Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers

ALSCW 2025 Conference


The 2025 ALSCW Conference will take place at the Ohio State University (Columbus), from Thursday, November 6 to Sunday, November 9, 2025. The conference features sessions on topics ranging from “Anton Chekhov’s Stories” to “The Weary Blues at 100” to “Shakespeare in the Theatre.”

Click here to download the 2025 Conference Call for Papers.

Please visit this page regularly for updated information.

Below you will find information concerning membership, conference registration (including the banquet), and accommodations. Please read the information below carefully.

1) Membership

Everyone participating in the conference must be a member of the ALSCW. Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP) handles membership and renewals for the ALSCW. JHUP collects membership fees electronically. If you haven’t joined or renewed your membership, we ask that you please do so right away.

Members receive three annual issues of Literary Imagination, online access to back issues of Literary Imagination, access to the ALSCW online journal, Literary Matters, and regular communications from our D.C. headquarters regarding events, upcoming conferences, and other news.

Please join or renew at the JHUP website (https://alscw.press.jhu.edu/membership/join). JHUP will provide us with a list of members before the conference. Only memberships for 2025 are valid for the conference.

If you have difficulties joining or renewing, or have questions, please send an email to alscw@cua.edu.

2) Conference Registration

Please click on this link to register.

The conference fees are:

$250 for people with institutional support
$200 for regular registration
$175 for people making under $65,000 a year
$100 for graduate students

The cost for the banquet is $85.

3) Accommodations

The link below is for the Blackwell Inn, the conference hotel.  The hotel is located on the Ohio State University campus. All of the events associated with the conference are within easy walking distance from the hotel and many events will be held at the hotel’s conference center.  The deadline for reserving a room and receiving the ALSCW discount in October 7. There are a limited amount of rooms and we urge to make your reservation as soon as possible.

Online Booking Link:  ALSCW Annual 2025 Conference

Group Code: ALSCW25

Guests can clink on the link, and the group code/rate will automatically load.  They can change the number of nights they will be staying if necessary.  They can also input the group code if they happen to bypass the link.

4) General Information

Please note that ALSCW members include university academics, secondary school teachers, creative writers, independent scholars, artists, students, editors, and even a few literary agents and scientists. Participants are urged to keep their presentations jargon free and accessible to those not working in their fields. People attending but not giving formal presentations are encouraged to participate actively in discussions.

ALSCW conferences are, in fact, designed to promote an ongoing conversation about literature, literary history, and the arts. We try to make sure nothing is rushed. Plenary panels and seminars each run for up to two hours and offer ample opportunity for discussion. Participants move back and forth from seminars (four at a time) to plenary sessions (one at a time) to social gatherings, performances, and readings in the evening. The goal is to provide space for a constant cross-pollination of materials, ideas, and personalities. Past participants have found great benefit in exchanges between well-informed people who may not share a specialization. We are proud to have a very distinguished membership, and part of our tradition involves mentoring younger members.

We look forward to seeing you at the Ohio State University. Many thanks for contributing to the ALSCW’s mission to help literature and the arts thrive!

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