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.
- June 5, 2025
- Double Helix Moves to Rolling Publication Model
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Double Helix: A Journal of Critical Thinking and Writing has moved to a rolling publication model and is now inviting submissions for Volume 13 (2025). The journal publishes a range of scholarly work—from research articles to notes—on writing and critical thinking pedagogy. For more information about Double Helix, please visit the journal's main page.
- June 3, 2025
- Double Helix Releases Volume 12
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Double Helix has released its twelfth volume, "Critical Thinking and Writing: A New Episteme." The volume includes work by Adam Katz, Christopher Eaton, Shiva Mainaly, Peaches Hash, Kimberly A. Bain, Christine M. Garcia, and Michael Pak. View the new issue.
- May 29, 2025
- Call for IWAC 2027 Conference Host
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Submit a proposal to host the IWAC 2027 Conference.
- May 17, 2025
- Literate Activity Call for Proposals
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Literate Activity: Perspectives on Textual Practices in the World welcomes submissions for the inaugural issue to be published in Spring 2026.
- May 14, 2025
- Beyond Conventions Podcast Releases Episode 4
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he podcast Beyond Conventions: Global Dialogues on Writing Studies has released its fourth episode, a conversation with the editors of the forthcoming edited collection Beyond Conventions, Global Dialogues and Writing Studies, which will appear in the Latin America Section of the International Exchanges on the Study of Writing book series.
- April 5, 2025
- RLEE Releases Its Third Issue
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Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de la Escritura (RLEE) has released its third issue. The new issue includes work by Claudia Ximena Gómez Rubiano, Martha Cecilia Arbeláez Gómez, Rodrigo Loyola Espinoza, Javiera Figueroa Miralles, Eliuse Silva, Juana María Blanco Fernández, Meire Celedonio da Silva, Eulália Vera Lúcia Fraga Leurquin, Francisco Gabriel Quilodrán Peredo and Eva Margarita Godínez López. View the new issue.
- March 26, 2025
- WLN Releases Volume 49, Issue 3
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WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Research has released its spring 2025 issue. The issue includes work by Michelle Cohen, Sara Wilder, Weijia Li, Emma Catherine Perry, and Mohi Uddin. View the new issue.
- March 21, 2025
- CFP for TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments
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The editors of TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, a collection of early experiments in pedagogy with generative text technology, 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 the third edition of Continuing Experiments. Learn More.
- March 21, 2025
- Fostering Critical AI Literacy for Multilingual Students
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Upcoming virtual workshop will explore critical AI literacy for multilingual students in writing instruction.
- March 10, 2025
- Beyond Conventions Podcast Releases Episode 3
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The podcast Beyond Conventions: Global Dialogues on Writing Studies has released its third episode, a conversation with the editors of the edited collection Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers of U.S. College Composition: Exploring Identities and Negotiating Difference.
Listen to the new episode and subscribe to the podcast on Spotify.