Call for Papers: Postgraduate English, Issue 48

2026-06-10

48th Issue: Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and the Future of Literature

Postgraduate English, Durham University’s online peer-reviewed literary journal, has been publishing postgraduate research biannually since the year 2000 and is one of the longest-running online postgraduate literary journals in the world. In recent years the journal has received reprint requests from academic publishers.

The journal aims to provide a space for postgraduate students and early-career researchers (including those currently institutionally unaffiliated) to showcase their work and receive feedback from established academics. While the journal is based in the UK, we seek to cultivate an international range of contributors and judge submissions primarily for strength of argument and fresh insight over a fixed writing style.

To mark the launch of our journal’s AI policy, we are centering our 48th issue around AI and social media in English studies.

For more information about proposed topics and how to submit, please see our full call for papers.