Please find below the schedule for this year’s conference at Troy University. This conference is going to be exciting, and we hope you’ll join us!
2018 ACETA Schedule (subject to change)
Location: Troy University, Troy, Alabama
Date: Friday & Saturday, February 23 – 24, 2018
Friday, February 23
1:30 – 2:45 pm
Registration (Hawkins Hall Lobby) Continue reading
The Alabama State Council on the Arts is taking applications for their Literary Arts Fellowships. The application deadline is March 1. Please share this opportunity with your colleagues!
The Alabama State Council on the Arts makes cash awards to individual writers in the literary arts based on merit of work, career achievement, career potential and service to the state. Continue reading
We hope to see you in Troy this year! In addition to the hotels listed in the original registration email, our hosts suggest the following:
The Association of College English Teachers of Alabama invites you to the Conference on the Sympathetic Imagination: Literature, Film, and Writing of Sympathy and Empathy co-sponsored by ACETA and Troy University. This will be ACETA’s 70th Annual Conference and will be held February 23-24 at Troy University in Troy.
The attached conference registration form includes registration and meal costs. Please send in your registration form and payment no later than February 20th. If you wish to preregister and pay at the conference, you may do so by simply emailing your registration form. Right now we can accept only cash or check as payment.
If you will be staying in Troy, our hosts recommend either the Hampton Inn (334-807-5900) or the Courtyard by Marriott (334-566-0540). To receive a reduced rate, you will need to call to reserve your room and mention that you are attending a conference at and hosted by Troy University. There is a softball tournament being held at Troy that weekend, so reservations will likely be at a premium.
We look forward to seeing you in Troy!
Download the ACETA 2018 Conference on the Sympathetic Imagination Registration Form (PDF)
Deadline for registration by mail is February 16, 2018.
This past November, ACETA announced the competition for the 2018 William J. Calvert Award for an outstanding scholarly or theoretical essay and for the 2018 James Woodall Award for an outstanding pedagogical essay.
We are excited to let you know that the competition is now open for college English teachers and graduate students. For undergraduates, competition for the Mary Evelyn McMillan Undergraduate Writing Award is also open.
Winners of these awards will receive $150 each and will be asked to read condensed versions of their essays at the 2018 ACETA conference February 23–24 at Troy University in Troy, Alabama.
Please see the attachments for more detailed information on entering the Calvert, Woodall, or McMillan competition. Entries should be submitted, preferably by e-mail, to to Anissa Graham at amgraham@una.edu. The due date for submissions has been extended to Monday, January 15, 2018.
Call for Papers: The 2017 Mary Evelyn McMillan Undergraduate Writing Award
Deadline (Postmark or Email): January 3, 2018
The McMillan Award is presented annually to the undergraduate student at an Alabama college or university whose informal essay is judged most outstanding by a panel of judges chosen by ACETA.
Requirements
ACETA solicits nominations for the 2018 Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Distinction in Literary Scholarship. This award is made annually to a living, outstanding literary scholar who is from Alabama or has worked primarily in Alabama or has focused mainly on Alabama writers …
