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This announcement of a new digital writing and art journal, from the Electronic Literature Organisation. Always great to see another space for digital writing, though claiming to be ‘the first online journal devoted exclusively to digital writing and art’ is a little unfair to Beehive, Turbulence, Kanonmedia and the now defunct Whalelane, to name a few… (I could also mention 391.org, but that would be a blatant plug, wouldn’t it?)

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New River Journal, the first online journal devoted exclusively to digital writing and art, announces the release of its premier issue for 2007. After a period of dormancy, New River Journal has been redesigned and reborn, complete with exciting new works by some of today’s leading digital authors.New River Journal was founded by Virginia Tech English Professor Ed Falco in 1996, with the assistance of Len Hatfield, a computer guru then on the Virginia Tech faculty. The online publication has consistently tested the boundaries and rules of writing in a digital age. This new issue marks the first time the journal has been managed and edited by students participating in the MFA Creative Writing Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Managing editors for the inaugural launch are two graduate students, Laura Dulaney and Bryon Sabol.

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DIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts

19th - 21st September 2007, Perth, Western Australia www.dimea.org

The DIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts will be held on the 19th - 21st September 2007 in Perth, Western Australia. DIMEA 2007 is organised jointly by Division of Arts, Murdoch University and ACM SIGCHI (Singapore Chapter).

DIMEA 2007 is a cross-disciplinary conference that will bring together researchers from the areas related to digital interactive media in entertainment and arts. The conference will accept different submission types that present new scientific ideas, improvements to existing techniques or provide a new way of examining, designing and using digital interactive media. Details at www.dimea.org

The paper submissions must use the exact ACM SIG templates. Please find the template at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Please use the style “Strict Adherence to SIGS style - (Sheridan Printing)” on that page. There are also word and word perfect templates linked on the template page.

Important Information & Dates:

Regular paper: Max 8 pages
Abstract paper: Max 2 pages
Demo: Max 1 page

Full Paper Submission Due: 31 May 2007
Abstract Paper Submission Due: 31 May 2007
Demo / Art work / Game Submission Due: 31 May 2007

To register your interest, please send an email to k.wong@murdoch.edu.au

For more details and updated information, go to: www.dimea.org

In advance of The Future of Language discussion on Wednesday at the IOCT as part of Cultural Exchanges and the IOCT Salons, Jess Laccetti (who will be one of the participants) has posted another great article at her Frontline Books blog.

It should be an interesting session. It’s only now that I’ve spent some time preparing that I realise how potentially huge the topic is. It was actually a Leicester radio interview on Monday with John Florance about the topic that scared me into thinking more widely around the subject! We’ll probably focus on the impact of digital technologies on (the English) spoken and written language, which is only a tiny subset, but still more than enough for the session.

The Future of Language

New technologies have had a major influence on the way we communicate and use language today: punctutation and capital letters are being dropped in favour of emoticons, letter-number homophones and acronyms. But are email, instant messaging and mobile text messaging degrading the language? This question surfaces in debates among writers, language professionals and academics, as well as among parents and their children.

Panelists will include

 
This IOCT Salon is part of cultural eXchanges, an annual event hosted by the Faculty of Humanities at De Montfort University. The week long programme includes lectures, performances, debates, presentations and readings from a diverse body of artists, academics, practioners and those working in the cultural industries. Previous guests have included Janet Street-Porter, Alastair Campbell, Andrew Davies, Corin Redgrave, Matthew Sweeney, Jenny Colgan, Sue Mcgregor, Roy Hattersley, Tony Hawks, Germaine Greer, Jackie Kay and Colin Dexter.

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The IOCT Salon ( http://www.ioctsalon.com ) is managed by Chris Joseph, Digital Writer in Residence at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University. This residency is funded by Arts Council England: East Midlands.For further information about the IOCT Salon please email Chris: info /at/ ioctsalon.com . To be notified of future events please join the mailing list on the Salon website.The IOCT Salon is held at and staged by De Montfort University and the Institute of Creative Technologies, and is supported by Arts Council England and the Literature Development Network.