Writing Roundtable

Congratulations to all WINNERS of the FLASH FICTION COMPETITION FOR THE BOOK OF CHANGE!

🎉We're honored to have Professor Shirley Geok-lin Lim 🎉
A prominent writer of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and criticism to be our Special Guest!!🥳

Prof. Lim will read from her new collection, "In Praise of Limes" and "Akin" to us

Register here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/registration

Read her profile 👇
http://lim.english.ucsb.edu/bio.php

Photo credit: Miao Nie

Please welcome our KEYNOTE SPEAKER
"Bridging research and practice in flux: Why a scholarly approach to teaching writing matters" presented by 🥳Dr. Sean McMinn🥳.

Read the abstract here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/keynote-speakers/

Register here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/registration/

Read his profile 👇
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/publications/pulse-polyu/issue/202101/spotlight-on/new-director-of-the-english-language-centre-on-board

It’s a great pleasure for us to introduce our KEYNOTE SPEAKER🥳
🎉Professor Sheena Gardner!!🎉

She will tell us more about "Flux in Academic Writing"
Read the abstract here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/keynote-speakers/

Register here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/registration/

Read her profile 👇
https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/sheena-gardner

Let's Welcome our KEYNOTE SPEAKER🥳
🎉Professor Richard Andrews!!🎉

He will talk about "Flux in poetry, in poetics and in society"
Read the abstract here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/keynote-speakers/

Register here 👇
https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/registration/

Read his profile 👇
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/richard-andrews

Good news! We are pleased to be able to announce that the 🔥deadline🔥 for submitting your proposal to this year Writing Roundtable 2022 has been💥💥 extended to 10 April. So don’t hesitate a moment longer! Submit an abstract on the broad theme of Flux.

Register and submit your proposal here: 👇

Writing Roundtable 2022 Abstract Submission - The Writing Roundtable 2022 The Writing Roundtable 2022

The Writing Roundtable 2022: Flux in Pedagogy, Creative Writing & Scholarship

The Preview Event: Wednesday, 9 February 2022
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: Preview Event
This four-hour series of sessions – Writing with / in Social Media in the Age of Pandemonium – kicks off with our Pre-note Speaker, Ms. Reena Bhojwani (Creative Writing Teacher, Elephant Community Press, Hong Kong).
Visit the following weblink for further details: https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/preview-event/


The Writing Roundtable 2022 Conference: Friday, 20 May 2022
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: Writing Roundtable Conference
Our main event will bring together academic, creative, and scholarly writers and educators to discuss how our writing and our writing mediums (especially the digital) might be shaping each other, in this era of flux.
For more info on the Call for Proposals and the ELC’s virtual residency in Second Life, visit: https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/call-for-proposals/


The Writing Competition: 9 February to 20 May 2022
We are super excited to partner up, once again, with the Hong Kong Writer’s Circle (HKWC) to bring to you our 2nd conference theme-related writing competition: The Question of Flux & U. All submissions must be original and on a topic related to the strands, theme and sub-themes of this conference.
Author’s CFP opens 14 February 2022: https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/writing-competition/


The WR2022 Website & Keynote Speakers

Our “retro” and theme relevant website has adapted some layout ideas from TESOL and TED; and showcases, along with many other features and takeaways, our Keynote Speakers:
• Professor Sheena Gardner (Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Research Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, Coventry University, UK) – Flux in Academic Writing strand;
• Professor Richard Andrews (Head, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK) – Flux in Creative Writing strand; and
• Dr. Sean McMinn (Director and Adjunct Associate Professor, The English Language Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) – Flux in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Writing strand.
Check out our conference website for details and further updates: https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2022/

Writing Roundtable 2019 Story Writing Competition Results
1st: Chrissy Burns
2nd: Andy Morrall
Iris Wang
Sarah Ho
3rd: Jessica Auna