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CFP: Topic of Conference (deadline; conference date)

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*Rather than a cryptic panel title like "Imagined Encounters," use a descriptive entry like "New World in 16th c."

*Put dates in numerals, in American notation (month/day). Specify the year only if the conference is more than a year in the future. Include both the deadline for submissions and the date of the conference.

*In the case of major conferences where the name of the conference will be more useful than the dates (e.g., MLA, ASECS, NASSR, Kalamazoo), specify that instead.

*If the conference takes place outside North America, or if it's a graduate-student conference, note that as well.

Some examples:

CFP: Communities & Communication (10/2; 12/1-12/2)
CFP: Inst. for Early Am. Hist. & Culture (9/30; 5/31-6/2)
CFP: Improvisation & Virtuosity (3/1; MLA)
CFP: 18th-c. Short Story (8/18; ASECS)
CFP: Romanticism in Theory (Denmark) (2/1; 6/28-6/30)
CFP: Meaning in Middle Ages & Ren (grad) (6/30; 9/29-9/30)

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Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Summer 1996