SCMLA is the South Central MLA and many members are from Texas and Oklahoma. However, the call is for all interested. It does overlap SAMLA's---SCMLA is Nov. 3-5, 2016. Carolyn Leutzinger Richey Tarleton State University Department of English and Languages [log in to unmask] 254-968-9511 ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 4:49 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: SCMLA 2016 and Special Session on Twain Hi! So sorry to hear about your bone brake and about SCMLA I personally have never heard of SCMLA I attend RMMLA and SAMLA. I would love to submit a paper for that conference, but SAMLA is at the sam= e time and will be in FL in 2016. Thanks for letting us know! Jules -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richey, Ms. C= arolyn L Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 3:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: SCMLA 2016 and Special Session on Twain Forum Members: Recently I presented a paper on Mark Twain (along with my husband) at the S= =3D CMLA Annual Conference in Nashville. It was the paper I was originally= sup=3D posed to present at the conference in Hannibal in July; however, I = broke my=3D pelvis and had to cancel. As I looked over the program and read all the paper titles that were being = =3D presented, I was shocked that our paper was the only one on Twain. Tha= t wi=3D ll be different next year. I (and my husband Dr. Delwin Richey - w= ho teach=3D es in our university's Communication Studies Dept.) are sponsor= ing a Specia=3D l Session panel on Mark Twain: The Gilded Age Exposed. The= theme for the 2=3D 016 SCMLA conference is "The Spectacular City: Glamour, Decadence and Celeb= =3D rity in Literature and Culture," so because Mark Twain coined the term = The =3D Gilded Age, we thought papers on any of his works about any of thes= e aspect=3D s of the theme would fit right in. The call for papers is not "official," but I wanted all of Twain Forum memb= =3D ers to consider submitting an abstract. The official call for papers w= ill =3D be after the first of the year and the conference is not until Nove= mber 201=3D 6 in Dallas, Texas. Thanks for considering this and I look forward to getting abstracts......on= =3D ce the official call goes out. Carolyn Carolyn Leutzinger Richey Tarleton State University Department of English and Languages Office: OAG334 Box T-0-300 254-968-9511 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>