The Writing Platform is commissioning articles on how artificial intelligence is being used as a tool for writing for the screen and stage as well as how it is depicted on screen and stage. 

We are looking for articles that engage with the debates and concerns around generative AI and creativity and are keen to publish submissions that explore the benefits, risks, and ethical issues of these tools in relation to their environmental and societal impact.  

We are also interested in emerging writing processes, including co-collaboration and co-creation with generative AI and its impact on creativity. This extends to exploring how AI is represented in fictional forms, such as novels, films, television, games and theatre.  

We welcome articles that deal with experimentation, personalisation, playfulness and technological innovation and encourage submissions with an international focus. Your proposed article might fit into one of the following categories;  

Resource: For example, a how-to guide. 

Research: For example, a paper, article or overview of a research project from an academic or practitioner perspective. 

Experience: For example, an account of a storytelling experience or writing process that you have experienced or developed. 

News: For example, highlighting a new project or opportunity in the field that our readers might not have heard of before. 

Projects: For example, a reflection on a project that you have developed or one that you have been inspired by. 

We are looking for 300 – 3,000-word articles, including 2 to 3 images. We have a small commissioning fund of £100 per article for freelancers and non-salaried researchers.  

To propose an article, email us at hello@thewritingplatform.com with a 100-word overview of your idea and which category or categories it would best fit into.  

We have a rolling deadline for submissions and would advise you getting in touch ASAP to discuss your proposed article.  

This year, The Writing Platform turns ten years old. To celebrate a decade of sharing knowledge and expertise around digital innovation in how we make and publish stories we are commissioning articles on the future of digital storytelling to imagine what the next ten years might hold. 

We want to publish articles of approx 750 to 2,000 words on all aspects of innovative storytelling through new forms of narrative delivery and audience interaction. We are looking for articles on storytelling that makes creative use of new technologies or creative ways of repurposing older technologies. These might be reflections on developing your own project or on current issues in digital storytelling. We are particularly interested in emerging writing processes, including co-collaboration and co-creation with generative AI and other forms of data-driven storytelling, such as ambient literature. We are interested in the debates and concerns around AI and creativity and are keen to publish articles that grapple with the benefits and risks of AI from a range of perspectives. 

We are also looking for articles that revisit the topics of our early articles with a reflection on what has changed. For example, you might want to give your advice on how to create a storyworld, create characters or  create plot or reflect on why print still matters in the digital age, poetry or transmedia storytelling.

As always, our attention is on narrative storytelling and poetry and we are interested in experimentation, personalisation and playfulness with form and content as well as technological innovation. We welcome articles with an international focus.

Your proposed article might fit into one of the following categories; 

Resource: for example, a how-to guide

Research: for example, a paper, article or overview of a research project from an academic or practitioner perspective

Experience: for example, an account of a storytelling experience or writing process that you have experienced or developed

News: for example, highlighting a new project or opportunity in the field that our readers might not have heard of before

Projects: for example, a reflection on a project that you have developed or one that you have been inspired by 

We are looking for 750 – 2,000 word articles, including 2 to 3 images. We have a small commissioning fund of £100 per article for freelancers and non-salaried researchers. 

To propose an article, email us at hello@thewritingplatform.com with a 100 word overview of your idea and tell us which category or categories it would best fit into. 

We have a rolling deadline for submissions and would advise you getting in touch ASAP to discuss your proposed article. 

The Writing Platform is commissioning articles of approx 750 to 2,000 words on all aspects of storytelling through new forms of narrative delivery and audience interaction in immersive media. We want to understand the role of emerging technologies in developing new forms of experiential storytelling and audience engagement, from digital fiction, audio and performance through to film, games and other immersive media technologies. 

In addition, as a development of our long-term focus on text on screens, we are  looking for writers, researchers and practitioners interested in, for example, textual storytelling in the metaverse, 3D typography in VR, textual experiments in AR and live performances that make use of text. While text as a navigation aid has always been present in games, we’re interested in innovative uses of text in games and gaming environments. 

As always, our attention is on storytelling and poetry and we are interested in experimentation, personalisation and playfulness with form and content as well as technological innovation. We welcome articles with an international focus.

Your proposed article might fit into one of the following categories; 

Resource: for example, a how-to guide

Research: for example, a paper, article or overview of a research project from an academic or practitioner perspective

Experience: for example, an account of a storytelling experience that you have experienced or developed

News: for example, highlighting a new project or opportunity in the field that our readers might not have heard of before

Projects: for example, a reflection on a project that you have developed or one that you have been inspired by 

We are looking for 750 – 2,000 word articles, including 2 to 3 images. We have a small commissioning fund of £100 per article for freelancers. 

To propose an article, email Amy Spencer (a.spencer@bathspa.ac.uk) with a 100 word overview of your idea and tell us which category or categories it would best fit into. 

We have a rolling deadline for submissions and would advise you getting in touch ASAP to discuss your proposed article. 

The Writing Platform is looking to commission articles of approx 750 to 2,000 words on creating stories with augmented and virtual reality technologies. This might include the use of AR and VR in fiction and non-fiction literature, journalism, theatre, movies, and games as well as articles that explore AR and VR as tools to promote existing works or as alternatives for live social events (e.g. face-to-face meetings with authors). 

We are looking for papers that examine forms such as: AR stories in which you become one of the protagonists (e.g. Wonderscope), VR experiences in which spoken and written word plays an important role (e.g.The Chalk Room) or VR poetry and VR experiences that blend spoken poetry with dance (e.g. VR Nightsss), AR books and comics (e.g. Modern Polaxis), VR theatre and opera (e.g. The Under Presents: The Tempest), performances that blend VR with interaction between the performer and spectator (e.g. Draw Me Close), holographic theatre (e.g. Chronicle Of Light Year) and live augmented reality glasses performances (e.g. Verrat der Bilder), as well as AR and VR games (e.g. Pokémon Go! or Virtual Virtual Reality). We are also interested in articles on VR experiences that can be used for therapeutic purposes (e.g The Wayback), VR and AR documentaries (e.g. The Waiting Room), VR and AR literary adaptations (e.g. Metamorphosis VR) or VR literary archives (e.g. Digital Fiction Curios), and many more. 

We are interested in the ways in which technologies can produce new forms of storytelling and are also keen to receive articles focusing on expanding and diversifying audiences for immersive storytelling experiences as well as on the ethics of using new technologies and platforms in storytelling. 

The deadline for submission of proposals and ideas for articles has been extended to 1st November 2021.  Articles will be published on The Writing Platform website late 2021/early 2022. Once your proposal is accepted we will negotiate a deadline for the full submission with you.

Your proposed article might fit into one of the following categories: 

Resource: for example, a how-to guide for practitioners about creating stories with any AR/VR tool

Research: for example, an overview of a collaborative research project on AR and VR in storytelling or an examination of the impact of using VR and AR on enhancing audience immersion 

Experience: for example, an account of a VR and AR experience that you have experienced or developed

News: for example, highlighting a new project or opportunity in the VR/AR field that our readers might not have heard of before

Projects: a case study of an especially innovative or inspiring project with impactful outcomes 

We have a small commissioning fund for freelancers (£100 per article).

To propose an article, email Agnieszka Przybyszewska (a.przybyszewska@bathspa.ac.uk) with a 100 word overview of your idea and tell us which category or categories it would best fit into.