Call for Reviewers for the 2025 SSAWW Conference in Philadelphia Plans are now well underway for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers Triennial conference on the theme of understanding histories and imagining futures. In preparation, we are now asking for volunteers to serve as reviewers for the proposals that we receive for individual paper, panel, and roundtable presentations. The deadline for submissions is February 28th, 2025, so reviewers can expect to receive proposals for evaluation no later than two weeks after the submission deadline with a three-week turnaround time (in mid/late March and possibly into April).

Please contact Isabela Creighton, Conference Associate for the 2025 conference, at ssaww.conferences@gmail.com if you are willing to help in this important process. We will accept volunteers until February 15th. Provide 1) your areas of expertise, 2) your position (faculty, independent scholars, and advanced graduate students are welcome to participate), and 3) your most reliable email contact information. As always, our goal is to keep the number of proposals for each reader manageable (fifteen at most), so your consideration and valuable service to SSAWW is most appreciated. Selected reviewers will receive a letter of appreciation in response and inclusion in the acknowledgments section of our final conference program.

Note that submitting proposals of your own does not preclude participation in the vetting process since we will ensure that conflicts are avoided when assigning proposals for review. You can view the conference CFP and calls for individual panels on our site –