News, Events, and Calls
- Traci Gardner, News Editor
We publish news from the WAC and writing communities. Visit to catch up on upcoming conferences, see calls for proposals, notices of newly published books and other scholarly projects, stories of WAC programs and practitioners in the news. If you have WAC news you want to share, please send a note to WACClearinghouseNews@gmail.com.
- November 14, 2023
- WAC Clearinghouse Seeks Book Series Editors
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The WAC Clearinghouse is pleased to announce openings for positions as book series editors and associate editors. Detailed are provided in the full post. For full consideration, please apply before December 4, 2023.
- October 31, 2023
- TextGenEd Seeks New Contributors
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The editors of TextGenEd, published in the WAC Repository, invite submissions for writing assignments using a range of text generation technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Markov chains, various Python libraries, etc.) to be included in a new, "Continuing Experiments" section of TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. The work of teaching writing is a constant process of experimentation, revision, and collaboration, particularly when teaching with technologies that shift and evolve quickly.
- September 19, 2023
- WLN Joins the Clearinghouse
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The Clearinghouse is pleased to announce that WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship has become a member of its family of open-access publications.
- August 30, 2023
- Prompt Journal Seeks Associate Editors
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Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments seeks applications for associate editors. Associate editors of Prompt publicize the journal to members of their fields and assist in the editorial process for submissions in their area(s) of relevant disciplinary expertise.
- August 27, 2023
- TextGenEd Collection Released
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The WAC Repository is pleased to announce the release of its collection, TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. This digital collection addresses Generative AI, perhaps the most influential technology in writing in decades.
- August 15, 2023
- IWAC 2023 Edited Collection Call for Proposals
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The call for proposals is available for Writing Worldviews: The 2023 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference Edited Collection. Responding to the crucial moment at which we stand as scholars and practitioners of writing and communicating across disciplines, the collection focuses on the role we have in using the power of language to affect worldviews and address calls for linguistic and social justice.
- July 26, 2023
- PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders
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PARS in Charge explores the complexity of administrative positions within writing programs and how online courses make administration even more complex.
- July 24, 2023
- Award Winning Books from the Clearinghouse
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The summer awards season has been kind to Clearinghouse authors and editors, with three books receiving a total of four awards.
- July 19, 2023
- Rethinking Peer Review: Critical Reflections on a Pedagogical Practice
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New book interrogates peer review from both practical and theoretical perspectives.
- July 12, 2023
- Adapting the Past to Reimagine Possible Futures: Celebrating and Critiquing WAC at 50
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New book developed from presentations at the 15th IWAC Conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the WAC movement.