WRL Conferences

Field: Composition

• Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC, C's, 4C's)
  • Proposals Due: early may
  • Conference Dates: mid-March
• Research Network Forum (RNF)
  • Held the Wednesday before CCCC
  • Roundtable workshop environment
  • Proposals Due: late October
  • Conference Dates: mid-March
• Conference of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)
  • Also hosts pre-conference institutes for new WPAs
  • Proposals Due: March
  • Conference Dates: July
• International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)
  • Also meets at CCCC annually
  • Also hosts summer institutes
  • Proposals Due: May
  • Conference Dates: October
• Computers and Writing Conference (#CWCon)
  • Link above is to Facebook page; official website changes every year
  • Proposals Due: November
  • Conference Dates: June
• Conference on Community Writing (CCW)
  • Held biannually (in odd years)
  • Proposals Due: February
  • Conference Dates: October
• Thomas R. Watson Conference on Composition and Rhetoric (Watson, #WatsonConf)
  • Hosted by the University of Louisvile biannually
  • Proposals Due: February
  • Conference Dates: October
• Writing Research Seminar at Dartmouth
  • Proposals Due: December
  • Seminar Dates: July-August
• Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC)
  • Hosted at Ohio State and free to Ohio State graduate students
  • Registration Window: November-March
  • Conference Dates: May

Field: Rhetoric

• Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference (RSA, RSA Conference)
  • Every other year/even years
  • Proposals Due: July
  • Conference Dates: Late May
• Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Institute (RSA, RSA Institute)
  • Every other year/odd years
  • Proposals Due: October
  • Institute Dates: Late May
• Feminisms and Rhetorics (Fem Rhet)
  • Every other year/odd years
  • Proposals Due: February
  • Conference Dates: October
• International Society for the HIstory of Rhetoric (ISHR)
  • Conference Dates: late July/early August
• American Society for the History of Rhetoric Symposium (ASHR)
  • Held prior to RSA
  • Proposals Due: September
  • Conference Dates: Late May
• Cultural Rhetorics
  • Every other year/even years
  • Proposals Due: March
  • Conference Dates: October/November
• National Communication Association Convention (NCA)
  • Convention Dates: November
• Kenneth Burke Society Conference (Burke Conference)
  • Held triennially

Field: Technical and Professional Writing

• Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
  • Held in conjunction with CCCC
  • Conference Dates: mid-March
• Special Interest Group for Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
  • Proposals Due: January
  • Conference Dates: August
• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC World Conference)
  • Conference Dates: June
• IEEE Professional Communications (IEEE PC)
  • Conference Dates: July
• Council of Programs in Technical and Science Communication (CPTSC)
  • Conference Dates: October

Related Fields

• Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE)
  • Proposals Due: November
  • Conference Dates: January
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • Proposals Due: January
  • Conference Dates: November
• Modern Language Association Convention (MLA)
  • Proposals Due: late November
  • Conference Dates: January
• National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
  • Proposals Due: February
  • Conference Dates: November
• Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
  • Conference Dates: January
• American Studies Association (ASA)
  • Proposals Due: February
  • Conference Dates: November
• Pop Culture Association (PCA)
  • Also hosts regional conferences
  • Proposals Due: October
  • Conference Dates: March