Thanks for the suggestion. The conference is in Dallas, and many of the SCMLA members are from around the DFW area. Thankfully, I have received several potential participants already. 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: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:55 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: LAST CALL FOR PAPERS -- SCMLA Nov. 3-5 2016 -- Dallas, Texas No twain is not a dieing topic, but it is bad timing since there is another= mla at the same time which has a full panel. I suggest that you go to a university near where your conference is and go = talk to the lit profs to see if they have any students interested. That is = what I do and I get a full panel before cfp is even out! Good luck Jules =20 Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Richey, Ms. Carolyn L <[log in to unmask]>= wrote: >=20 > I am putting out a last call for papers as I have not had much of a respo= ns=3D > e. While the conference's theme is The Spectacular City, ALL proposals o= n =3D > Mark Twain, his life, his writing, and his lectures are welcome. >=20 > ----------------------------------------------------- >=20 > SCMLA 73rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE > November 3 - 5, 2016 >=20 > Sheraton Dallas Hotel * 400 North Olive Street * Dallas, TX 75201 >=20 > The Spectacular City: Glamour, Decadence, and Celebrity in Literature and= C=3D > ulture > ----------------------------------------------------- >=20 >=20 > On a side note, is the study of Mark Twain a dying discipline? I certain= ly=3D > hope not. I have had such a lack of interest in this Mark Twain session = a=3D > t the conference that it leads me to wonder. Or, is the problem the conf= er=3D > ence theme? Please submit ANY PAPER OR PROPOSAL for this conference to s= ho=3D > w me that there are still Twainiacs out there! >=20 >=20 > Send your paper, proposal, or abstract to: [log in to unmask] or Caro= ly=3D > n L. Richey, Dept. of English and Languages, Box T-0300, Tarleton State U= ni=3D > versity, Stephenville, Texas. 76402 >=20 >=20 > Carolyn >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Call for Papers: Mark Twain: >=20 > Carolyn Leutzinger Richey > Tarleton State University > Department of English and Languages > [log in to unmask] > 254-968-9511