Department of English
Previous Conferences
Past Conference Journals
The conference's youth journal, Spectrum, celebrates the best creative writing submitted by area schools.
List of 2016 award winners (pdf, 222kb)
2016 Spectrum journal (pdf, 801kb)
2016 Spectrum cover (pdf, 230kb)
List of 2015 award winners (pdf, 238kb)
2015 Spectrum journal (pdf, 742kb)
2015 Spectrum cover (pdf, 643kb)
Past Keynote Speakers
If you have information on past keynote speakers, please contact our admin staff.
Nic Stone (2021)
Naomi Shihab Nye (2020)
Maceo Montoya (2019)
Mai Der Vang (2018)
Kristin FitzPatrick (2017)
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (2016)
Elena Passarello (2015)
Steve Yarbrough (2014)
Gary Jackson (2013)
Liza Wieland (2012)
Alex Espinoza (2011)
Tim Z. Hernandez (2010)
Steven Church (2009)
Mona Simpson (2008)
Brian Turner
David Mas Masumoto (2006)
David Dominguez (2004)
John Hales (2003)
David Borofka (2002)
Daniel Chacón
Juan Felipe Herrera and Margarita Luna Robles (1995)
Liza Wieland (1994)
C. G. Hanzlicek (1992)
Corrinne Clegg Hales (1991)
Steve Yarbrough (1990)
Sherley Anne Williams (1989)
Gary Soto (1988)
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1986)
S.E. Hinton
James D. Houston
Leonard Wibberley
Peter Beagle
2021 Conference
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All virtual, via Zoom
Registration Deadline:
March 29, 2021
Manuscript Deadline:
Feb. 18, 2021
To donate, contact the conference coordinator