Midwest Graduate Students Conference on Writing
Radical Writes:
Composition, Creative Writing, and New Media
February 1-2, 2013
Southeast Missouri State University
  

 

  • Presentation Sessions: Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2
  • Banquet and Keynote Presentation: Friday night
  • Open Mike: Friday night after the Banquet
  • Two panels on Saturday: Writing Outside Academia & Writing Beyond Teaching
  • Drawings for books and prizes
  • Another great line for your CV, to help you compete in today's hiring market
The conference will be held in the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University, with an Open Mike on Friday night after the banquet.

Keynote speaker:
(info coming soon!)

Paper proposals
Any student currently enrolled in a graduate writing program may propose a presentation. Proposal abstracts should be 300 words maximum and may cover any topic on creative, technical, new media, or composition writings, such as

  • Intersections of cross genre writing
  • Blurring boundaries in writing
  • Innovative pedagogies
  • MemWars: Defining fact and fiction
  • Creativity and composition
  • Friend Me with Your Best Shot: Social media strategies
  • It Takes a Village: Collaborative Writing and/or Collaborative Learning
  • Issues and Trends in Visual Rhetoric (documents, page layout, bookcovers, art/a/fact, etext, edesign, etc.)
Proposals are submitted electronically. The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2012. Please indicate on the registration form if you will be participating in the open mike with 5-15 minutes of reading. Send to Dr. Missy Phegley, mphegley@semo.edu, or Dr. Susan Swartwout, sswartwout@semo.edu

Registration
Registration for the two-day conference is $55. Registration forms are due before January 10, 2013.

Address: Mail proposals and registration to
Midwest Graduate Students Conference on Writing
Southeast Missouri State University
One University Plaza, MS 2650
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Conference Publication
Presenters are asked to send their full, revised presentation paper to the conference organizers within two weeks after the conference for consideration in the in-print publication of selected best pieces.

Contact: Dr. Missy Phegley, mphegley@semo.edu, (573) 651-2633 or Dr. Susan Swartwout, sswartwout@semo.edu.

Midwest Graduate Students Conference on Writing
Registration Form

Registration Fees: $55.00 USD. Final Registration Deadline: January 10, 2013.

Participant Name:

________________________________________________________________________________

Current University Affiliation:

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Address__________________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip____________________________________________________________________

E-mail __________________________________Phone____________________________________　

Dietary Restrictions ________________________________________________________________

Open mike (15 minutes or less)? _______________________

Total registration fee enclosed: $_______________________

Make checks payable to "Midwest Graduate Students Conference."

Send completed registration forms with fee to:
Dr. Missy Phegley
Southeast Missouri State University
One University Plaza, MS 2650
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

 Link to  http://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2128313

A listing of other hotels is available upon request or search "Cape Girardeau hotel" online. Maps of the city and dining recommendations will be available at the conference.