ALT Contrasts is accepting submissions for our inaugural magazine issue (“Portals”). From space- and time-bending teleportation devices to online hubs to hinged, wooden doors at the entrance of a home, portals index the fantastical and mundane passageways to and between worlds. They often mark the betwixt-and-between state of metamorphosis, liminal thresholds ripe with risks and possibilities. For this issue, we look for works that consider “portals” expansively and creatively, drawing from perspectives in history, anthropology, literary studies, geography, media studies, architecture, and other disciplines as they intersect with STS, broadly construed. You can read more about the types of features in the magazine, and how to pitch your submission, here: https://contrastsmagazine.github.io/ Pitches are due via this form by 11:59:59 ET on Saturday, March 1st, 2025. We invite submissions from emerging scholars both within academia (from undergrads through early career scholars) and withou