TACW Annual Conference

September 25-27, 2025

Hosted by Tarleton State University
Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Education Center
308 E. Pearl St.
Granbury, TX 79409

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We welcome individual submissions of creative work as well as proposals for group panels involving pedagogy, craft skills, publishing tips, collaborations, and university programs. Panels should list all presenters and offer a summary of the panel’s proposed topic. Panels should not include more than four presenters. Individual writers should simply provide the genre they would like to read. Send all applications to President Steven Moore at tacwt14@gmail.com by June 15, 2025. Acceptances to the program will be announced by July 15, 2025.

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Like our other conferences, the 2025 TACW gathering will begin just after lunch on Thursday, September 25th, and will run through Saturday, September 27th, at noon. We will hold an opening reception on Thursday night. All panels and the Thursday night reception will be held on the grounds of the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Education Center, 308 E. Pearl Street.

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All panels and the Thursday night reception will be held at the Langdon Center and will include microphones, podiums, and AV equipment. If you wish to use AV equipment, please let us know with your request to present.

Granbury is a beautiful, charming, enchanting place, making it a popular destination for many visitors, especially for conference participants like us. It was named USA Today’s “Best Historic Small Town in America” three years in a row, and it has plenty of incredible hotels and B&Bs to meet the needs of your school and/or personal budget (click on attached document). Make your lodging reservation today.  
 

​Please help us promote our gathering by sharing the information with any writer currently or formerly working within the state. We are particularly interested in engaging writers who teach at universities in Texas who have never participated in TACW or haven’t for a very long time. If you know of a writer outside of Texas, feel free to invite them as well. Also, we’d love to connect with writers in your community who do not have an academic affiliation. Many of those writers often feel isolated. Graduate students are especially encouraged to apply. d the Thursday night e held at the enter will include microphones, podiums, and AV e

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                            Conference fee: $105 ($65 registration + $40 membership dues)                           
 

Student Registration: $35 total (membership free/discounted registration)

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