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Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments has released volume 8, issue 2. The special issue—In Limine: Writing assignments at the transition from undergraduate to law school—is edited by Lindsay Head, Antonio Elefano, and Brian N. Larson. The issue includes work by Sara F. Cates, Mark A. Hannah, Tracy Norton, Kirsten K. Davis, Susan Tanner, Ryan Roderick, and Rima Sirota.

We are delighted to announce that the spring 2024 issue of Peitho, the peer-reviewed journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, is now available on the Clearinghouse. This is the first issue released through the WAC Clearinghouse and is the first major step in the new partnership between Peitho and the Clearinghouse. Congratulations to the journal's co-editors, Rebecca Dingo and Clancy Ratliff, for overseeing the move to the journal's new website. And many thanks to Hannah Taylor for her work in producing the new volume.

WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship has released its 2024 summer issue. The new issue includes work from Michael Albright, Lori B. Baker, Russell Mayo, Tina Matuchniak, and Romaisha Rahman. View the issue on the WLN main page.

The sixth volume of the Writing Spaces series is now available on the Clearinghouse, on the Writing Spaces website, and in print through Parlor Press. Technical Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 6, edited by Kirk St.Amant and Pavel Zemliansky, explores writing in technical and professional communication. Like earlier books in the series, it continues the tradition of covering a wide range of topics about writing.

Across the Disciplines has released volume 21, issue 1. The issue features articles on the important role of listening in writing fellow work, on the challenges of navigating writing expectations in the first year of a doctoral program, and on undergraduates’ views of science and interventions for STEM education to expand attention to the social. The issue concludes with a series of reflections on Harvey J. Graff and his contributions to writing studies.

Iris D. Ruiz has won the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the Council of Writing Program Administrators for her chapter, “Critiquing the Critical: The Politics of Race and Coloniality in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies Research Traditions.” The chapter is in the book Race, Rhetoric, and Research Methods, which she co-authored with Alexandria L. Lockett, James Chase Sanchez, and Christopher Carter.

The WAC Journal has released volume 34, a special issue on Transforming WAC at 50: What, How, and for Whom? The special issue is edited by Cristyn L. Elder and the issue contains work from 18 authors. View the new issue.

The Journal of Writing Analytics has released Volume 7, Writing Analytics in Context. This marks a shift for the journal to a rolling publication schedule. The first articles in the new volume are written by Kristin E. Black, Alex Rudny, and Saurabh Anand. Read the new volume.