How can we be going into our last session for #CWSC25? Our conference ends with an INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERSECTIONS panel features Saima Afreen, Rebbecca Brown, Justin Nicholes, and Darryl Whetter, and Gwendolyn Paradice’s workshop, MAP AS MUSE. Thank you for joining us - see you next year!

Choices, choices...The RADICAL RELATIONS panel with Emma Catherine Perry, Miriam Åkervall, Nick Koenig, and M.A. Miller, or the INTERDISCIPLINARY POETICS roundtable, with Audrey T. Heffers, Edcel Javier Cintron-Gonzalez, and Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang? creativewritingstudies.net/2025-conference/

Getting ready for a great afternoon - we have INCLUSIVE TEACHING panel with Leah Hedrick and A.D. Nauman, Rebecca Pelky, and a PROCESS FEEDBACK workshop with Badri Adhikari, Khem Aryal. creativewritingstudies.net/2025-conference/

Can the afternoon sessions be as good as our two morning sessions? #CWSC25. RELATABILITY/AI panel with P.D. Edgar, Alexandra Mikhaylovskaya, Anna Leahy, Andres Sanchez & I CAN RELATE roundtable with Kate Maruyama, Rhonda Jackson Garcia, and Lisa Wood. creativewritingstudies.net/2025-confere...

"I have to remind myself that Gen AI is part of a capitalist agenda, not an educational agenda." #CWSC25 #Session3A

"We see text generated by AI not as a product but as perfect object for analysis -- one that illustrates cliches, generalizations, and common frameworks." - Alexandra M. at #CWSC25 #Session3A

"Did we mistake 'relatability' for nourishment or pleasure?" The debate around gen AI and creative writing has a parallel in our discussions around Instapoetry about 10 years ago. -P.D. Edgar #CWSC25 #Session3A

In teaching creative writing are "opening up experiences in opposed to creating products." Especially relevant in the time of generative AI. -Tim Mayers #CWSC25

Incredible presentation by Emilio Carrero on anti-intellectualism and neoliberal "apoliticism" in CW -- brilliant scholarship. #CWSC25 "Why does it not feel good to be creative?"

Tim Mayers drops knowledge of the history of the field of CWS in terms of the irrelatability of CW scholars with established fields. #CWSC25 #Session2A

Abiodun Bello wonders what Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize in Literature means about the study of the oral traditions of West Africa. #ethnopoetics #CWSC25 #Session2A

"Storytellers can, in fact, be cultural leaders." - Leslie Kreiner Wilson #CWSC25

Rachel Cochran on how fanfiction is connected to student difficulty with developing characters! We love to see how teachers are always learning from their students. #CWSC25

#CWSC25 Live tweets begin! Starting off strong with Kanjilal's questioning of the Euro-American convention of "Show, don't tell."

Only 3 days to go! Register now for #CWSC25 Online and enjoy 40+ presenters, panels, workshops, round tables, and discussions. Schedule: creativewritingstudies.net/2025-confere... Learn more: creativewritingstudies.net Register: cwso.wildapricot.org/event-6339367

We are excited to announce our #CWSC25 keynote speaker, Katie Marya! Katie joins over 40 scholars & presenters bringing research-driven approaches to creative writing to our online conference on November 7-8. Learn more: creativewritingstudies.net Register: cwso.wildapricot.org/event-6339367

Deadline extended to Monday 9/8! One more weekend to get your proposal together!

How do we relate—and who gets to relate? CWSO is calling for bold, thoughtful proposals that rethink connection, craft, and community in creative writing. Bring your ideas. Challenge the norms. Learn more and submit your proposal here: forms.gle/YCNuNNykHG1v... #CFP #AcademicSky #creativewriting

Just in time for #AWP26 rejection season!

Join the conversation. The fall Creative Writing Studies Conference is online! Mark your calendar Nov. 7 & 8. Submit your proposal now: forms.gle/fh3Mm474yfUq... #CWSC25 #CFP #CreativeWritingResearch #CallForProposals #HigherEd #Academic #Research #creativewritingpedagogy #relatable #AcademicSky