MLA members get discounted early registration rates for the 2020 MLA Annual Convention, which will take place in Seattle from 9 to 12 January. Register today to take advantage of special rates and get the widest selection of workshops, cultural excursions, and hotels. Early registration rates end on 7 October, so don’t wait!
Publication Spotlight
Teaching David Foster Wallace
Explore approaches to teaching Wallace's contexts and innovations in this new MLA volume.
Language Grants to Support the 2020 Census
The MLA is offering $500 grants to instructors across the United States for language-based projects related to the 2020 census. If you have an idea to help ensure that people at all levels of English proficiency get counted, apply now!
MLA Style Student Paper Contest
The MLA Style Center seeks submissions of excellent research papers for its contest. Winners will have their papers published on the Web site and receive a $50 gift card to an online bookstore. Apply by 28 October!
Voice Your Opinion on MLA Governance Issues
MLA members have the opportunity to participate in MLA governance. Share your ideas about a proposed resolutionor read about a proposed constitutional amendmentthat the Delegate Assembly will vote on in January 2020.
2020 Career Boot Camp for Graduate Students
Graduate students can get help developing their professional identities within and beyond academia at the career boot camp at the MLA Annual Convention in Seattle. Apply now.
Teaching Bram Stoker's Dracula
Take a survey on your experience teaching Stoker's Dracula and help shape an MLA volume in development. You can propose an essay for the volume at the end of the survey.