Gegenwartsliteratur accepts original scholarship in German or in English about contemporary literature (i.e., literature published in the German-speaking countries during approximately the past thirty-five years). By submitting manuscripts authors confirm that the manuscript is original scholarship, has not been published before, and is not under consideration elsewhere.
Jahrbuch für Gegenwartsliteratur does not accept AI generated essays.
Articles on all aspects of contemporary German language literature are welcome and make up about half of the contributions in each Yearbook. In addition, each volume includes a cluster of articles on a particular topic.
- Focus/Schwerpunkt, Gegenwartsliteratur 2023: Gedächtnis–Autofiktion–Archive
- Focus/Schwerpunkt, Gegenwartsliteratur 2024: Futurity–Utopien–Dystopien
- Focus/Schwerpunkt, Gegenwartsliteratur 2025: Graphic Novels
- Focus/Schwerpunkt, Gegenwartsliteratur 2026: Räume und Orte erzählen — Narrating Spaces & Places
- Focus/Schwerpunkt, Gegenwartsliteratur 2027: Postmigration
Gegenwartsliteratur is a peer-reviewed publication. We accept submissions at any time. The deadline for articles to be considered for the next yearbook is October 15.
Please send submissions (prepared for anonymous review) or queries
to jahrbuch.gegenwartsliteratur@gmail.com. The editor will confirm receipt of submission.
To suggest scholarly books on contemporary German/Austrian/Swiss literature for review, please contact the book review editor Maria Mayr, Associate Professor of German at Memorial University, Newfoundland (mmayr@mun.ca).