The Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions; Constructions & Figures features leading scholars presenting on rhetorical stylistics and grammatical constructions. May 28 and 29, University of Waterloo. tinyurl.com/62aha2sx

Looking for an undergrad creative writing course? Try ENGL 432: Literary Journalism and the Immersive Encounter. tinyurl.com/ptbvk4hc

Critical Tech Talk: Sjors Groeneveld introduces The Digital Data Divide, an immersive speculative project that invites audiences to experience contrasting futures shaped by personal data and AI. Monday, March 23, 4:30- 6:00pm, CH 1205. tinyurl.com/3ujur92m

A new edition of the English Society Newsletter is now available! Check it out for a guide to English-related news and upcoming events, including a Crafts and Chai event on March 25 from 6:30-8:00pm in EV3 3412. tinyurl.com/5mthj7km

The Drucker Challenge Essay Contest is open to students and early career professionals ages 18-35. This year’s theme is "Culture Between Tradition and Change: How Does Culture Drive Innovation?" Deadline: Apr. 20. tinyurl.com/mw6e7fzu

Congratulations to UWaterloo English PhD candidate Melika Hashemi, who has been chosen as a Rungh Wikipedia Scholar. tinyurl.com/4pcztfdw

UWaterloo English's Dr. Paul Ugor is holding a launch for three (!) books he has co-edited. Thursday, March 19, 11am-12:30pm, DWE 3516 and online. tinyurl.com/muu55jss

CWCA/ACCR 2026 Conference: The Centre (Still) Holds: Writing Centre Work in Changing and Unchanging Times. Online, June 16-18. Register: tinyurl.com/mvyuakjw

If you're an aspiring picture book author, you can bring your manuscript to Indigo-Conestoga Mall for a free critique by UWaterloo English prof and picture book author Dr. Jennifer Harris. March 18, 11am-2pm, Conestoga Mall, Waterloo. tinyurl.com/mw6jt6wc

CASDW/ACR's Winter 2026 webinar will feature two key articles recently printed in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie's special issue "Present and Future(s) of Writing in the Age of AI." Mar. 30, 1pm EST. To register: tinyurl.com/yba5r5wb.

Congratulations to ARBUS/UWaterloo English student Alicia Wang, who has been awarded a 2026 CBC News summer scholarship for emerging journalists. tinyurl.com/r6r7dp4r

This Friday (March 13)! 5 Poets Breaking into Song (#21): Black Magic Friday the 13th in the Great Middle East/Mediterranean North. 6:00-9:00pm, Notre Dame Chapel, St. Jerome's University. tinyurl.com/47ujwka9

The March edition of the UWaterloo English Society Newsletter is now available! tinyurl.com/3nb67r4p

WatSFiC and the Creative Writing Club present their winter 2026 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Story Contest. Deadline: March 31. tinyurl.com/32xc8br5

Residency: Computational Writing 2026 at the Banff Centre, Sept. 7- 18. Application deadline: March 11. tinyurl.com/ecrtyjsj

UWaterloo English's Dr. Paul Ugor is holding a launch for three (!) books he has co-edited. March 19, 11am-12:30pm, DWE 3516 and online. tinyurl.com/muu55jss

WatSFiC and the Creative Writing Club are inviting writers to submit to their Winter 2026 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Story Contest. tinyurl.com/32xc8br5

The SIGNAL March Summit features people working at the intersections of gender justice, digital media, technology, and social futures. March 4-6, UWaterloo. Registration, schedule, and information: tinyurl.com/2efrbvwr

CFP: International Shaw Society Symposium, July 24-26 at the Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake. CFP Deadline: March 31. shawsociety.org/events/calls...

Hear the work of Canadian poets put to original music at George Elliott Clarke’s 5 Poets Breaking into Song (#21): Black Magic Friday the 13th in the Great Middle East/Mediterranean North. Friday, March 13, 6-9pm, Notre Dame Chapel, St. Jerome's University. tinyurl.com/9a3rfamb

You are warmly invited to attend the Winter 2026 Engineering Communication Student Poster Showcase, which will take place on Thursday, March 5 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the Davis Centre lobby.

The Reading Series at St. Jerome's welcomes fiction writer and playwright Damain Tarnopolsky. Friday, 27 February, 4:30pm in SJ2 1002. tinyurl.com/3ce8fbze

What Can You Do With an English Degree? Six UWaterloo English alumni explain how their English degree helped launch their careers. youtu.be/0ly2D6xMF9c

JOB: Lecturer/Assistant Professor, User Experience Design Program, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University. tinyurl.com/3vftemve

CFP: The Sophist's Cookbook. If Plato is going to compare rhetoric to cookery, instead of resisting, why not lean into it and share a few rhetorical recipes? kraa.io/sophists_coo....

