American Poetry
November 7-9, 2024
Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe
828 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501
Conference Director:
Richard Flynn, Georgia Southern University
Keynote Speaker:
Karen L. Kilcup
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Conference Fee: $175
For our 2024 Fall Symposium, the American Literature Association will return to beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.The Drury Plaza Hotel offers excellent rates and is perfectly located near the central plaza. Single and double rooms will be available for $189 a night plus taxes. This rate includes not only a free breakfast and wirelessaccess, but also a “kickback” every evening at 5:30, featuring hot food and cold drinks. Valet parking will be $18 per night.
ALA symposia provide opportunities for scholars to meet in pleasant settings, present papers, and share ideasand resources. The November symposium, in cooperation with the Society for the Study of American Poetry, willfocus on American poetry. While we welcome individual proposals, panels and roundtable discussions are also encouraged.
Please send all proposals to the Conference Director at
as soon as possible and no later than September 15, 2024.
Conference Details: Sessions run Friday and Saturday November 8th and 9th. There will be an opening event and welcoming reception on Thursday evening, November 7th. The Conference Fee of $175 includes one luncheon as well as receptions.
Individuals may propose papers, panels, or roundtables by emailing the Conference Director, Professor Richard Flynn no later than September 15, 2024, and preferably earlier. The proposal should include the title of the presentation or panel, an abstract thatprovides a clear idea of the material that will be covered, a brief vita or description of the presenter’s qualifications, and the email addresses for all participants. The proposal should be both pasted into an email and sent as an attachment (preferably in WORD). All emails will be acknowledged in a timely manner.
Those proposing papers and/or panels will be informed of acceptances by September 22, and hotel reservations will need to be made before October 5, at which time the conference rate will no longer be available. Therefore, participants will be asked to make their hotel reservations immediately and to pay the conference fee by pre-registering on-line by October 15. A program will beplaced on the ALA website prior to our meeting, and printed programs will be available at the symposium.ALA Guidelines: The most common ALA format is a time slot of one hour and twenty minutes with three papers and a chair. Thispermits time for discussion and three papers of approximately 20 minutes (or nine typed double-spaced pages). Organizers of panels are free to use other formats provided they respect the time limits. Furthermore, the ALA encourages panel organizers to experiment with innovative formats including discussion groups and panels featuring more speakers and briefer papers. Chairs willmake sure that the panels start and end on time and that no speaker goes beyond the allotted time limit. We prefer that chairs not present papers on the panels that they are moderating, and no one may present more than one paper at an ALA symposium.
AV: Please note that we are not able to provide AV at this symposium.
Conference Registration: The conference fee of $175 covers the costs of the conference. We require all of those who are on theprogram to pre-register by October 15, 2024. Please see the website for the on-line registration link. If you wish to pay by check, you may find the mail-in registration form on our website. The conference fee is $175 for all participants. We regret that we are unable to offer a lower rate for graduate students and independent scholars. If you have a question or concern regarding registration, please contact Olivia Carr Edenfield, Director of the ALA, at carr@georgiasouthern.edu.
ALA Membership: Membership in the ALA is not required in order to propose or present a paper. In fact, technically the membersof the American Literature Association are the various author societies. Individuals may keep informed about the activities of the ALA, including our symposia and conferences, by checking our website (www.americanliteratureassociation.org).
Please note that the American Literature Association maintains the lowest conference fees of any major scholarly organization because it operates without a paid staff. If you have any questions that are not answered by this announcement, please contact the Conference Directors.
Thank you for your interest and your support of the American Literature Association.