The FANS Association has a new group page over on dA run by executive committee member Shannon Burkett (aka: Prax).  Media in all its forms falls within our purview.  We hope to use this group as a nucleus for future creation and analysis of fandom art works.  For now we’re limited to still two-dimensional pieces, but eventually we hope to include video...

Below are the entries of the second edition of The Phoenix Papers, Vol. 1, No. 2.  We are proud to offer our publication to the world as a free, online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal of fandom and neomedia studies.  We invite responses in Letter to the Editor format, articles and reviews, and also participation as submission readers.  For information on...

We are pleased to announce the rolling CFP for articles and reviews for our online peer-reviewed, open access journal, The Phoenix Papers (ISSN 2325-2316).  We welcome articles on fandom and media topics as well as reviews of anime, manga, books, movies, video games, TV series, web series, musical albums, performances, and other pop culture media products.  We...

All submissions, both for the FANS Conference and all FANS publications, must conform to the following style guide.  Please make all submissions in either .doc or .docx format. Use Chicago, APA, or MLA style throughout with the following modifications. Use footnotes OR endnotes OR parenthetical citations but do not mix them in the same submission.  Regardless...

The Phoenix Papers, as a new online peer-reviewed journal, is looking to expand our pool of editors, readers, and reviewers.  We are looking for those with experience in fandom and media studies to review new productions and publications and to comment on submissions.  Our journal is interdisciplinary and we are interested in presentations from a wide spectrum...