CFP: SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION (2007, Saratoga Springs, NY)
June 20-24, 2007
Saratoga Springs, NY
SLA Hope: http://www.uta.edu/english/sla/index.html
The 24th Annual Conference of the Sport Literature Association will be held June 20-24, 2007, at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. The Program Committee of the Sport Literature Association invites proposals for individual papers and complete sessions. All submissions should relate to the literature of sport in some way.
Scholarly and critical submissions for the conference should follow the general guidelines set forth in the association's publication, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, which "celebrate[s] the intersection of literature with the world of play, games, and sport." Submissions "should address treatments of sport in texts or textual media (print, film, performance, digital or other media). We invite essays on sport literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, or film) or on the rhetoric of sport. Cultural-studies approaches to sport texts are welcome." We also encourage sessions focused on presenters' original creations, including fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry.
Those interested in presenting should send abstracts of individual papers or original work or proposals for complete sessions by March 15, 2007to:
Dr. Craig Riordan
Department of Kinesiology and Recreation Administration
Humboldt State University
1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Email: cnr5@humboldt.edu
Phone: 707-826-4541
Fax: 707-826-5451
Submissions should include presenter's name, phone number, postal and email address, paper title, and a 250-word abstract (abstracts are mandatory since they will be printed in post conference proceedings). Indicate the type of presentation as research, fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry. Proposals should also include suggestions for possible panel members.
Presenters will be notified of acceptance by April 15, 2007
