At the Seventh Computers and Writing Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi, the editors of Computers and Composition, on behalf of the Editorial Board, awarded the 1990 prizes for outstanding scholarship in the field of computers and composition studies.
For the Best Dissertation in Computers and Composition
Studies
The Hugh Burns Award:
Mark Mabrito, Purdue University at Calumet
"Writing Apprehension and Computer-Mediated Peer Response
Groups: A Case Study of Four High- and Four Low Apprehensive Writers
Communiating Face-toFace Versus Electronic Mail"
First Finalist:
Paul LeBlanc, Springfield College
"Software Development for Composition Studies"
For the Best Article in Computers and Composition
Studies
The Ellen Nold Award:
Christine Neuwirth and David Kaufer, Carnegie Mellon
University
"The Role of External Representations in the Writing Process:
Implications for the Design of Hypertext-based Writing Tools"
First Finalist:
Patricia Sullivan, Purdue University at West Lafayette
"Human-Computer Interaction Perspectives on Word Processing
Issues"
The winners of the Hugh Burns and Ellen Nold Awards received a cash prize of $150. In addition, each of the winners and finalists was awarded a plaque noting their outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of computers and composition studies. Nominations for the 1991 Computers and Composition Awards should be received by October 15, 1991.
The 1992 conference theme, "Building Community," emphasizes the importance of computers for literacy in our society. From K-012 to colleges and universities to government and business ,computers are not only becoming an integral part of literacy but a powerful force to build community. Individuals from all these spheres of computer use are invited to share their concerns and insights for building community in the 1990's by submitting proposals for papers, whole panels, demonstrations or hands-on sessions. We are especially interested in proposals (research, theory or application) that relate to and demonstrate the conference theme, Building Community through: collaboration, networks, hypertext and hypermedia, teaching and learning, or literacy issues.
PROPOSALS--Send three (3) copies of a two-page, double-spaced proposal for a) a paper, b) a whole panel, c)a demonstration (IBM, Mac, or NeXt), or d) a hands-on-session in a networked classroom (IBM). Demonstrations and hands-on sessions must illustrate a general principle or technique rather than promote a particular piece of software. Include name, affiliation, address (plus email address, if available) and telephone number. Indicate audiovisual and other equipment needs. Be sure all participants proposed have agreed to present.
DEADLINE--Send
proposals by October 15, 1991. Acceptance notification in January
1992.
| Send proposals and program inquiries to: | For registration information and materials: |
| Professor Helen Schwartz | Harriet Rodenberg |
| IUPUI English Department | University Place Conference Center, IP101 |
| 425 University Blvd. | 850 W Michigan |
| Indianapolis, IN 46202 | Indianapolis, IN 4620 |
| 317/274-0083 | 317/274-5053 |
| Bitnet: IBGL100@INDYCMS | Fax: 317/274-3878 |
*The CCCC Committee on Computers supports continuity in the annual
Computers & Writing COnference.
The Journal of Second Language Writing is now accepting
article submissions on topics related to the study and teaching
of writing in a second language. The editors encourage theoretically
grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues
in second and foreign language writing, and writing instruction
at all levels of proficiency. Some areas of interest are: personal
characteristics and attitudes of L2 writers, L2 writers' composing
processes, features of L2 writers' texts, readers responses to
L2 writing, assessment/evaluation of L2 writing, contexts (cultural,
social, political, situational) for L2 writing, and any other
topic relevant to L2 writing and/or writing instruction.
Submissions should be between 15-30 pages in length, typed, double-spaced,
on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with one inch margins on all sides and
include a 200-word abstract. Please submit four copies accompanied
by a cover letter that includes the author's (or authors') name,
affiliation, address, and home and office phone numbers. Please
use APA bibliographical style. Because all manuscripts will be
reviewed anonymously, all identifying information should be removed
from the body of the paper. Manuscripts are accepted for review
with the understanding that they are previously unpublished and
not under review elsewhere and that all persons listed as authors
have given their approval for submission. Send submissions or
further inquiries to
The Committee on Computers* for the Conference on College Composition
and Communication (CCCC) invites colleges or other interested
organizations to sponsor the Tenth Computers and Writing Conference
in 1994. Commonly, this three-day conference is held in April
or May and attracts approximately 400 participants. For further
information, write Gail E. Hawisher, Department of English, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 608 South Wright Street, Urbana,
IL 61801. (You may also send electronic mail to her at hawisher@uxl.cso.uiuc.edu).
In order for you to be considered for 1994, please submit your
letter of inquiry by November 1, 1991.
*The CCCC Committee on Computers supports continuity in the annual
Computer and Writing Conferences by coordinating the search for
a sponsoring university and the transfer from site to site, providing
advice and logistical support for the conference planner, and
assisting in publicizing the conference.
A special issue of Reader, focusing on "Computers
and Reader Response" will be edited by Janet Ellerby. Papers
dealing with the following and related issues are welcome: the
relationship between computer technology and affective response
to text of all sorts, the theoretical implications of computer-connected
interpretive communities, strategies for using computers to elicit
response to literature, the advantages or disadvantages of anonymous
response allowed by computers, and developments of theories which
maintain that response is facilitated or repressed by computers.
The editor encourages papers using alternative and conventional
forms. Deadline for submissions is January 1, 1992. Please send
submission to
By October 15, 1991, please send 1000 word summaries of articles
you propose for inclusion in an edited collection about the ways
in which writers in various workplaces use computers in their
writing.
We invite essays from varied perspectives: historical, theoretical,
ethnographic, case studies, and others. Our goal is a collection
of essays that provide thought-provoking discussions about the
past and future place of computers in the writing live of workers.
The focuses may be institutions, writing groups, or particular
writers. The stances may be skeptical, receptive, critical, or
neutral toward the impact of computers on writing and publishing
in the workplace.
Appropriate categories include, but are not limited to:
A Note to New Researchers: We want to include quality work
from new authors in the collection. If you are submitting an article
from your thesis, you may want to send a portion of that thesis
with your abstract. That material will aid our review of your
work.
Send inquires and proposal to either editor:
| Patricia Sullivan | Jennie Dautermann |
| Department of English | Department of English |
| Purdue University | Miami University |
| West Lafayette, IN 47907 | Oxford, OH 45056 |
| internet: nvo@mace.cc.purdue.edu | bitnet: dauter@miamiu |