Please read and follow the submission guidelines carefully. With a large number of submissions—over 850 paper and roundtable entries were submitted for the 2018 Convention—in a limited amount of time, Convention Chair Felicia Jean Steele and the convention planners will use the guidelines to ensure that each member’s work is given careful attention by the appropriate judges. Faithful attention to the details of the process will increase the likelihood of your submission’s acceptance.
Deadline: Submissions will be accepted Monday, October 1 through Monday, October 29, 2018, 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Eligible members are
Roundtable proposals are the only works that faculty members may submit.
Due to software limitations, submitters cannot use pen names. Submitters must use the names associated with their membership.
Eligible members may submit
Eligible members may submit only one paper for presentation. A second submission is only allowed if it is related to the Common Reader Work & Days, by Tess Taylor.
For the submission process, the term “Papers” refers to all written works being submitted for presentation at the 2019 Convention, including critical essays, creative non-fiction, poetry, and fiction.
Papers receiving high evaluations will be considered for convention awards. Although evaluation is based on the paper as submitted, only those works presented at the convention are eligible to receive awards. Only works that conform precisely to submission guidelines will be considered for awards.
Acceptance and denial notifications will be emailed on Monday, December 17, 2018.
To prepare and submit your paper go to:
The Convention Chair invites submissions on a wide range of topics. See Roundtable Submissions page for a general listing of suggested areas, although submitters may also choose a topic of their own.
Roundtables are designed to promote discussion and exploration of a selected topic, with roundtable members and the audience participating in a scholarly and active discussion. Competition for the roundtable slots available will be lively. Among equally persuasive proposals, the convention judges will give priority to those roundtables that include members from more than one chapter and/or that cover the 2019 Convention Theme “Work in Progress” or the Common Reader Work & Days, by Tess Taylor.
Acceptance and denial notifications will be emailed to submitters on Friday, November 16, 2018.
For more information about preparing your roundtable, go to Roundtable Submission Guidelines.
Everyone attending the convention, including presenters and roundtable participants, must register for the convention. Convention registration will open for an early bird presenter discount on Thursday, January 3, 2019.
Email 2019 convention staff at [email protected] with questions.