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2015 Convention Roundtable participants from the “What Makes a Good Book-to-Movie Adaptation?” roundtable.
Submission Link and Deadline
The submission deadline has passed.
Acceptance and denial notifications will be emailed November 16, 2015.
Guidelines
Eligible members may propose roundtables on suggested topics or topics of general interest to both the discipline and the Society. Roundtables should last 75 minutes in length, including questions and answers (Q & A). Roundtables are not a vehicle for the reading of papers. Instead roundtables are designed to promote discussion and exploration of a selected topic, with an emphasis on active engagement of the audience. Successful proposals will indicate not only the role of the roundtable participants but also how they will engage the audience in active dialogue. Faculty may be moderators or participants in a roundtable, though the proposed roundtable would ideally include at least one student participant. Read rules: What Individuals Can Submit.
Competition for the limited number of roundtable slots will be lively. Only those roundtables that actively engage the audience in dialogue will be considered. While judges will read and consider multiple proposals from the same school, individual chapters are limited to two acceptances unless the proposals include members from more than one school. In addition, among equally persuasive proposals, priority will be given to those roundtables that include members from more than one chapter and/or that cover the convention theme of Finding Home or the 2016 Common Reader.
Helpful Hint: If you have a great idea for a roundtable but don’t know any members at other chapters, contact your Regional Student Representative or Associate Student Representative who can help you use Society resources to connect with members in other chapters.
Topics
Suggested topics are:
- Common Reader The Soul Thief
- Convention Speakers
- Service/Literacy
- English Education/Young Adult Literature
- Popular Culture/Film
- Midwestern Writers and Midwestern Literary Landscapes
- English and Technology
- Composition/Rhetoric
- Diversity (as related to any other topic, for example “Expanding the Canon,” or ensuring diversity in membership)
- Member Recruitment/Chapter Development
- Career Development for English Majors
- Other
Topics will also be considered from other subjects that can be explored best in interactive, roundtable discussions involving the audience. Roundtables are not meant to be sets of correlated essays.
Document Format
Create a Word document using your title as the file name and save the file as a doc or docx. Your document must contain the following information:
- Roundtable Moderator: List the name, school, and email address for the roundtable moderator. (The moderator must be a faculty or Alumni Epsilon member. You may also leave this blank and we will select a moderator for the panel.)
- Roundtable Participants: List the name, school, and email address for each participant (maximum of 5 participants and minimum of 3 participants). Sometimes roundtable organizers are unable to provide a complete list of participants when submitting the proposal. The names of all participants (and any changes to the list of participants) must be sent to [email protected] by December 7, 2015. View Submission Deadlines and Notifications.
- Roundtable Abstracts: The roundtable submission requires both a short abstract (50 words to be included in the convention program) and a longer description (up to 250 words or so) that explains how the roundtable is organized, how the roundtable will involve the audience in active discussion, and what makes this approach more appropriate for a roundtable discussion rather than for presentation in separate papers.
Submission Deadlines and Notifications
Submitters will receive confirmations and acceptances through email using the email address associated with their account. Therefore it is vital that submitters keep their email addresses active through March 2016 and check them regularly.
- Submissions due Monday, October 26, 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time (CDT).
- Acceptance and denial notifications will be emailed November 16, 2015.
- Accepted confirmations to secure a session slot are due December 7, 2015.
Questions
Questions regarding the online submission process should be addressed to [email protected].
Instructions for Roundtable Submissions Online
A link to online submissions will be posted here on September 28.
Step 1: Sign In
- Access Online Submission Link
Go to Account Set-Up for details on setting up your account, resetting your password, or changing your account profile information.
Step 2: Authors
- After you have successfully logged on, choose: Submitter Account | Add As Author/Co-Author. Note: Sigma Tau Delta only allows one author.
- Choose: Continue button.
Step 3: Add Submission
- Topic: select your roundtable topic from the pull-down menu (note roundtable topics are listed below paper topics).
- Common Reader The Soul Thief
- Convention Speakers
- Convention Theme “Finding Home”
- Service/Literacy
- English Education/Young Adult Literature
- Popular Culture/Film
- Midwestern Writers and Midwestern Literary Landscapes
- English and Technology
- Composition/Rhetoric
- Diversity (as related to any other topic, for example “Expanding the Canon,” or ensuring diversity in membership)
- Member Recruitment/Chapter Development
- Career Development for English Majors
- Other
- Title: Type in the title of your document. Due to space constraints, any title of more than 50 characters may be abbreviated in the program. You are strongly encouraged to limit your own title accordingly.
- Attach Document: Select your word document. FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!
- Label your Word document by the full title or an abbreviated title of no more than 50 characters.
- Save your Word document file as a doc or docx on your computer’s hard drive. Errors can occur if your file is uploaded from a server or external drive. Do not upload your submission from a cell phone.
- Click the Browse button to select your document.
- Click the Attach button.
- If your document is correctly attached, you will see your document file name listed below the document box.
- Presentation Type: choose “Roundtable“ from the drop-down list.
Step 4: Other Information (required)
- Keywords: Describe your submission with one keyword from each of the following four groups:
1. a theme keyword (any work that responds to the convention theme must select “convention theme” to be considered for a “convention theme” award);
2. a genre keyword;
3. an author keyword; and
4. a critical methodology keyword.
- Membership Type
- Chapter State
- Chapter School
- Academic Level
- (Your) Induction Semester
- (Your) Induction Year
- Chapter Sponsor Name
(If you are a Sponsor or an Alumni Epsilon member, type “N/A” in the field.)
- Chapter Sponsor Email Address
(If you are a Sponsor or an Alumni Epsilon member, type “N/A” in the field.)
- Verify the following statements:
1. “This is an original work authored by me.”
2. “As instructed, the title of this submission is no more than 50 characters.”
- Answer the following:
1. “Would you like to be invited to serve as a session chair at the convention?” (If you reply Yes, you will receive an invitation email in late January.)
2. “Please indicate all dates on which you are unable to present for religious reasons.” (Reply by selecting the date and then from pull-down menu Unable to Present.)
Step 4: Review and Save
- Click Continue and review the information for your submission. You may make edits at this time (choose the Edit button). To save edits, click the Accept button at the bottom of the page.
- Click Save Changes to submit.
Step 5: Additional Submissions
Repeat the submission process to add a second roundtable submission. You can also exit and add a second submission at a later date.
- On the first screen next to Submission List select Add.
- Repeat Steps 2 through 4 above.
Step 6: Submission Confirmation
Please check your confirmation and retain it. The confirmation is a do not reply email from [email protected]. It will include a five digit number that may be used as a reference in future communications with [email protected].