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.

Clearinghouse Seeks Associate Publisher for Design and Production

The WAC Clearinghouse is opening a new position for associate publisher for design and production. This position will work with the publisher and other associate publishers on issues related to the Clearinghouse’s publications, with a strong focus on working with book manuscripts. We are particularly interested in applicants who bring a strong background in editing and publishing.

Prompt Journal Seeks Associate Editors

Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments  seeks applications for associate editors. Associate editors of Prompt publicize the journal to members of their fields and assist in the editorial process for submissions in their area(s) of relevant disciplinary expertise. 

TextGenEd Collection Released

The WAC Repository is pleased to announce the release of its collection, TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. This digital collection addresses Generative AI, perhaps the most influential technology in writing in decades. 

IWAC 2023 Edited Collection Call for Proposals

The call for proposals is available for Writing Worldviews: The 2023 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference Edited Collection. Responding to the crucial moment at which we stand as scholars and practitioners of writing and communicating across disciplines, the collection focuses on the role we have in using the power of language to affect worldviews and address calls for linguistic and social justice. 

PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders

PARS in Charge explores the complexity of administrative positions within writing programs and how online courses make administration even more complex.

Award Winning Books from the Clearinghouse

The summer awards season has been kind to Clearinghouse authors and editors, with three books receiving a total of four awards.

Rethinking Peer Review: Critical Reflections on a Pedagogical Practice

New book interrogates peer review from both practical and theoretical perspectives.

Adapting the Past to Reimagine Possible Futures: Celebrating and Critiquing WAC at 50

New book developed from presentations at the 15th IWAC Conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the WAC movement.

Prompt Joins the Clearinghouse

Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments has joined the WAC Clearinghouse family of journals. Prompt is a biannual, refereed online journal that publishes academic writing assignments accompanied by reflective essays. 

Nonfiction, the Teaching of Writing, and the Influence of Richard Lloyd-Jones

New collection focuses on the development of the teaching of writing over the last 50 years.

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Please submit news items to Traci Gardner, News Editor, at WACClearinghouseNews@gmail.com.

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