2025 American Literature Association Conference

Christine Grogan will chair the Katherine Anne Porter Society session at the 36th American Literature Association Conference. The conference will take place May 21-24, 2025, at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. Conference details and information about hotel reservations are available through the web site of the American Literature Association, https://americanliteratureassociation.org/.

Send proposals on any topic related to Katherine Anne Porter to Christine Grogan, cgrogan@udel.edu, by December 1, 2024.

Katherine Anne Porter Society Graduate Student Paper Award

The Katherine Anne Porter Society is pleased to invite submissions for its biannual Graduate Student Paper Award. Interested applicants should submit an article-length (15-25 page) paper on any Katherine Anne Porter topic. The winner, who will be announced on December 1, 2026, will be invited to present a shortened form of the paper at the annual Katherine Anne Porter Society Session at the 2027 American Literature Association Conference. The award-winning paper will be featured in an article of the Katherine Anne Porter Society Newsletter. The award also brings a monetary prize of $1000. Please email submissions as Word attachments to Jerry Findley at jerryfindley1@gmail.com by June 30, 2026.

The Newsletter of the Katherine Anne Porter Society

All published issues of the Newsletter of the Katherine Anne Porter Society are  available under “Society Publications.”

Call for Katherine Anne Porter news and articles

Members are invited to submit news and articles for the Web site and newsletter. Please contact Amber Kohl at amberk@umd.edu.