Metropolitan Community College in Omaha is accepting proposals for our 4th annual conference on Teaching Creative Writing at the Community College and Other Student-Centered Writing Programs.
Over the past three years, we’ve been energized to hear from colleagues across the country about innovative approaches to teaching, hands-on writing exercises, grading philosophies, and navigating the unique challenges that come with teaching in smaller and/or open-enrollment institutions. We’re excited to continue this conversation and, this year, invite submissions on the theme of “Connection.” As instructors in institutions where students often rotate in and out and sometimes back again, we face specific challenges building connections in this inherently cohort-less environment.
We are inviting proposals from instructors who teach or aspire to teach creative writing, especially those that center the needs of first-year writing students. We are interested in workshop practices, assignment ideas, grading philosophies, building reading lists, sharing syllabi and other artifacts. Many of us teach more traditional composition classes than we do creative writing courses, and so we would welcome sessions on how our work as writers and creative writing teachers informs our composition classrooms. We are also interested in discussions about program administration, community outreach, and supporting the specific needs of CW faculty. Specifically, we want to hear how you help students stay connected to one another, to their art, as well as how you stay connected to your life as a writer and artist when so much of your energy is invested in your work with students. Panel presentations, guided discussions, and collaborative sessions are all welcome.
Sessions will be 60 minutes and can include 1-5 presenters.
Submit: TCWCC Proposals 2026 – Fill out form
We strongly encourage past presenters to submit again. We know we have much more to learn from you and are eager to welcome you back to Omaha.
Proposal Deadline: August 1st 2026
General Registration: $85; Accepted presenters will be able to register at a discounted rate.
The TCWCC Conference will be held on our historic Fort Campus November 5-7. In addition to our daytime conference presentations, we hope to offer engaging offsite activities in the evenings. Furthermore, while the conference will wrap up the morning of the 7th, all attendees will receive complimentary tickets to our 9th annual Creative Writing Forum, which opens at noon on the 7th. Our Keynote presenter has not been finalized, but previous Keynotes have included Allison Adele Hedge-Coke, Hanif Abdurraqib, Morgan Parker, Jamaica Baldwin, and Sam Ligon.
Contact Charlie Peck at cpeck with any questions.