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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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2025 SSAWW Conference Registration – Now Open!
A draft of the conference program is now available. In the coming weeks we will also have additional details on hotel reservations and an application for graduate student travel awards. If you would like to donate to our graduate student travel award, please visit our donation page. Conference registration is required for all presenters and…
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2025 SSAWW Conference – Draft Program Updated 8.28.2025
We are excited to share the updated draft of the 2025 SSAWW Conference Program. Please remember that all conference participants need to join or renew their SSAWW membership by July 15th, 2025. You can join or renew HERE. SSAWW members will have access to our directory and our members-only message board. We will announce when conference registration…
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CFP: Special Issue of the Edith Wharton Review (Deadline: 9.10.2025)
CFP: Special issue of the Edith Wharton Review – Edith Wharton and Popular Culture Due date for completed essays is September 10, 2025 Following the highly successful panels at ALA 2025, the Edith Wharton Review is planning a special issue on Edith Wharton and Popular Culture. Edith Wharton’s appeal has long stretched beyond the academy…
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Announcement: Keynote Speaker – Ursula Rucker at the 2025 SSAWW Conference
The Conference Committee is thrilled to announce that Ursula Rucker will serve as the keynote speaker for our 2025 SSAWW Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Please visit our Conference page for future updates about the conference, and if you’re presenting remember to join/renew your SSAWW membership by July 1st!
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers: Summer Digital Humanities Opportunities
Summer Digital Humanities Opportunities from the Recovery Hub for American Women Writers If you’re working on a digital humanities project this summer, we’d love to help! The Hub supports digital projects that center the work of women and gender minorities in the global Americas. If that sounds like you, please consider joining us for a…
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Upcoming Deadline – Call for Lifetime Achievement Award SSAWW 2025 (Nominations Due: 6.1.2025)
Call for Lifetime Achievement Award – SSAWW 2025 The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) was founded in 2000 in order to promote the study of American women writers through research, teaching, and publication. In support of that mission, the three awards were established in 2011 to honor the work and legacies…
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Call for Nominations: 2025 Lydia Maria Child Social Justice Awards (Due: 6.1.2025)
The Lydia Maria Child Society (LMCS) is pleased to announce that we are accepting nominations for our 2025 Lydia Maria Child Social Justice Awards for Community Work. This year, we are honoring those working to make a difference in their communities (including community leaders, artists, organizers, educators, students, librarians, or other professionals). The Lydia Maria…
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SSAWW Lifetime Achievement Award – Extended Deadline: 6.1.2025
Call for Lifetime Achievement Award – SSAWW 2025 The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) was founded in 2000 in order to promote the study of American women writers through research, teaching, and publication. In support of that mission, the three awards were established in 2011 to honor the work and legacies…
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CFP: Willa Cather and the Nineteenth Century at C19 (Deadline: 6.30.2025)
Call for Papers: Willa Cather and the Nineteenth Century at C19 2026 Willa Cather is most often examined within the context of the twentieth-century, but scholars have long considered the relevance of nineteenth-century American literature and culture to her work. Recent scholarship in this area includes several issues of Cather Studies (vol. 10, “Willa Cather and…
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Virtual Events: SSAWW’s Graduate Student Caucus and SSAWW 2025 (April 2nd, 9th, and 23rd)
In advance of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers 2025 Conference in Philadelphia, SSAWW and SSAWW’s Graduate Student Caucus are co-hosting three online panels, showcasing the exciting work of our dissertating graduate student members. Join us for the following three online panels in April to learn more about their research and their…
