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Last Thursday the IOCT Salon welcomed Scott Rettberg from the Electronic Literature Organization and writers John Cayley, Jon Ingold and Kate Pullinger to talk about the work they have on the ELC Volume 1. It was a great night - too short, as always - but I thought I’d post up some of the blogs that discuss the night in more detail:

Jess Laccetti

Grand Text Auto (Scott Rettberg)

Scott Rettberg’s Remarks from the UK Electronic Literature Collection Launch (plus links to two new reviews of the collection)

Techsty - Literatura i Nowe Media (Mariusz Pisarski, in Polish)

[from WRT - Writer Response Theory]

At the ELO’s “Future of Electronic Literature” conference at the University of Maryland a panel was held on international (non-English) works. To facilitate that discussion, the members of that panel developed a wiki, which is now available at WRT:

Wiki of International Electronic Literature

The wiki features scholars, works, and organizations from around the globe that focus on electronic literature. With your help, we plan to develop that list as a resource for other scholars and teachers of electronic literature.

The primary motivation of the panel was to examine the field of electronic literature beyond the English-language realms that so often dominate discussion (and origin-narratives) and to promote (and connect to) international scholarship across language lines to foster a more global network of electronic literary scholarship. Here, I reference pervasive narratives of the origins of electronic literature (from hypertext to IF to chatbots) in English in the United States, even though works from beyond English (from I-Ching to Rayuela) are often cited as inspirations.

The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) is pleased to announce two new additions to its series of publications. N. Katherine Hayles’s primer, “Electronic Literature: What Is It?” and Joseph Tabbi’s “Setting a Direction for the Directory: Toward a Semantic Literary Web” are now available on the Electronic Literature Organization’s website.

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New competition for designers to get their sting on propeller TV (Sky 195)

Graphic designers, TV, film and video makers can enter a new ident competition that will see the winning work shown on national ‘art-house television’ channel propeller tv (Sky 195) later this year. Creatives are being asked to design and produce a propeller sting that will lead in and out of programmes. A panel of industry specialists will choose their favourite sting and the winner will be shown on the channel in alternate programme slots. The winning entry will be awarded a cash prize of £1000.

Entries need to be between 3 or 5 seconds long and must use the propeller logo, colours and music. Entries must be received no later than 29 June 2007 when the competition closes. For further information, propeller ident materials and competition entry guidelines, anyone wishing to enter should contact John
Offord at propeller TV by email: mailto:john@propellertv.co.uk and visit http://www.propellertv.co.uk

Talking about the competition, John Offord said: “Ident television branding is one of the most important elements in a station’s marketing. Everyone recognizes Lambie-Nairn’s BBC balloon ident and it means something to people. Propeller is all about finding and showcasing the latest talent and original ideas and this is a fantastic opportunity for designers and videomakers to be as creative as they can be and to have their work profiled nationally.”