The International Piers Plowman Society announces the Sixth International Piers Plowman Conference, to be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, 23-26 July 2015. All presenters must be members of the Society (see PayPal link on home page to sign up.)

Please send abstracts of ca. 250 words or panel proposals by 1 October 2014 to IPPSinSeattle2015@gmail.com . Panel proposals should include a brief explanation of the topic and brief abstracts of the papers to be considered.

For panels that have already been proposed for which submissions of titles and abstracts are invited, please visit http://www.piersplowman.org/conference/about.htm.

There will be a Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper to be presented at the conference (eligible to those enrolled as of 1 June 2014), the award being free access to a selection of Brepols journals (Viator, New Medieval Literatures) plus membership in the IPPS for a year. Students should submit abstracts as normal, and then a complete copy of the essay to IPPSinSeattle2015@gmail.com by 1 June 2015.