Special Issue: Postnatural. Ecologies of the Artificial
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026
Publication Date: First half of 2026

TELLŪS EcoLiterary Review description available at:
https://www.zestletteraturasostenibile.com/rivista-tellus-letteratura-ecologia-paesaggio/

Theme of the Issue
The upcoming issue of TELLŪS invites reflections on the evolving relationship between nature and artificiality in the posthuman era. In a world where technology imitates life and the environment merges with the digital, the boundary between what is natural and what is constructed becomes increasingly blurred. Contemporary narratives, poetic languages, and visual arts are redefining our understanding of ecology, matter, and consciousness—tracing new geographies of the possible. What does it mean to think about the ecology of the artificial? How can we represent a reality in which artificial intelligences learn the language of nature and biotechnologies rewrite the very concept of the organism? 

This issue seeks to explore postnatural forms of life, the interconnections between human and non-human, and the poetics emerging from the intersection of biology, technology, and imagination. We welcome critical essays, theoretical contributions, narrative works, and poetic texts that question the boundaries of the living and the transformations of ecology in the 21st century. 

Possible Thematic Areas

• Ecocriticism, posthumanism, and new materialisms

• Artificial intelligence, creativity, and representations of the non-human

• Ecological writing in the digital era

• Sensitive technologies, synthetic environments, and bioart

• Literature, ecosystems, and simulations

• Poiesis and the artificial: aesthetics of hybridization

• Media ecology and interfaces of the living

• Ethics, sustainability, and imaginaries of the postnatural future

Submission Guidelines
Abstract: max. 300 words, in Italian or English
Keywords: 3–5
Short biography: max. 150 words
Submission: send to redazione@zestletteraturasostenibile.com by January 15, 2026

Selected authors will be contacted by February 15, 2026
Final contributions due: April 30, 2026

Length of Contributions
Critical and theoretical essays: minimum 6,000 characters, maximum 25,000 characters (including spaces) Short stories and poetry: no length limit

All texts must be submitted in Word format (.doc or .docx), with citations and bibliographic references conforming to MLA or APA style.

Accepted Languages: Italian and English