Dear writing center colleagues,
Another Word, the award-winning writing center blog from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is currently seeking proposals for blog posts to be published in 2025. We seek proposals from those invested in writing center studies on a broad range of topics related to administering, tutoring, training, and working in the writing center.
We are particularly interested in, but not limited to, publishing posts related to the intersection of writing center studies with any of these topics:
- AI-generated writing / LLMs / chatGPT
- assessment and program improvement
- community writing centers
- campus outreach or promotion
- diversity and inclusion / social justice
- accessibility
- antiracism
- language diversity
- LGBTQ+
- prison education
- professional development for graduate students
- resisting antisemitism
- tutor training approaches
- writing across the curriculum (WAC)
- wellbeing
- writing groups, retreats, or camps
- writing workshops
We welcome proposals of approximately 200 words addressing the topic of the post and its relevance to the larger writing center community. Successful proposals will (1) connect to broader conversations in the field, (2) offer a unique or underrepresented perspective or focus, and (3) clearly fit within the blog genre and our public audience.
If accepted, we will request a blog post that is approximately 1,000 to 1,500 words in length. In addition to the written text of the post, we will also ask authors to provide visual components as well. For all accepted posts, the editorial team will be happy to provide feedback, guidance, and mentoring along the way, as needed.
Proposals are due Sunday, December 1, 2024. Please submit proposals through our Google Form. Notification of acceptance will be sent out in December 2024. Publication of accepted posts will begin in the spring of 2025.
If you have any questions, please contact the editors (Ellen Cecil-Lemkin and Jenny Conrad) at anotherword.
Best,
Ellen
Ellen Cecil-Lemkin, Ph.D.
Writing Center Teaching Faculty & Accessibility Coordinator
Another Word, Co-editor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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