Performance

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

The English Department
at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

The English Graduate Organization, EGO

The Graduate School

The College of Humanities
and Fine Arts

The Graduate Student Senate


SUBMISSIONS and FEES

Submissions for Caught in the Act are closed as of January 23, 2010. Thank you to all who submitted; we will contact you shortly.

FEES:

There are three categories of fees:

1) Participants $25-- this fee includes everything: presentation, admission, lunch, all-day coffee, and the reception.

2) Attendees $12-- this fee covers your admission to all panels, lunch, coffee, and the reception.

3) Reception Attendees $7 or 5 books-- for people only interested in coming to the reception at the University Club after the conference. Books will be used towards fund raising for next year's conference. We will gladly take donations.

Do not send cash. Please make checks payable to “University of Massachusetts” WITH “English Grad Organization” IN THE MEMO LINE. Mail checks to:

Ruth Lahti , EGO Treasurer
English Department
170 Bartlett Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003

SUBMISSIONS:

We accept three different types of submissions:

  1. Individual papers, including performative papers: please submit an abstract of 500 words, with your name, paper title, institution, and email address.
  2. Panels: please submit an 800 word proposal for an entire panel of presentations (3-4 presenters). Included in this proposal should be abstracts of all presentations, an abstract of the panel itself, title of the panel, and information for each presenter (name, paper title, institution, and email address). If you are forming your own panel, you have the option of providing your own chair.
  3. Performances and creative presentations/panels: we welcome submission of creative works, including creative writing, visual art, and dramatic performance. Please include a brief description of your project, as well as your name, project title, institution, and email address.

Submission Requirements: In your submission, please inform us if you need a data or video projector. For individual papers or creative presentations, the conference committee will work to place you with other papers dealing with similar goals/issues. Paper presentations should run no longer than 15 minutes. Time restraints for presentations within creative panels and performances will be more flexible and will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.