Reminder! The Holmlund Prize is still open for submissions from grad students in queer/trans media studies! The winning essay will be published in New Review of Film and Television Studies. All submissions receive close attention from the selection committee. Send your 6,500 words to [email protected]!

Emory Dept. of Film & Media is seeking an Associate or Full Professor with a research specialty in American Film & Media Industries. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/135934 -- review of apps begins Jan. 15.

We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize: Adin Walker (Stanford TAPS), "Flowers, Concrete, Water: Care and Precarity in Tsai Ming-liang’s: 'I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone' (2006)." The essay will be published in the New Review of Film and Television Studies Summer '24 issue!

Congratulations to the '23 Holmlund Prize runners-up, as well! (1/2) Kanika Lawton (Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto) “Sometimes You Gotta Close a Door to Open a Window”: Disidentifying Queer Colours in Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR."👏

And to fellow '23 Holmlund Prize runner-up (2/2), Axelle Demus (@yorkuniversity) “'Gay News and Views' (1977-1978): Broadcasting (Limited) Visions of Gay Liberation on the Canadian Cable Access Airwaves”👏

Apply to be a QTC-sponsored session at SCMS '24! Send a panel abstract and title of papers to [email protected] by 1/15. We will equally consider open call and preconstituted panels. Sponsored sessions are highlighted in the program and the QTC Zine!

Deadline EXTENDED! Since the draft program was just released yesterday, if you would like to have your panel sponsored by the caucus, please send your panel abstract and title of papers to [email protected] by 1/20. We will equally consider open call and preconstituted panels.

The Queer and Trans Caucus QueerZine is here! We've compiled the queer and trans papers, panels, and roundtables from #SCMS24 to help you decide your schedule. Look for the gold stars for our sponsored selections. drive.google.com/file/d/125-i-5…

Queer Drinks #SCMS24: Thurs 3/14, 7pm. Hilton Boston Back Bay Lobby Bar, 40 Dalton St. Yes, that's across the street from the Sheraton. We chose a venue nearby with the fewest scheduling challenges. Feel free to come and go to make the most of all the concurrent get-togethers! 🥂

We want to remind all our members that the QTC's Secretary and Grad Representative elections are open. You should have received an email about it, but you can also access the election survey by visiting your profile on the SCMS website. cmstudies.org

Don't forget to get those submissions in for QTC Connect! The deadline is Friday Aug. 23! Email [email protected] with “QTC Connect” as the subject and 1 or 2 sentences describing your potential #SCMS25 panel topic(s)

For all those graduate students doing research on queer and trans cinema/media. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

My favorite time of year, the Chris Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize is accepting submissions!!! Grads who are SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus members We’re here to support your work! This is an excellent opportunity to get mentored on your writing & publish with New Review of Film and Television Studies.

We're thrilled to once again be partnering with SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus on the Chris Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize! Submissions are due October 1st and more info is below.