<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We hope you will join us for another WIS!<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Specifically, Writing Human/s, the 6th annual Writing Innovation Symposium,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>is slated for February 1-2, 2024. Proposals for flashtalks, workshops, posters, and displays are due 10/27; proposals for flares, an undergrad-only program category, are due 12/15; applications for this year’s Bedford/St. Martin’s WIS Fellows cohort are due 12/1. Notifications will begin in early November, and registration will open in December.</p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We want to call special attention to the 3-minute pre-recorded “<a href="https://bit.ly/WIS24FlaresInfo" target="_blank">flares</a>” we are inviting undergrads to share. For full info visit<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/WIS23CFP" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">our online CFP</span></a>.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Additional Details:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Co-sponsored by Marquette University and Bedford/St. Martin’s, Writing Human/s will be a chance to gather onsite and online to collaboratively consider the connections and disconnects between writing and (being) human/s. To contribute, consider proposing: </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">75-minute </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfIpIEFsRh8tNcVS2gplvVSL1jnUNtgHZcqoB7Ym_Bo/edit#bookmark=kix.q175wxc6rk4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">workshops</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">5-minute </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfIpIEFsRh8tNcVS2gplvVSL1jnUNtgHZcqoB7Ym_Bo/edit#bookmark=id.vjx1mmwxubsi" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">flashtalks</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">3-minute </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfIpIEFsRh8tNcVS2gplvVSL1jnUNtgHZcqoB7Ym_Bo/edit#bookmark=kix.wu5selq1oo2m" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">flares</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, a category open exclusively to undergraduate writers.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfIpIEFsRh8tNcVS2gplvVSL1jnUNtgHZcqoB7Ym_Bo/edit#bookmark=id.1nmlo95go8mp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Posters, displays, and creative works</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Or apply to be a </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfIpIEFsRh8tNcVS2gplvVSL1jnUNtgHZcqoB7Ym_Bo/edit#bookmark=id.gpgioy9clen7" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">2024 Bedford/St. Martin’s WIS Fellow</span></a></p></li></ul><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Read the full CFP here <</span><a href="https://bit.ly/WIS23CFP" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://bit.ly/WIS23CFP</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">> and apply here: <</span><a href="https://bit.ly/WIS23Proposals" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://bit.ly/WIS23Proposals</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">>. </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Undergrads, grads, faculty of all ranks and roles, academic staff, and independent writers and scholars are welcome to apply. We hope to see you in February!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><img src="cid:ii_lmpdk93m0" alt="WIS 24 Logo.jpg" width="542" height="407"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Jenn Fishman, WIS Chief Capacitator, and the 2023-24 Steering Committee</p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div id="m_5922689864625789609m_-302420321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