CFP Journal of Dracula Studies 2025 (5/16/2025)

Journal of Dracula Studies

deadline for submissions: 

May 16, 2025

full name / name of organization: 

Journal of Dracula Studies

contact email: 

journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/27/journal-of-dracula-studies

The Journal of Dracula studies is open for submissions for its upcoming 2025 issue. We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in literature including folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics. For our 2025 issue we are especially interested in work looking at F.W. Murnau's 1922 film Nosferatu and its remakes/adaptations, as well as its influence on the legacy of Stoker's work and vampire literature more broadly. Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .docx). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow MLA style. Examples of papers published in the Journal are available at https://research.library.kutztown.edu/dracula-studies/. 

Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu 

Last updated March 31, 2025

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies 2024 (5/1/2024)

Journal of Dracula Studies

deadline for submissions:
May 1, 2024

full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies

contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/04/13/journal-of-dracula-studies

past issues are accessible at: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/dracula-studies/

We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .docx). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow MLA style.

Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.

Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.

Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu


Last updated April 16, 2024

Journal of Dracula Studies 2023

 The latest volume of the Journal of Dracula Studies has arrived.

Journal of Dracula Studies 25 (2023)

Table of Contents

A Wild(e) Story: Vampiric Disease as Gender Transgression in Victorian England

Sophie Bradley

Bedding Down in the Monster's Den: Reading Domesticity, Masculinity and Homoeroticism within Count Dracula's Castle

Ellese Patterson

Vampiric Sideways Growth at the Fin de Siecle: The Intersection of Youth, Race, and Queerness in Florence Marryat's The Blood of the Vampire

Kelsey Shawgo

Construction of Imperial Otherness in Dracula (1897) and Dracula in Istanbul (1928)

Y. Su Kolsal

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies for 2023 (5/1/2023)

Not sure how I missed this before.

Journal of Dracula Studies

deadline for submissions:
May 1, 2023

full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies

contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/01/23/journal-of-dracula-studies.


We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .docx). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow MLA style.

Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field. Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

Contact: Dr. Nicole McClure or Dr. Jonathan Shaw




Last updated January 26, 2023

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies (5/1/2022)

 Journal of Dracula Studies

Source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/11/03/journal-of-dracula-studies

deadline for submissions: May 1, 2022

full name / name of organization: Anne DeLong/Curt Herr

contact email: Journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow MLA style.

Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.

Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.

Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Submissions must be received no later than May 1, 2022, in order to be considered for the Fall 2021 issue.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

Contact: Dr. Anne DeLong or Dr. Curt Herr

Last updated November 3, 2021

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies [DEADLINE EXTENDED to 6/1/21]

Journal of Dracula Studies [DEADLINE EXTENDED to 6/1/21]

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/01/19/journal-of-dracula-studies-deadline-extended-to-6121

deadline for submissions:
June 1, 2021


full name / name of organization:
Anne DeLong/Curt Herr/ Transylvanian Society of Dracula


contact email:
Journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu



We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.
Please follow MLA style.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.
Submissions must be received no later than May 1, 2021, in order to be considered for the Fall 2021 issue.
Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu
Contact: Dr. Anne DeLong or Dr. Curt Herr 

Last updated May 2, 2021 

 

CFP Jounal of Dracula Studies 2021 (5/1/2021)

Apologies for having missed this earlier:

Journal of Dracula Studies

Source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/01/19/journal-of-dracula-studies

deadline for submissions: May 1, 2021


full name / name of organization: Anne DeLong/Curt Herr/ Transylvanian Society of Dracula


contact email: Journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu



We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow MLA style.

Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.

Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Submissions must be received no later than May 1, 2021, in order to be considered for the Fall 2021 issue.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu
Contact: Dr. Anne DeLong or Dr. Curt Herr

Last updated January 21, 2021

CFP Witches (Spec Issue of Journal of Dracula Studies) (1/1/2020)

Journal of Dracula Studies Special Issue: Witches
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2019/06/27/journal-of-dracula-studies-special-issue-witches

deadline for submissions: January 1, 2020
full name / name of organization: Anne DeLong/Transylvanian Society of Dracula
contact email: journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

The Journal of Dracula Studies is accepting submissions of manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) for a 2020 Special Issue focusing on witches and witchcraft. Papers may examine the figure of the witch and/or the practice of witchcraft in literature, film, folklore, and popular culture. Submissions are due by January 1, 2020. Possible topics include the following:

• witches, wizards, warlocks, cunning folk
• magic and magical practices
• hexing and spell casting
• witches throughout history
• witch hunts and witch trials
• witchcraft and feminism
• witchcraft and New Age spirituality
• witchcraft and political activism
• witchcraft and spiritualism: seances, spirit communication
• culturally diverse witchcraft practices: Voodoo, conjure, pow wow, etc.
• depictions of witches and witchcraft in film, television, and popular culture

Last updated July 5, 2019

Journal of Dracula Studies 2019 Submissions (papers by 5/1/2019)

Journal of Dracula Studies
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2019/01/23/journal-of-dracula-studies

deadline for submissions:
May 1, 2019

full name / name of organization:
Anne DeLong/Transylvanian Society of Dracula

contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu



We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail. Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu.

Please follow the updated MLA style. Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field. Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Submissions must be received no later than May 1 in order to be considered for that year’s issue.


Last updated January 23, 2019

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies (expired for 2018 volume)

Sorry to have missed this for the year, but the journal would now be accepting for 2019:

[UPDATE] DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 1, 2018
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/05/02/update-deadline-extended-to-june-1-2018

deadline for submissions:
June 1, 2018

full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies

contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu



We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail. Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu.

Please follow the updated MLA style. Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field. Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies for 2016

Journal of Dracula Studies Call for Papers
http://kutztownenglish.com/journal-of-dracula-studies-call-for-papers/

We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.

Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail. Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu.

Please follow the 2009 updated MLA style. Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field. Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Submissions must be received no later than May 1, 2016, in order to be considered for the 2016 issue.

Contact: Dr. Curt Herr or Dr. Anne DeLong

CFP The Horror Classics (Spec. Issue of Journal of Dracula Studies) (1/1/15)

Special Edition 2015 Journal of Dracula Studies (Jan 1, 2015)
full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies
contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/59087

In 2015 we will be publishing a special edition of the Journal of Dracula Studies to mark the 20th anniversary of our Chapter. The theme of this edition will be The Horror Classics.

We invite manuscripts of scholarly, reader-friendly, articles of 3000 words or less for The Horror Classics. We are looking for articles which explore the classic horror monsters of literature, film, comics from the
Golden Age of horror (Tales From the Crypt etc), and TV: The Mummy, Ghosts, The Witch, Mad Scientists, Swamp Monsters, Zombies, The Haunted House, The Werewolf, Aliens, Edward Gory etc. (For this special edition, we are not publishing material on the Vampire). Material is not limited to any historical era.

We require that articles be free of jargon and over-dependence on literary criticism.

Send submissions (electronic only) to Curt Herr (journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu). Please put “Special Edition: Horror Classics” in the subject line.

Deadline: Jan. 1, 2015

By web submission at 10/24/2014 - 16:10

Updated CFP Journal of Dracula Studies (6/1/14)

Apologies for having missed this:

[UPDATE] DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 1, 2014
full name / name of organization:
The Journal of Dracula Studies
contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow the 2009 updated MLA style.

Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.

Copyright for published articles remains with the author.

Submissions must be received no later than June 1, 2014, in order to be considered for the 2014 issue.
Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

Contact: Dr. Curt Herr or Dr. Anne DeLong


By web submission at 05/15/2014 - 21:57

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies

Sorry for the late post:

Journal of Dracula Studies
full name / name of organization:
Anne DeLong/Curt Herr
contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.

Please follow the 2009 updated MLA style.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.
Submissions must be received no later than May 1, 2014, in order to be considered for the 2014 issue.
Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu
Contact: Dr. Curt Herr or Dr. Anne DeLong

cfp categories:
film_and_television
gender_studies_and_sexuality
journals_and_collections_of_essays
popular_culture
victorian

By web submission at 02/10/2014 - 16:16