poetry

Location and Date: May 20-23, 2027 University of Houston 

In-person and Virtual: This panel will meet in-person

In the definition given by Podnieks, matrifocal literatures are written and narrated by mothers in the first-person or limited third-person voice, rendering maternal identity and experience from subjective perspectives. Such narratives (re)value the significance and meaning of maternal figures in cultural, social, and national arenas, and often contest or negotiate traditional ideologies of the “good” mother as self-sacrificing, nurturing, and sexless with her antithesis, the “bad” mother. In the last few years, we have seen the rise of matrifocal writings published to break taboos about previously silenced reproductive experiences, create a sense of community, support, and care, and, overall, empower people.

When we think of the Central Valley, that strange opaque space between Los Angeles and San Francisco, we often think of heat, smog, and sometimes fruits and vegetables. What we don’t think about, however, is the immense literary scene of writers from the Central Valley and/or writing about the Central Valley. From Manuel Muñoz, to Gary Soto, to Juan Felipe Herrera, to Lee Herrick, to Marisol Baca, to David Dominguez, to many others, the Central Valley literary community is capacious and deserves attention. As such, this panel session invites papers that discuss the literary community of the Central Valley.

Theme: Hip Hop and Rap Conference 

Tentative date: November 19-22

Location: Houston, TX

Award for best presentation 

Scholarship for top scholars 

• Judged by artists, PhD’s, Workshop, and Peer Review. 

“Science and Sensibility: Method Meets Art”
A Transdisciplinary Conference

Date: October 17-18, 2026
Location: University of Oxford, UK and online

Conference Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/2026/06/15/science-and-sensibility-2026/

The Intimacies of Kith seeks to bring together scholars who are also practitioners of poetry from Asian North American and Southeast Asian communities. Our goal is to create a shared space for poet-scholars to engage one another directly, creating opportunities for sustained dialogue across geographic and disciplinary boundaries.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: RAIN AND ROOTSA Nature & Earth Haiku Anthology

Fresh Words – An International Literary Magazine

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/freshwordsmagazine/announcements

Key Dates

• Submission Deadline: August 15, 2026

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | The Soliloquist Journal ( https://thesoliloquistmagazine.my.canva.site/#submit )
Theme: The Architecture of Solitude

Deadline: July 10, 2026

Publication: July 15, 2026

Solitude is rarely a vast, empty space—it is built. It has walls we erect to protect our innermost selves, windows through which we watch a noisy world, drafty corners of loneliness, and sacred sanctuaries of deliberate peace.

In-Between Wor(l)ds: Liminality, Poetry and Performance

Call for Papers – GNSD Graduate Conference, University of Minnesota
Nov. 6 - 7th, 2026 (in person)
Keynote by Adeena Karasick

Christian Writers Conference 2027 
“Restoring Creativity” 
 
April 9-10, 2027, Grove City College, PA 

The Eastern Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature 
and Third Annual meeting of the Holy Moot 

Featuring Daniel McInerny, philosopher of art, novelist, and dramatist 

Call for Papers 

In-Between Wor(l)ds: Liminality, Poetry and Performance

Extended Deadine: June 7th! 

Call for Papers – GNSD Graduate Conference, University of Minnesota
Nov. 6 - 7th, 2026 (in person)
Keynote by Adeena Karasick

Futuring Poetic Inquiry: A Return and Renewal10th International Symposium for Poetic Inquiry (ISPI) 
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
October 8-12, 2026  Proposal Submissions Due June 1, 2026 - EXTENDEDTo submit a proposal: Please visit the ISPI website for more information and to submit a proposal: ISPI website  

In April 2026, I attended Shauna M. Morgan, Angel Dye, and Madison (Mocha) Hunter's College Language Association panel discussion: “Scripting Soul Work: The Infusive Praxis of Poet-Scholars.” In their talk, each panelist discussed—in prose like fashion—her relationship with her creative and scholarly self, and, in the spirit of Barbara Christian's 1987 “The Race for Theory,” they argued the significance of creative writing to Black and brown folk scholarship and being, which they supported with a reading of their selected poetic works.

Call for Submissions: Invisibility & The Raft of Hope: A 75th-Anniversary Reflection on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

Deadline: June 15, 2026

Contact: qal0815@utulsa.edu