UWaterloo English Society Newsletter: Happy Reading Week! tinyurl.com/3h94hn5t

The Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, located in Mills Memorial Library at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, invites qualified candidates to apply for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. tinyurl.com/be5h7wjp

UWaterloo English prof Brianna Wiens participated in UWaterloo's Global Futures launch event on Jan. 21. tinyurl.com/3xs7zwsr

Congratulations to the winners of UWaterloo English's Outstanding Course Performance Awards for fall 2025! Here are the winners and their citations: tinyurl.com/4t2yk355

The Waterloo Science Fiction & Fantasy Club offers a wide variety of events, including gaming, a book club, and a short story contest each term. For more information: tinyurl.com/2xty7mex

You are warmly invited to attend the Winter 2026 Engineering Communication Student Poster Showcase, which will take place on Thursday, March 5 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the Davis Centre lobby. tinyurl.com/3usu66xe

The UWaterloo English X account will go inactive on Jan. 31, and all UWaterloo English information will appear exclusively on this feed, our Facebook page, and our blog, Words in Place. We invite all those following us on X to follow us here on our Bluesky feed! More details: tinyurl.com/2kjz6wvf.

UWaterloo English PhD alumna Kem-Laurin Lubin appeared on the "A Moment with Erik Fleming" podcast to discuss ethical AI, the risks of computational bias, and design heuristics to protect human dignity. tinyurl.com/44bfeb32

A documentary by @uw_english alumna Paula Thiessen titled Kam Theatre Lab: The Old Same Story will be screened Thursday, Feb. 5, 7:30pm at Wilfrid Laurier University, BA101. tinyurl.com/47npkmhu

The CFP deadline for RhetCanada's Spring Conference is now extended to Sunday, Jan. 25. The conference will take place from May 28-30 at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. To submit your paper proposal and to register, go to our conference website: tinyurl.com/4jsz5jhc

Join the UWaterloo English Society for its first Writing in the Spotlight workhop--write about film, theatre, and the arts, and have a chance to be published in the Feb. edition of the Society's newsletter. Wed., Jan. 28, 6-7:30pm, HH 1104. www.instagram.com/p/DTjnkz3kcR0/

The St. Jerome’s Reading Series presents its first event of 2026 on Friday, Feb. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in SJ2 1002 with author and UWaterloo English professor Dr. Vinh Nguyen. tinyurl.com/39yfhept

The RhetCanada Winter Showcase takes place on Zoom this Saturday, Jan. 17. See the Winter Showcase website for the schedule and registration instructions: tinyurl.com/yezudkjd

Former UWaterloo English faculty member and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Dr. Warren Ober, who worked at UWaterloo from 1965-1995, is remembered in today's Daily Bulletin. tinyurl.com/ydea3abw

It’s time for year-end lists, which includes our annual round-up of traditionally published books by Waterloo Region authors (including some from UWaterloo English!). tinyurl.com/j5du3z4s

Submit your academic, professional, and creative writing for the English department’s graduate and undergraduate awards! Deadline: Jan. 23, 2026. tinyurl.com/5h59ytxv

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Jerika Sanderson, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Revivifying, Repurposing, Reimagining: From Commodification to Kinship in 21st-Century De-Extinction and Xenotransplantation Narratives." tinyurl.com/ysntw9r2

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Valerie Uher, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Resource Rhetoric in Three Canadian Novels, 1919-1945." tinyurl.com/3yj3kyhu

CFP: RhetCanada invites paper proposals for its 2026 conference, which will be held May 28-30, 2026, at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. Deadline: Jan. 19, 2026. tinyurl.com/2s3c8dba

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Meghan Riley, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Altering Bodies, Altering Minds: Examining Essentialism, Gendered Discrimination and Violence, Racism, and Colonialism through Speculative Fiction Tropes." tinyurl.com/3fv9vyvp

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Kem-Laurin Lubin, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Ethotic Heuristics in Artificial Intelligence: A Rhetorical Framework for Guiding Responsible Data Design Praxis in Healthcare and Surveillance." tinyurl.com/yc8rkk7v

The fall 2025 Science Communication Showcase will feature 24 sections of ENGL/COMMST 193, 12 instructors, and over 500 students. Come see the students' projects! Mon. Dec. 1 - Tues. Dec. 2, STC 2001. tinyurl.com/ysj5cmmv

In addition to the UWaterloo English Creative Writing Showcase on Wed., Nov. 26, from 1-2:30pm in SJU 1104 (tinyurl.com/24wjkv7w), the UWaterloo Creative Writing Club is holding a poetry writing workshop that evening from 5:30-8:30 in EV1 138 (tinyurl.com/mrywtue2).

The latest UWaterloo English Society newsletter is now available, with events, advice from an English major, and an author spotlight! tinyurl.com/yv4kt6rx

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Aleksander Franiczek, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Immersion, Roleplaying, Narrative Design: Concepts for Understanding Videogame Narrative." tinyurl.com/5xpkucwx