Call for articles for KP 2026 book
The Knutpunkt 2026 book needs articles!
We’re looking for contributions for the book that will accompany this year’s conference. We would love you to be part of that – here’s what we need, and how you can join in by writing something.
If you’d like to submit something to the book, we need you to fill out this proposal form by 12th of September.
If you’d like to help in a different way – with editing, line editing, proofreading, etc – then please do fill in the form as well, because we’d love to have you join us in this work!
Theme
The overall theme for KP 2026 is Seasons of larp, and you might like to use that as inspiration. How does your article idea fit in with, or reflect, or juxtapose to, or critique, one or more of the seasons?
How to write for the theme ‘Seasons of larp’
This year's theme points to both seasons in the different flavours of LARP, as well as the various stages of LARP, making it a perfect stage for a wide range of texts for the book.
To write in tune for this year's theme for the KP book, you can look to the seasons to find something to write about!
Look to the spring theme to write about that great larp you have been working on but is not quite ready yet. The summer or autumn theme is the perfect place for that text about that growing shift in your taste regarding larp preferences, different learnings spanning from attending larps to organizing or insights in the community.
The winter theme is where you can at last look back to the time you had with larps, from analysing other parts of it to how to reuse old learnings into new wisdoms.
The seasons are yours to embrace and to write from!
Spring
Things that aren't ready yet-
Break away from perfectionism and share things that aren't ready yet. Experiment, start a project, and dare to take the step towards organising. This track is focused on beginnings and can also contain advice for people who wish to start organising.
Summer
Things that are growing-
New trends, lesser-known larp traditions, and new ways of larping. This track is focused on the discovery of things that parts of the KP bubble might be unaware of. These can be in any format, as long as the focus remains on things that are growing or unknown.
Autumn
Things that can be harvested-
Lessons from larp organising, reflections on things that have been, blackbox scenarios, and much more. This track focuses on things that are in some way concretely finished. Either because they are already designed, already run, or already written to be played.
Winter
Looking back on the past-
Retrospectives, analysis, or reusing old material. The KP scene has changed a lot in three decades, and diving into all the material produced in that time may feel overwhelming for those who have joined later. This is a chance to reflect on what has been, or to bring back old texts to reintroduce them to the current discourse.
What can I write?
Here are some different types of articles that will be welcomed for the book – but if you’ve got an idea for something else, talk to us about it!
- Research –This could be anything from surveys like the larp census, to doctoral theses, or other game research. The larp community has gathered a rich collection of different larp research and we welcome it all, from popular science, early-stage papers, and summaries of where your research is right now.
- Documentation – Lessons learned from a larp you have created, personal write-ups of a larp experience, or a collection of photos you have. This is the place to share your experience (high or low) with the world.
- Opinion – A personal perspective text about a larp, a trend you see in larps, an experience you had, or a learning! Write your heart out and make sure that your point is coming across in the end.
- Interviews – An interview with one or more persons around a topic in the larping community or the like. It should aim to give a deeper insight in that topic and bring in different personal perspectives. Think of this as a written paneltalk.
- Theory – New theories, new arguments about well established ideas, answers to questions about how larp works, how it affects us as players and designers, or other systematic taxonomies of the abstract. Give us your smart brain here!
- Techniques – Have thoughts about an old technique for expressing things in larp? Or have you experienced a new one that gave your play more depth? Or perhaps something that just was not your thing? Write about it!
We expect articles to be between 1000 and 5000 words, averaging around 2000 words.
FAQs
- I’ve not written anything like this before! Can you help?
Yes, for sure! We will assign you an editor who will help you turn your idea into a tremendous article for the book. - I want to co-write with someone else, is that ok?
Definitely! Only one of you needs to fill out the form, but make sure first that your co-author knows what you’re signing them up to.
The process
Once the submission deadline on the 12th of September has passed, we’ll come back to you with any questions that we have about your article proposal. We will accept proposals, and assign an editor to each of them, by 15th of September.
Your editor will ask you to send us a complete first draft of your article by November 10th. They will feed back to you on it, and then we will need the final version from you by December 8th. That will give us enough time to get everything laid out and printed in time for the start of Knutpunkt on 16th April 2026.
Thanks for reading this! We’re looking forward to hearing your wonderful article ideas,
The KP 2026 book editorial team
Anna Erlandsson, Martine Svanevik, Mo Holkar, and Simon Brind
(Thanks to the book teams of SK 2016, KP 2021, and SK 2024, whose work we drew upon for this call for papers.)