Call for Papers – ACM TIST Special Issue on Interactive Storytelling

September is a great time to plan your next publication. We are pleased to invite submissions to the ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST) special issue on:

New Frontiers in Interactive Storytelling and Computational Models of Narrative

This special issue focuses on the integration of knowledge-driven approaches (ontologies, knowledge graphs, symbolic reasoning) with LLMs and Generative AI to advance computational storytelling and narrative-centered systems.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Knowledge graphs for narrative structure, emotions, and values

Culturally- and socially-aware language models

Semantic Web interfaces for interactive storytelling

Narrative planning in human-robot interaction

Explainability and ethics in automated storytelling

Creative and educational applications of computational narratives

Empirical studies and evaluation of narrative systems

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: December 1, 2025

Tentative publication: October 15, 2026

📄 Full Call for Papers:
https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tist/cfps/ACM-TIST-CFP-Storytelling.pdf

Guest Editors:
Belén Dìaz Agudo, Pasquale Lisena, Paul Mulholland, Maria Angela Pellegrino

We look forward to your contributions and to shaping together the future of computational storytelling.

Best regards,
The Guest Editors

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Pasquale Lisena
EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech
450 route des Chappes, 06410 Biot, France
e-mail: pasquale.lisena@eurecom.fr
site: http://pasqlisena.github.io/