MUSE: An Undergraduate Literature Conference

sponsored by IWU’s Alpha Eta Pi chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honors society, in partnership with Illinois State University’s Lambda Delta chapter.

We cordially invite you to submit undergraduate papers for our day-long conference on Saturday, September 27th, 2008. In addition to a keynote speaker and panels on post-graduation options, MUSE will host multiple sessions of student paper presentations throughout the day.

Each paper session will contain three presenters, and each presenter will be given a maximum of 20 minutes to speak. 15 minutes will be allotted after the three presenters for Q&A. (Papers should probably be around 8-10 pages long, if read straight for the 20-minute time period.)

To present at the conference, please submit an abstract* to muselitconf@gmail.com by no later than Sunday, August 31st. An abstract shall be approximately 150-200 words and summarize the paper’s thesis and main points. You do not need to submit the entire paper in order to present at the conference (in fact, please don’t!).

Along with your abstract, please include your name, current address, current telephone number, email address, fall contact information (address and phone number), institutional affiliation, year in school, a working title for the paper, and any audio/visual needs you may have. You will be notified well in advance of the conference of your abstract’s final status. You will then need to confirm your conference attendance.

For more information on MUSE, paper sessions, informational panels, and other events, please e-mail muselitconf@gmail.com .

Remember – Sunday, August 31st! Please submit! Your paper is eagerly waiting to be heard by the literary community!

Sincerely,

MUSE Abstracts/Paper Sessions Committee
IWU Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Eta Pi Chapter

*How to write an abstract:

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handout - Abstracts

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This webpage was last updated on June 11th, 2008.

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