Call for Proposals: March Mini-con 2026
Call for proposals open: October 20, 2025 – January 12, 2026
Conference Date: March 20, 2026
The Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) of the American Library Association is looking for presenters for its 2026 one day mini conference to be held on March 20th, 2026. The conference will be virtual and free (presenters will join a Streamlabs session that will be livestreamed and recorded on GameRT’s Twitch and YouTube channels).
This year’s theme is Gaming Outside the Box.
We are interested in presentations along two main tracks:
1) how libraries work with non-traditional games, like lawn and playground games, low/no-resource games, solo RPGs, and journaling games, or games distributed in formats that are difficult to collect, like digital games or crowdsourced projects
2) innovative and experimental approaches to games in libraries.
Experimenting with new kinds of games or games programming? We want to hear about it! Proposals should explicitly state their relevance to libraries, but presenters don’t need to be a librarian or GameRT member to present.
Submission Details
To submit a session proposal, please complete this form by January 12, 2026.
Accepted presenters will be notified by February 20, 2026.
Slides and handouts will be due on March 13, 2026.
Presenters will be asked to give a fifteen-minute presentation, with a group question-and-answer session after.
Examples of possible presentation topics (if one of these titles speaks to you, please use it!):
- Honey, They Embiggened the Chess Board?!
- A Good Stick: Using Lawn Games for Library Outreach
- Red Rover Red Rover, Send the Librarians Over: The Role We Play in Social Emotional Learning
Submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Connection to library and community
- Topic fits the needs and interests of GameRT and its audience
- Relevance to theme
- Relevance and quality of citations
- Wow/cool/cozy/fun/unique/X factor
Questions?
Questions may be addressed to the GameRT Program Planning Committee via e-mail at gamert@ala.org with “March Mini Con” in the subject line.
You can view previous webinars and virtual conferences on GameRT’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
