{"id":13605,"date":"2022-10-06T17:11:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T17:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/?page_id=13605"},"modified":"2022-10-10T18:53:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:53:43","slug":"submit-convention-cute-boy-idaho","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/submit-convention-cute-boy-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Why to Submit to Convention: A Cute Boy from Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13605\" class=\"elementor elementor-13605\">\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 data-id=\"68ba639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div><h1>Why to Submit to Convention: A Cute Boy from Idaho<\/h1><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13610 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Cute-boy-from-Idaho.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Cute-boy-from-Idaho.png 1100w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Cute-boy-from-Idaho-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Cute-boy-from-Idaho-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Cute-boy-from-Idaho-768x328.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div><div data-id=\"be0095a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div>At my first Sigma Tau Delta Convention (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.english.org\/pdf\/past-conv-programs\/2005.pdf\">Kansas City, MO, 2005<\/a>) one of my students, Jess, told me, &#8220;I met a cute boy from Idaho, and he&#8217;s such a good poet.&#8221; A moment later, she paused and said quizzically, &#8220;That&#8217;s a sentence I never expected to say.&#8221;<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>I knew why her cute poet from Idaho had startled her so much. She had discovered that fellow English nerds were way easier to find at a Sigma Tau Delta convention than anywhere else, and also that English nerds were from EVERYWHERE. Even from a place associated mostly with mountains and potatoes.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>If a student asks me if they should submit to and attend convention, I shower them with reasons why they should and badger them to do so, but all the reasons often come down to the Cute Boy from Idaho\u2014to the idea that convention is where you can surround yourself with an immense variety of people who all share your love of language and literature, and of writing and talking about language and literature. Convention attracts people from all over the nation and the world, of many ages, and of different economic, religious, political and educational backgrounds. Convention brings together world travelers and those who have never used public transportation\u2014until convention. And all these different attendees all surprise one another by being so instantly familiar. The Cute Boy from Idaho was a poet as well as a Westerner who had not yet met a Jewish girl from the NYC suburbs. Neither expected that the other was a kindred soul.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Presenting at convention is hard\u2014one reaches into oneself and stands up for one&#8217;s ideas and work\u2014but one also finds a receptive audience that thrills to one&#8217;s ideas and work. When students join this space, though, they quickly are put at ease by a shared love of literature, of storytelling, and of the rhythms of language and the beauty of words. In this space, students &#8220;find their people,&#8221; and then hear their stories and examine their ideas.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Come to Convention\u2014find out just how much we all have to teach one another, to learn from one another, and to share with one another. Convention has Cute Folks from Everywhere.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><hr \/><h3>Join Us in Denver for the 2023 Convention<\/h3><p>The best way to experience a Sigma Tau Delta convention is as a presenter. <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/submission-overview\/\">Submissions to the 2023 Convention<\/a> in Denver, CO, are now open for a wide variety of presentation options.<\/p><h4>Academic Submissions<\/h4><p>Submissions are now being accepted for <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/papers\/\">critical and creative papers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/roundtable-submissions\/\">roundtable presentations<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/research-in-the-round\/\">Research in the Round<\/a>. Eligible students include: Sigma Tau Delta active members in good standing, Sigma Kappa Delta members, and <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/transfer-student\/\">Transfer Students as Provisional Members of Sigma Tau Delta<\/a>. These members may submit the following:<\/p><ul><li><strong>one (1)\u00a0<\/strong>paper in any of these categories: original critical essay, creative nonfiction, poetry collection, original prose (short story, flash fiction, drama, or screenplay);<\/li><li><strong>one (1)\u00a0<\/strong>additional paper submission on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/common-reader\/\">Common Reader:\u00a0<em>The Rock Eaters<\/em>, by Brenda Peynado;<\/a><\/li><li><strong>one (1)<\/strong>\u00a0additional submission\u00a0for a <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/roundtable-submissions\/\">roundtable presentation<\/a> session, or an additional submission for a <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/research-in-the-round\/\">Research in the Round<\/a> table host.<\/li><\/ul><p>Submissions also are accepted from alumni members, those who are members of Sigma Tau Delta who have an undergraduate degree and are not currently pursuing an advanced degree in English or a related field at a school with an active Sigma Tau Delta chapter. Alumni may submit the following:<\/p><ul><li><strong>one (1)\u00a0<\/strong>paper in any of these categories: original critical essay, creative nonfiction, poetry collection, original prose (short story, flash fiction, drama, or screenplay);<\/li><li><strong>one (1)\u00a0<\/strong>additional paper submission on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/common-reader\/\">Common Reader:\u00a0<em>The Rock Eaters<\/em>, by Brenda Peynado<\/a>;<u> <\/u><\/li><li><strong>one (1)\u00a0<\/strong> additional submission for a <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/roundtable-submissions\/\">roundtable presentation<\/a> session.<\/li><\/ul><p>Submissions will be accepted through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractscorecard.com\/cfp\/submit\/login.asp?EventKey=ZYAOJNJO\">Academic Submissions Login Page<\/a>, which will be posted through <strong>October 31, 2022, 5:00 p.m. CDT<\/strong>. <em>Be sure to set up your account with an email address you will retain through April 2023.<\/em><\/p><h4>Other Submissions<\/h4><p>We also are still accepting submissions for our two new presentation opportunities: <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/alumni-professional-development\/\">Alumni Professional Development Presentations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/chapter-share\/\">Chapter Share Tables<\/a>.<\/p><h5>Alumni Professional Development Presentations<\/h5><p>Alumni members of Sigma Tau Delta planning to attend the 2023 \u201cColorful Colorado\u201d Convention in Denver, CO, are welcome to submit a Professional Development Presentation and to earn a $300 honorarium to help defray their convention expenses.<\/p><p>Professional Development Panels will be held at 9:30-10:45 a.m., Thursday, March 30, and will have two to four alumni presenters in panels arranged topically; for example, alumni in arts management might be on the same panel together. No alumni presenter will be expected to present a panel entirely on their own.<\/p><h5>Chapter Share Tables<\/h5><p>Chapter Advisors (and chapter student members) may submit a request to have a Chapter Share table at the Chapter Share event (tentatively scheduled for Thursday March 30 at 5:00 p.m.). Chapter Share tables will be located by the Chapter Displays left up throughout the convention. Chapters need not request a Chapter Display Table until February.<\/p><p>Requests for Chapter Share may be submitted by a Chapter Advisor or chapter student member. Student members are limited to no more than three convention submissions.<\/p><p>The Chapter Share Event will take place on Thursday in Session D, (the mini session) and will be located near Chapter Displays. Chapters are encouraged to share one of more programming ideas with others who stop by to ask questions about your successful events.<\/p><p>Submissions will be accepted through <b>October 10, 2022<\/b>, through Sigma Tau Delta&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/english.awardspring.com\">AwardSpring Application<\/a> link. <em>Be sure to set up your account with an email address you will retain through April 2023<\/em>.<\/p><div data-id=\"be0095a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div><hr \/><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13441\" src=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSteinberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Diane Vanner Steinberg<br \/>2023 Convention Chair<\/p><\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\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>Why to Submit to Convention: A Cute Boy from Idaho At my first Sigma Tau Delta Convention (Kansas City, MO, 2005) one of my students, Jess, told me, &#8220;I met a cute boy from Idaho, and he&#8217;s such a good poet.&#8221; A moment later, she paused and said quizzically, &#8220;That&#8217;s a sentence I never expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13605"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13678,"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13605\/revisions\/13678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}