Call for Papers: Octavia E. Butler Literary Society returns to the American Literature Association Conference

May 21-24, 2025
The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA   02116
Proposal Deadline: January 13, 2025
Send Proposals to: [email protected] 

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The Octavia E. Butler Literary Society is returning to the American Literature Association Conference, and we are pleased to announce a call for papers for its 36th annual conference to celebrate Butler’s works and influence on science fiction, Afrofuturism, gender—and more— and how she has inspired generations of writers, scholars, and readers to rethink narratives around race, gender, technology, power, and the future.

Membership to the OEB Literary Society is not required to submit to be part of a panel or roundtable. 

For further information or specific questions about the conference, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliteratureassociation.org or contact the conference director, Dr. Olivia Carr Edenfield, at [email protected].