News, Events, and Calls

We publish news from the WAC and writing communities. Visit to catch up on upcoming
conferences, see calls for proposals, notices of newly published books and other scholarly projects,
stories of WAC programs and practitioners in the news.

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Double Helix Releases Volume 12

Double Helix has released its twelfth volume, "Critical Thinking and Writing: A New Episteme." The volume includes work by Adam Katz, Christopher Eaton, Shiva Mainaly, Peaches Hash, Kimberly A. Bain, Christine M. Garcia, and Michael Pak. View the new issue.

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Call for IWAC 2027 Conference Host

Submit a proposal to host the IWAC 2027 Conference.

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Literate Activity Call for Proposals

Literate ActivityPerspectives on Textual Practices in the World welcomes submissions for the inaugural issue to be published in Spring 2026.

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Beyond Conventions Podcast Releases Episode 4

he podcast Beyond Conventions: Global Dialogues on Writing Studies has released its fourth episode, a conversation with the editors of the forthcoming edited collection Beyond Conventions, Global Dialogues and Writing Studies, which will appear in the Latin America Section of the International Exchanges on the Study of Writing book series

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RLEE Releases Its Third Issue

Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de la Escritura (RLEE) has released its third issue. The new issue includes work by Claudia Ximena Gómez Rubiano, Martha Cecilia Arbeláez Gómez, Rodrigo Loyola Espinoza, Javiera Figueroa Miralles, Eliuse Silva, Juana María Blanco Fernández, Meire Celedonio da Silva, Eulália Vera Lúcia Fraga Leurquin, Francisco Gabriel Quilodrán Peredo and Eva Margarita Godínez López. View the new issue

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WLN Releases Volume 49, Issue 3

WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Research has released its spring 2025 issue. The issue includes work by Michelle Cohen, Sara Wilder, Weijia Li, Emma Catherine Perry, and Mohi Uddin. View the new issue.

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CFP for TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments

The editors of TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, a collection of early experiments in pedagogy with generative text technology, invite submissions for writing assignments using a range of text generation technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Markov chains, various Python libraries, etc.) to be included in the third edition of Continuing Experiments. Learn More.

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Fostering Critical AI Literacy for Multilingual Students

Upcoming virtual workshop will explore critical AI literacy for multilingual students in writing instruction.

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Prompt Releases a New Issue

Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments has released Volume 9, Issue 1. The new issue highlights assignments in environmental communication, technical editing, health science, and three first-year writing course settings. View the new issue.

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