Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, is pleased to accept nominations for its 2026 Awards at this submission link!
Kairos is now accepting nominations for its annual awards! These include the Best Webtext Award (which doesn’t have to be published in Kairos), the John Lovas Award (for an outstanding online academic project), Grad Students and Contingent Faculty Awards (in the areas of Teaching, Service, and Scholarship), the Bill Hart-Davidson Mentorship Award, and the Gail E. Hawisher & Cynthia L. Selfe Caring for the Future Scholarship!
Nominations for the Hawisher-Selfe Caring for the Future Scholarship are due February 28, 2026; nominations for all other awards are due by March 15, 2026.
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The Gail E. Hawisher & Cynthia L. Selfe Caring for the Future Scholarship, which defrays the costs of travel, dorm lodging, and registration for an eligible scholar so that they may attend Computers and Writing in person.
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The Kairos Best Webtext Award for the best academic webtext published in the previous calendar year (the webtext does not have to be published in Kairos).
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The John Lovas Award for an outstanding online project (blog, podcast, etc.) devoted largely to academic pursuits.
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The Kairos Awards for Graduate Students and Contingent Faculty (teaching, scholarship, and service categories) to recognize outstanding contributions in teaching, scholarship, and service to the field of Computers and Writing by graduate students and contingent faculty.
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The Bill Hart-Davidson Mentorship Award, which recognizes exemplary mentorship in the field of Computers and Writing.
Visit the Kairos website for more details about these awards!
Spotlight: Hawisher & Selfe Caring for the Future Scholarship
Today, we specifically want to spotlight the Gail E. Hawisher & Cynthia L. Selfe Caring for the Future Scholarship, with nominations due by February 28, 2026!
Honoring the scholarship and mentorship of Cindy Selfe and Gail Hawisher, the goal of this award is to support first-time Computers and Writing in-person attendees, preferably at the undergraduate or early graduate level, who have shown an interest in furthering their studies in a computers and writing related field. In the spirit of the award and the work of Hawisher and Selfe, preference will be given to students whose race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, and/or nationality are underrepresented in the computers and writing field. The HSCF scholarship covers reasonable travel expenses, dorm lodging, and registration for one (or more, if possible) scholars eligible for the award.
You can read more about the history of the award here.
This scholarship is funded by donations from C&W-related scholar and practitioner donations, along with sponsorship by annual C&W hosts! Please consider donating to help sustain the viability of this scholarship. Send funds via Venmo to Kairos Senior Editor @Cheryl-Ball-1 (make sure to include "HSCF" in your description) or contact kairosrtp for more donation options.
For more info about the award and eligibility criteria and/or to submit a nomination, check out the HSCF scholarship nomination link.