38th Annual Conference of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society

May 7-8, 2027

Gainesville, Florida

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, an organization of 200+ members worldwide, invites paper proposals on topics related to Rawlings’ life and works. Papers should be 20-30 minutes.

Topics related to rawlings may include:

• Rawlings’ place in Modernist, American, and Southern Literature
• Her depictions of landscape, foodways, sex and gender roles, place, etc.
• The Yearling as a bildungsroman
• Ecocriticism and other themes found in her work
• Rawlings and Florida
• Her political attitudes and relationship with race
• Family, friends, publishers, and contemporaries of Rawlings
• Art and film, including adaptations, inspirations, etc.
• AND SO MUCH MORE . . .

Submitted papers may be considered for future publication in the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature, now available online at https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jfl/.