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The Shirley Jackson Society
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A scholarly collective devoted to the work and influence of Shirley Jackson. We publish Shirley Jackson Studies, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal: https://shirleyjacksonstudies.org/.
🤡New Shirely Jackson Studies CFP!!!🎃 Submit your abstract for Vol. 4, Issue 1, "Jackson and Animality" by December 15th!

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Call for Submissions - Shirley Jackson Studies
Call for Proposals for Vol. 4, Issue 1--Jackson & Animality [deadline Dec. 15, 2025] Jonas, Merricat’s feline companion in We Have Always Lived in the Castle, is possibly the most recognizable animal ...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Interested in joining an SSAG roundtable on Shirley Jackson's The Witchcraft of Salem Village this March? Email ebanks@franklincollege.edu with a few sentences on what you'd like to talk about by next Monday, 9/22! ~5 minute presentations followed by discussion.

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American Nightmares II: Return to Salem – Society for the Study of the American Gothic
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September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I'm still seeking another panelist for Shirley Jackson: Memory and Forgetting at PAMLA in November! Submit below or let me know if you're interested.

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July 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
last day to submit an abstract for PAMLA! memory and forgetting!
4 more days to submit!
Don't forget! Abstracts for our PAMLA 2025 panel, "Shirley Jackson: Memory and Forgetting," are due June 30th.

I hope some of you will join us November 20th-23d in San Francisco. 🌉🦭🌞

Follow this link to submit your proposal: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19720
June 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
✨HAPPY LOTTERY DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE (as if you have a choice)✨
June 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
4 more days to submit!
Don't forget! Abstracts for our PAMLA 2025 panel, "Shirley Jackson: Memory and Forgetting," are due June 30th.

I hope some of you will join us November 20th-23d in San Francisco. 🌉🦭🌞

Follow this link to submit your proposal: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19720
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June 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Don't forget! Abstracts for our PAMLA 2025 panel, "Shirley Jackson: Memory and Forgetting," are due June 30th.

I hope some of you will join us November 20th-23d in San Francisco. 🌉🦭🌞

Follow this link to submit your proposal: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19720
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June 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Four days! Let's get anxious!
June 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
✨Deadline extended!✨

We are now accepting proposals for Vol. 3, Issue 2 of Shirley Jackson Studies, "Jackson in an Age of Anxiety," until June 15th.

Details here: shirleyjacksonstudies.org?page_id=35
Call for Submissions - Shirley Jackson Studies
Call for Proposals for Vol. 3, Issue 2 --Jackson in an Age of Anxiety [deadline extended: June 15, 2025] Shirley Jackson’s fiction is pervaded by a profound sense of anxiety, unease and even dread. In...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
TWO NEW CFPs!!!!

*Shirley Jackson Studies 3.2 - Jackson in an Age of Anxiety - abstracts due May 30th!

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*PAMLA 2025, November 20-23 in San Francisco - Shirley Jackson: Memory and Forgetting - abstracts due June 30th!

pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19720
Call for Submissions - Shirley Jackson Studies
Call for Proposals for Vol. 3, Issue 2 --Jackson in an Age of Anxiety [deadline: May 30, 2025] Shirley Jackson’s fiction is pervaded by a profound sense of anxiety, unease and even dread. In the short...
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May 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Very excited to be a part of this amazing issue with such fantastic scholars! I discuss the similarities of Jackson and Stephen King’s folkloric characters, the Daemon Lover and the Man in Black, and how they contribute to a neo-folklore for New England 👻
April 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
📣 We are excited to announce the release of Shirley Jackson Studies Volume 2, Issue 2: Jackson & Folklore! 📣

This issue features illuminating articles by @amycoles.bsky.social, Margherita Orsi, @soniaoverall.bsky.social, and Candice Bailey. Read it here: shirleyjacksonstudies.org?page_id=381
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Vol. 2, Issue 2: Jackson & Folklore 01 A New England Folklore: The Haunting Figures of Shirley Jackson's Daemon Loverand Stephen King's Man in Black By Amy Coles 02 “Amateur witch”: Shirley Jackson’s ...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
✨4 days!✨
January 15th is approaching! Send us your abstracts! 👀👀👀👀
Submissions for our ALA panels--folk horror and open topic--are still open till January 15th. Come talk Jackson with us in Boston!

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January 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
January 15th is approaching! Send us your abstracts! 👀👀👀👀
Submissions for our ALA panels--folk horror and open topic--are still open till January 15th. Come talk Jackson with us in Boston!

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January 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Submissions for our ALA panels--folk horror and open topic--are still open till January 15th. Come talk Jackson with us in Boston!

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December 10, 2024 at 3:37 PM
We've extended our deadline for Shirley Jackson Studies 3.1: Jackson & Adolescence. Please submit by February 1st!

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Call for Proposals for Vol. 3, Issue 1 –Jackson & Adolescence [deadline extended–February 1, 2025 ] “Her life is controlled, possessed, by a shifting set of laws that make your garden-variety savage i...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:35 PM