{"id":12639,"date":"2022-08-26T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/?page_id=12639"},"modified":"2023-02-06T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T18:14:14","slug":"convention-theme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/convention-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Convention Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12639\" class=\"elementor elementor-12639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55d7f621 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55d7f621\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45b503fb\" data-id=\"45b503fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1209829e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1209829e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ba639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68ba639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h1>Convention Theme: Colorful Colorado<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0095a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be0095a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb4e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fb4e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Colorful_Colorado_Full-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Colorful_Colorado_Full-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Colorful_Colorado_Full-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Colorful_Colorado_Full-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Colorful_Colorado_Full.png 1371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1cae89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b1cae89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cColorful Colorado\u201d is, of course, a bit redundant as Colorado gained its name from being a place of beautiful colors: blue skies and waters, green fields and forests, snow-topped mountains and natural treasures. Colorado is home to some of America\u2019s most beautiful national parks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/romo\/index.htm\">Rocky Mountain<\/a> in the northeast of the state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/meve\/index.htm\">Mesa Verde<\/a> in the southwest corner of the state. Denver, the famous \u201cmile high city\u201d (stay hydrated!) has nearby attractions: <a href=\"https:\/\/unionstationindenver.com\/\">Union Station<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/\">Denver Zoo<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historycolorado.org\/center-colorado-womens-history\">Center for Colorado Women\u2019s History<\/a> museum, among others. Step outside the convention hotel to find the famed 16th Street pedestrian mall designed by I. M. Pei: a shopping, dining, and street entertainment mecca.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Our 2023 Convention is celebrating an author of color, American novelist Toni Morrison (1931-2019) with student papers written about her novels and by bringing to Denver the <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/featured-speakers-tmbc-authors\/\">four authors of <i>The Toni Morrison Book Club<\/i><\/a>, a delightful blend of literary criticism, memoir, and personal anecdote written by four colleagues brought together to discuss Morrison\u2019s novels.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">To support our &#8220;Colorful Colorado&#8221; theme, convention theme paper awards will also be given to academic papers that explore the works of writers of color. To be considered for a convention theme award, please select &#8220;convention theme&#8221; as your theme keyword, or submit your paper in the &#8220;Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)&#8221; category.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lastly, the Denver 2023 Convention features <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/common-reader\/\">Brenda Peynado\u2019s wonderful short story collection <i>The Rock Eaters<\/i><\/a>. While these stories could be described as colorful, they can also be exhilarating, thought-provoking, and, at times, terrifying. They are best read with a buddy, so please persuade your friends to read <i>The Rock Eaters<\/i> and to chat about them with you in your chapters and in \u201cColorful Colorado.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convention Theme: Colorful Colorado \u201cColorful Colorado\u201d is, of course, a bit redundant as Colorado gained its name from being a place of beautiful colors: blue skies and waters, green fields and forests, snow-topped mountains and natural treasures. 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