The following CFPs are current calls for pedagogical materials that will be published on Adaptation Today. All materials will be peer-reviewed before publication. For questions about the CFPs or pedagogical publications, please contact James Fleury fleuryjb@wustl.edu and Kathryn J. McClain kmcclain@coloradomesa.edu.
Adaptation Today seeks to provide pedagogical resources to encourage and support the study of adaptation (e.g., syllabi, assignments, lesson plans, blog posts). All submitted materials will be peer-reviewed by the editors of Adaptation Today and open to moderated community feedback.
Deadlines for Pedagogical Resources
Each year will provide multiple review periods for pedagogical resources. This year, we seek the following content via related syllabi, lesson plans, and assignments:
- Adaptation and Music: October 1, 2025
- Examples: musicals based on films, song covers and reclamation
- Adaptation and Comics: February 1, 2026
- Examples: remediation strategies across film and comics, “canon” literature as graphic novels
- Adaptations around the World: April 1, 2026
- Examples: transnational remakes, transcultural rewritings
- Adaptation and Video Games: August 1, 2026
- Examples: video game narratives as streaming series, video game spin-offs from comics
Blog Posts
We also request blog post submissions on a bimonthly basis. Blog posts should be submitted by the last day of the month for consideration during the next publication period.
Submission Guidelines
We welcome any potential “What I Learned Teaching Adaptation Today” blog posts or resources by the deadlines listed above. Please label all submissions in the email’s subject line as follows: blog post content labeled as “[Last Name] Adaptation Today Blog Submission” and topic content labeled as “[Last Name] Adaptation Today Topic Submission.” If you have any questions, please contact the Adaptation Today Pedagogy Team: James Fleury (fleuryjb@wustl.edu) and Kathryn J. McClain (kmcclain@coloradomesa.edu).
Current Submission Calls
Current CFP for Topics – Music
By October 1, 2025, we encourage you to email one or more adaptation-related pedagogical submissions to the Adaptation Today Pedagogy Team: James Fleury (fleuryjb@wustl.edu) and Kathryn J. McClain (kmcclain@coloradomesa.edu).
You are welcome to submit one or more syllabi, lesson plans, and/or assignments focused either entirely or partly on the study of adaptation and music; in addition to the materials, please include a 200-300 word summary of the focus on music, as well as any particular notes about the success of this content in the classroom.
We particularly welcome materials by October 1 in the following areas related to adaptation and music:
- Adaptation studies and musical theory
- Intertextual rap lyrics
- Broadway and musical adaptations
- K-pop music and bands
- Remixing on social media
- Adaptations by specific artists and groups
- Song covers and reclamation
- Stage-to-screen/screen-to-stage
- Instrumental music and tone
- Transmedia considerations of songs
- Interdisciplinary courses that have units or themes focused on adaptation and music (e.g. Fan Studies, Interdisciplinary Writing and Research)
For more on how to submit, including deadlines, please see our submissions page.
Current CFP for Blog Posts
In addition to regularly scheduled calls for materials, Adaptation Today will publish an ongoing blog titled “What I Learned Teaching Adaptation Today.” This blog will provide the opportunity to share teaching reflections in an informal format with other adaptation educators.
We ask that submissions (300-500 words) be sent by the last day of each month to be published by the end of the following month (e.g., submit a reflection by April 30 to be featured on May 31).
For more on how to submit, including more about deadlines, please see our submissions page.
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