Last reminder with a few new announcements!
Submit your proposals by November 15th.
The CFP and link to the proposal submission area: https://www.candwconf.com/cfp
2nd Keynote
We are excited to announce our very own Dr. Amy Fountain, Linguistics at the University of Arizona, as our second kyenot for CW’27. Amy works in linguistics pedagogy, language revitalization and reclamation and community-based language technology development.
Graduate Research Network
We are now accepting submissions for the 2027 Graduate Research Network (GRN) at Computers and Writing Conference. For more information about the Graduate Research Network, visit our website at graduateresearchnetwork. The GRN is a network of scholars who collectively sponsor a mentoring workshop concurrently with the Computers and Writing Conference. The aim of GRN is to provide a supportive and generative setting for graduate students and early career faculty to share work-in-progress research with scholars of similar interests and expertise. Work-in-progress reviews for work at any stage of completion—from conceptualization to publication—are facilitated with scholars in the field serving as discussion leaders.
- GRN form: https://forms.gle/3mJAbxk3ZTbx81Pr7
~Josh, Mariya, Sean, & Shelley
We ecstatic to announce one of our keynote speakers, Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon, and a new presentation option (use our Maker Space!).
Keynote
We are excited to invite Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon — a writer, teacher, and researcher from the University of Waterloo — as one of our keynote speakers for CW ’27! Clary-Lemon researches posthuman and new materialist approaches to place, species, and environment.
New Presentation Option
The University of Arizona Library’s makerspace CATalyst Studios invites scholars to imagine proposals for the 2027 Computers & Writing Conference that might make use of the CATalyst Studios space. Feel free to peruse the website to get an idea of what is available. Please run your ideas by the CATalyst folks before submitting (we will cross-check with them before accepting).
Submit your proposals by November 15th.
The CFP and link to the proposal submission area: https://www.candwconf.com/cfp
~Josh, Mariya, Sean, & Shelley
On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM Shelley Rodrigo <shelley.rodrigo> wrote:
Now that we have a revised website and an open portal for submitting proposals, we are thrilled to reinvite participation and engagement. Please consider submitting proposals and/or volunteering to review them. ~Josh, Mariya, Sean, & Shelley
Dear Writing Studies Community,
We are excited to share our Call for Proposals for Computers and Writing 2027 in Tucson, Arizona! This year, our conference theme, Resilience – Adaptive Persistence in Computers and Writing, builds off of the work and themes from last year’s conference on digital rhetorics and sustainable change. The conference will be held from June 3-5 and there will be a lower-cost option to stay in the dorms.
Please find our CFP here: https://www.candwconf.com/cfp
We are estimating the following timeline, but know that some of these dates might change slightly once we know the number of proposals.
10/7/26: Conference Website & Proposal Portal Updated/Posted
11/15/26: Conference Proposals Due
2/1/27: Acceptances Sent Out & Registration Portal
Please forward this call to individuals and communities to whom you think might be interested.
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. In the meantime, we are looking forward to sharing our beautiful campus and city with all of you next year!
Best,
Josh & Shelley
Shelley Rodrigo (she/her/hers)
University of Arizona
Website: https://sites.arizona.edu/rrodrigo/