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The Looking Glass invites submissions to all sections and columns for the following special issues:

Displaced Children

Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2004

Publication date: April 2005

Critical, theoretical, and inter-disciplinary articles are welcome on any aspect of displaced children in children's books, children's media, and our world. Some topics might include immigration and emigration, the position of refugee due to war or other conditions, child trafficking and slavery, homeless children, child migrant workers, and fostered and adopted children. Please see Contribute! for submission guidelines and editorial policies.

Japanese Children's Literature and Culture

Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2005

Publication date: April 2006

Critical, theoretical, and informative articles are welcome on any aspect of Japanese children's literature and culture. Some topics might include the history of children's literature and writing for children in Japan, genre surveys, analyses of modern and contemporary Japanese children's literature, technology and Japanese children's literature, manga and anime, World War II in Japanese children's literature, Japanese children's literature in translation into English and other languages, imported children's literature translated into Japanese, teaching children's literature in Japan, children's literature publishing in Japan, and various aspects of Japanese children's culture. Please see Contribute! for submission guidelines and editorial policies.

The Looking Glass also invites scholarly submissions for the following special topics to be highlighted in Alice's Academy, its scholarly refereed section:

International Children's Mysteries

Submission deadline: 1 September 2004

Publication date: January 2005

Articles are welcome on any critical or theoretical aspect of children's mystery novels or series published outside of the United States or Britain. Please see Contribute! for submission guidelines and editorial policies.

Magic Realism in Children's Literature

Submission deadline: 1 September 2005

Publication date: January 2006

Articles are welcome on any critical or theoretical aspect of magic realism in children's literature. Please see Contribute! for submission guidelines and editorial policies.

All submissions to editor@the-looking-glass.net

Volume 8, Issue 2, The Looking Glass, April, 2004

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