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SSAWW Mentorship Match Program
The SSAWW Graduate Student Caucus is excited to announce a new cycle for our Mentorship Match Program. This program pairs dissertating graduate students with a faculty mentor who will read and provide feedback on two chapters of their dissertation during the 2026-2027 academic year. The program concludes with a series of online panels in Spring 2027 in…
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SSAWW Conference – Early Registration Deadline Approaching (rates increase on Oct. 1st)!
SSAWW Conference Participants: Early Conference Registration ends on Tuesday, September 30th. Please click here to register: https://studyamericanwomenwriters.wildapricot.org/conference-registration Beginning Wednesday, October 1st Late/On-Site Conference Registration Rates increase to Regular Registration – $300 and Student Registration $250 As another reminder, the hotel block will only hold rooms at our conference rate until Friday, October 10th. Please click here to reserve your…
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SSAWW Conference Registration (Early Deadline 9/30th) and Hotel Rooms (reserve soon!)
SSAWW Conference Participants: We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia in November. As a reminder, the Early Conference Registration ends on Tuesday, September 30th. Please click here to register: https://studyamericanwomenwriters.wildapricot.org/conference-registration As another reminder, the hotel block will only hold rooms at our conference rate until Friday, October 10th. Please click here to reserve your room: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1722894077729&key=GRP&app=resvlinkIf you have any…
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Research Grant: Maine Women Writers Collection (Deadline: 10.1.2025)
The Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England invites applications for our Research Support Grant Program for research on site during the 2026 calendar year. Application deadline: 1 Oct. 2025. MWWC Research Support Grants are intended for faculty, independent researchers, and graduate students at the dissertation stage who are actively pursuing research that…
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Last Call – 2025 SSAWW Keepsake Book — Send in your submissions
This is the last call to send in your contributions to the 2025 SSAWW Keepsake book. In celebration of 25 years advancing the study of American women writers, SSAWW is producing a special commemorative 25th Anniversary Keepsake Book for our upcoming conference.This professionally printed and bound volume will highlight our history, community, and mission, and we invite…
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Call for Nominations: SSAWW Officers (Deadline: 10.3.2025)
Dear Colleagues: The Society for the Study of American Women Writers is seeking nominations for five officer positions: President Vice President, Organizational Matters Vice President, Communications Vice President, Finances and Membership Vice President, Programming Please consider nominating yourself and/or deserving colleagues. The SSAWW constitution defines these positions as follows: The President shall chair the Conference…
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2025 SSAWW Conference – Final Program – 11.6.2025
Please review and print your copy of the 2025 SSAWW Conference Program. You can find all the latest details about the conference on our website HERE. If you have any questions about the conference, please reach out to our conference administrator, Isabela Creighton, at ssaww.conferences@gmail.com. Print-friendly version of the program: Save a digital PDF of the program:
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Reminders and Upcoming Deadlines for the 2025 SSAWW Conference
-Please contribute to our SSAWW Keepsake Book we need short messages from our members to make this special. Tell us what SSAWW has meant to you and send your responses in by Sept. 1st: https://studyamericanwomenwriters.org/ssaww-announcements/call-for-contributions-25th-anniversary-ssaww-keepsake-book-share-your-memories-and-stories/ –Graduate Student Travel Award – Deadline Oct. 10th, 2025 (https://studyamericanwomenwriters.org/ssaww-announcements/2025-ssaww-call-for-graduate-student-travel-award-deadline-10-1-2025/) –Register for the Conference – Early registration rates end Sept. 30th…
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2025 SSAWW Conference: Workshop Event for Graduate Students
We are planning to hold an online workshop in mid-October especially for new conference goers. It will offer a conversation about paper lengths, delivery, timing, and other aspects of conference etiquette. Since not all schools offer such training to their students, SSAWW is stepping up. Faculty with experience leading such workshops will guide you in a…
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CFP: Cather Studies 17: Willa Cather Across Regions (Deadline: 2.15.2026)
Call for submissions: Cather Studies 17: Willa Cather Across Regions Cather’s novel The Professor’s House, the publication centennial of which is in 2025, traverses regions in action and in memory: a Midwestern university town in an unnamed state on Lake Michigan, cattle and mesa country in Northern New Mexico, and the grasslands of Kansas. The…
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CFP: Edith Wharton Summit (Deadline: 10.01.2025)
We are excited to announce the first major, in-person international gathering of Edith Wharton researchers in a decade. Please join us from Thursday 4 June to Saturday 6 June 2026 for a “summit” at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, Massachusetts, now a vibrant cultural centre, as we come together to investigate, celebrate and…
