self-nominate for the Screenwriting Teaching Innovation Award, or you may nominate a colleague. Each nominee is responsible for collecting, collating, and preparing the application materials. Please submit a nomination packet of no more than 20 pages, including the following materials:

  • Two-page summary statement describing an innovative assignment or teaching method, including goals for the assignment or instructional technique, implementation in the classroom, student feedback and interaction with the assignment or teaching method, student success, and an explanation of reflective teaching and adjustments in response to student work and
  • Three-page (max) CV highlighting accomplishments in teaching, including screenwriting courses developed and taught, student mentoring, student successes, teaching workshops, institutional teaching awards, or published scholarship on the teaching and learning development of screenwriters and screenwriting scholars.
  • Sample assignment or syllabus.
  • Two letters of support from colleagues, the department chair, dean, or former
  • Other supporting documentation, such as anonymous student evaluations, course reviews from colleagues, press releases about teaching-related achievements, evidence of previous teaching awards, or video recordings of lectures or

Nomination packets are due June 15 2026. The SRN Teaching Innovation Award Committee will select one or two awardees for 2026. Awardees will be notified on August 15, and awards will be presented at the 2026 SRN conference. Please direct questions to Anna Weinstein and email the application packet materials (subject line: “SRN Teaching Innovation Award”) to the judges:

Armando Fumagalli – [email protected]

Lucian Georgescu – [email protected]

Anna Weinstein – [email protected]

 

 

Call for papers for the 18th Screenwriting Research Network Annual International Conference (Extended Deadline)

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The 18th annual International Conference of the Screenwriting Research Network (SRN 2026) will be hosted by Oxford Brookes University in the UK, on Wednesday 9th through Saturday 12th September 2026. It will mark the 20th anniversary of the SRN.

The Conference is organized with the support of the School of Arts of Oxford Brookes University. The main location of the Conference will be at the Headington Campus. Oxford is well known for its history, culture, “dreaming spires” and… academic tradition.

Calendar (summary of deadlines)

  • CfP out: Mid-November 2025
  • Submissions of abstracts by: 06 March 2026 (extended deadline)
  • Shortlisting/notification of acceptance by: End of March 2026
  • Website going live: Early Spring 2026
  • Registration: From May/June 2026
  • Conference: 9-12 September 2026
  • Keynote speakers and/or special guests to be announced in Spring/Summer 2026.

Submission of abstracts/proposals

Proposals/Abstracts can be sent as either a Word or PDF file: please indicate “Yourname_PROPOSALTYPE” (i.e. PAPER, PANEL, ESSAY or POSTER; see details in Full CfP) clearly in the file title and in the subject heading of your submission email to [email protected]

Deadline for submission of all proposals: 20 February 2026.

Earlier submissions are very much welcome.

All presentations, regardless of format, must be delivered in person (i.e. no pre-recorded presentations), in English, and be underpinned by original research work being conducted by the presenter (i.e. no recycling/repetitions from previous SRN or other conferences). Multiple presenters for co-written papers are allowed.

We aim to notify acceptance/rejection of proposals by the end of March 2026.

Website and registration

The SRN 2026 website will go live in the coming months – likely by early Spring 2026.

It will include a wealth of useful information (e.g. registration, travel, accommodation options) as well as all the updates and, eventually, the programme leading up to the Conference.

We aim to keep registration fees in the region of £100-£120 (GBP) with a discounted rate for early career researchers (e.g. post-docs) and PhD students. We will have more precise details by around the abstract submission deadline.

Contacts

An official conference email address will be available when the website goes live.

Meanwhile, please address any query regarding abstracts, registration, programme, etc. to [email protected]