KUCC
Kutztown University Composition Conference
Sometimes we write to say what we think. But usually we write in order to discover what we think. This year's composition conference theme "20(23) and Me: Discovering Origins" invites student authors to submit work on these themes of discovery or origination, or to submit work that may itself have an interesting origin story.
The composing process can be messy, especially when we are engaging with issues that don't have straightforward answers. We have questions circulating in our mind. We have intuitions and mental associations begging to be explored. We have experiences we wish to share but aren't quite sure where or how they fit. The fact is the finished draft is almost always remarkably different from the original. In this spirit, we invite students to share projects that have helped them to discover new understandings of themselves, the issues they care about, and the world around them. Contributors might think about touching upon how their piece originated and how it changed through the composition process, as their thoughts became clearer and more precise. We want to know: what's the origin story of your writing?
This year’s conference will be held in person on Monday, April 17, 2023. Projects that are best presented digitally can also be posted on our Research Commons site with or without an accompanying live presentation. Traditional papers as well as various other forms of composition may include the following:
Panel Presentations or Brief Talks of 15 minutes or less
- Readings (paper, poetry, short creative nonfiction, etc.)
- Freeform Roundtable Discussions
- Posters Displayed on the Conference Website and in-person
- Video or Audio Prerecorded Presentations
- Prerecorded Panel Presentations
- Digital Media Projects…And more๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.
Early acceptance deadline: December 19, 2022
Final Spring deadline: March 17, 2023