Roundtable Submissions

Submissions Deadline

The submissions deadline for papers is Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 11:59 p.m.

Note: If you are submitting a paper proposal, follow the guidelines and instructions under: Paper Submissions.

Guidelines

In addition to submitting individual papers, students and Alumni Epsilon Chapter members* may propose roundtables on suggested topics or topics of general interest to both the discipline and the Society. Roundtables (formally called panels) should last 75 minutes in length, including Q & A. Roundtables are not a vehicle for the reading of papers. Instead these are designed to promote discussion and exploration of a selected topic, with all participants participating in active dialogue. Faculty may be moderators or participants in a roundtable, though the proposed roundtable would ideally include at least one student participant.

While the growing convention is an excellent indication of the value of this annual event, it will also result in a premium on space this year. Thus, competition for the number of roundtable slots available will be lively. Among equally persuasive proposals, priority will be given to those roundtables that include members from more than one chapter and/or that cover the convention theme or the 2012 Common Reader.

* Sigma Tau Delta members no longer affiliated with a college or university chapter must be members of the Sigma Tau Delta Alumni Epsilon Chapter to present at the convention.

Topics

Document Format

Create a Word document using your title as the file name and save the file as a .doc or .docx. Your document must contain the following information:

Roundtable Moderator: List the name, school, and email address for the roundtable moderator. (The moderator must be a faculty or Alumni Epsilon member. You may also leave this blank and we will select a moderator for the panel.)
Roundtable Participants: For each participant, list their name, school, and email address (maximum of 5 participants and minimum of 3 participants).
The roundtable submission requires both a short abstract (50 words to be included in the convention program) and a longer description (up to 250 words or so) that explains how the panel is organized, how the panel will involve the audience, what makes this approach appropriate for a panel rather than in separate papers.

Instructions for Roundtable Submissions

Step 1: Sign In

See EBMS Account Set Up.

Step 2: Authors

After you have successfully logged on, choose: Submitter Account | Add As Author/Co-Author. Note: Sigma Tau Delta only allows one author.
Choose: Continue button.

Step 3: Add Submission

Topic: select your roundtable topic from the pull-down menu (note roundtable topics are listed below paper topics).
- 2012 Common Reader or Convention Speakers
- Convention Theme "Reawaken"
- Popular Culture/Film
- English Education/Young Adult Lit
- New Orleans' Literary Scene (past or present)
- English and Technology
- Member Recruitment/Chapter Development
- Multiculturalism/Non-Western Literature
- Composition/Rhetoric
- Service/Literacy
- Other
Title: Type in the title of your paper. Due to space constraints, any title of more than 50 characters may be abbreviated in the program. You are strongly encouraged to limit your own title accordingly.
Attach Document: Select your word document. FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!

Label your Word document by the full title or an abbreviated title of no more than 20 characters.
Save you Word document file as a doc or docx on your computer's hard drive. Errors can occur if your file is uploaded from a server or external drive.
After you browse and select your Word document file.
Click the Browse button to select your document.
Click the Attach button.
If your document is correctly attached, you will see your document file name listed below the document box.

Presentation Type: choose "Roundtables" from the drop-down list.
Insert Keywords (required): All submissions require three keywords. Keywords may be short phrases (e.g., “loss of innocence”) but cannot include punctuation. Each keyword must be separated by a comma. Do not use your first or last name as a keyword. The total three-keyword character count must not exceed 100 characters (including commas and spaces).

Examples:
Bellocqs Ophelia, race, early 20th century photography
Shakespeare, gender, loss of innocence

Type your keywords directly into the box. Do not cut and paste from other sources (including Microsoft Word and web pages); doing so will create formatting problems and a larger character count, and may result in your submission being rejected.
Other Information (required)
- Membership Type
- Chapter State
- Chapter School
- Academic Level
- Sponsor Name
- Sponsor Email Address
Verify the following statement:
"This is an original work authored by me."
Answer the following:
"Would you like to be invited to serve as a session chair at the convention?" (If you reply Yes, you will receive an invitation email in late January.)
"Please indicate all dates on which you are unable to present for religious reasons." (Reply by selecting the date and then from pull-down menu Unable to Present.)

Step 4: Review and Save

Click Continue and review the information for your submission. You may make edits at this time (choose the Edit button). To save edits, click the Accept button at the bottom of the page.
Click Save Changes to submit.

Additional Submissions

Repeat the submission process to add a second submission. You can also exit and add a second submission at a later date.

On the first screen next to Submission List select Add.
Repeat Steps 2 through 4 above.

Questions

Questions regarding the online submission process should be addressed to englishconvention@niu.edu.

Submission Confirmations

Submitters will receive confirmations and acceptances through email using the email address associated with their account. Therefore it is vital that submitters keep their email addresses active through February 2012.

Please check your confirmation and retain it. The confirmation email will include a four digit sequence number that may be used as a reference in future communications.

Acceptance and Denial Notifications

Acceptance and denial notifications will be emailed by January 6, 2012.

Paper and Roundtable Submissions

Papers

Roundtables