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Writing on the Edge (WOE) is a journal about writing and teaching writing. We encourage experiment with forms besides the traditional academic journal article.

We are in our 32nd year of continuous publication and publish twice a year in Fall and Spring issues. Learn more about submitting here: https://woejournal.ucdavis.edu/contributors

We seek articles that capture the excitement of writing and teaching, tell something new about the profession, and challenge our ways of thinking. We are particularly interested in shorter pieces (3500–4500 words) in th

e form of interviews, essays, case studies, creative non-fiction articles, fiction, poetry, and cartoons that explore current, important questions in the field of writing studies

WRITING ON THE EDGE

Editor: Bill Sewell (University of California, Davis)

Managing Editor: Scott Herring (University of California, Davis)

Production Editor: Pamela Demory (University of California, Davis)

Interviews Editors: Lisa Sperber, Sarah Faye, Greg Glazner

Associate Editors: Jillian Azevedo, Agnes Stark, David Masiel, Matt Oliver

Senior Editor: Margaret Eldred (University of California, Davis)

Founding Editors: John Boe (University of California, Davis), Brian Connery (Oakland University), Eric Schroeder (University of California, Davis). Editorial Board: Jennifer Westbay (University of California, Los Angeles)
Robert Brooke (University of Nebraska)
Lisa Ede (Oregon State University)
Jim Hilgartner (Huntingdon College)
Nan Johnson (Ohio State University)
Glen McClish (San Diego State University)
Andrea Abernethy Lunsford (Stanford University)
Gretchen Flesher Moon (Willamette University)
Stuart Moulthrop (University of Baltimore)
James J. Murphy (University of California, Davis)
Hans Ostrom (University of Puget Sound)
Hogan Hayes (CSU Sacramento)
Christopher Thaiss (University of California, Davis)

We thank the University Writing Program, University of California, Davis, for support and all our readers for providing evaluations on submissions.

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Institutional Rate $60.00 a year
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Make checks payable to The Regents of the University of California and mail to Writing on the Edge, University Writing Program, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Contact Scott Herring with questions or concerns regarding back issue orders.

01/23/2024

We are pleased to announce that, after some long delays, WOE will be publishing its next issue in early February. Stay tuned for more information.

04/08/2023

Prized Writing is participating in this year and we need your help!

We’ve received an extremely generous initial donation from Lois Ann Rosenberg and now our challenge is to get 15 other donations to unlock it.

Help us reach our goal by donating through the Give Day site (link in bio) and spreading the word!

12/30/2022

Happy New Year Aggies! Hope you all have a safe night and accomplish all your goals for the new year! With that said, don’t forget our new deadline! Get those essays in before the 2nd!

12/15/2022

Important announcement aggies! If you were stressing about finding or refining those essays, you now have until the 2nd of next month to do so! Happy holidays!

12/12/2022

Hello again Aggies! Hope you all are having a great start to winter break! With finals FINALLY over and your brains able to focus elsewhere, make sure you remember our deadline on the 16th! Submit any essays from this last quarter to our website mentioned in the prior post for your chance to be published! Good luck! And have a fantastic holiday season!

12/01/2022

Happy Holidays Aggies! With the quarter coming to an end we have another opportunity for you to be in our next edition! If you have any papers you’re proud of submit them by the 16th of December for your shot to be published! Good luck!

10/30/2021

After a year's hiatus, the Donald Murray Prize is back and is open to current and former teachers of post-secondary writing (including graduate students). To enter your essay on language, writing, teaching, or the teaching of writing, please go to woe.ucdavis.edu and submit a PDF or Microsoft Word copy to the WOE online submissions system. Enter "Donald Murray Award Submission" in the space for abstracts.

03/12/2021

To conclude our week, we share one more perspective from Jamaica Baldwin. As a social justice educator, Baldwin calls out and worries about harmful bias she’s observed in writing classrooms:
“𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘺’𝘴 “𝘉𝘢𝘥𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵.” 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵—𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯—𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.”
It’s important to promote open dialogue about these kinds of challenges in the classroom to devise solutions, foster creativity, and reconnect with your community. 𝗪𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻’𝘀 “𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸: 𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼” 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯𝟬.𝟮 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗢𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: https://woejournal.ucdavis.edu/contributors.

03/10/2021

In the upcoming issue of WOE, Jamaica Baldwin writes about her experiences approaching the writing classroom as a teacher and woman of color:
“𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Stay tuned this week for another quote from Jamaica Baldwin, and read the full "Pedagogy as Risk: A Manifesto" in our upcoming issue!

03/08/2021

In honor of International Women’s Day, we share the experience of upcoming WOE author Jamaica Baldwin, who wants to inequality in academia:

“𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯. ‘𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥’ 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺.”

Stay tuned this week for more quotes from Jamaica Baldwin, and read the full "Pedagogy as Risk: A Manifesto" in our upcoming issue!

02/27/2021

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒!
As we start to get a handle on online teaching, advice and stories come to light. There's hardly one speck of academics this pandemic hasn't changed—and we want to hear about it! Share your experiences with us here: https://woejournal.ucdavis.edu/contributors

02/18/2021

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲!
When synesthetic WOE author Carolyn Strand Tebeau judged one wine for her husband’s winery, she critiqued that “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔; 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒘. 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍.”
Interested in learning more about a synesthete’s experience wine tasting and the ways that we use language to convey sensory experiences? Check out "𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴" in our upcoming WOE issue to read the full story!

02/12/2021

We would like to thank all of our supporters for their understanding and patience. Like you, WOE is adapting to the changes posed by the global response to COVID-19, and despite these unique challenges, we believe sharing our academic experiences is invaluable during quarantine learning and are committed to moving forward with our production of upcoming issues. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐎𝐄 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬, closely followed by a special double issue for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021!🎉🎊

01/14/2021

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! We are seeking submissions for our 31st volume of WOE. For this special issue, we are particularly interested in teaching and writing experiences during the pandemic. If you've got something to share, we want to hear it. For more information on submitting, visit woejournal.ucdavis.edu

12/02/2020

CALL FOR FALL 2020 SUBMISSIONS! Only a few weeks left to submit your work for publication in our Fall 2020 Issue of WOE!

A lot has changed during this pandemic, but our desire to communicate through writing remains as strong as ever. We strongly believe in continuing to promote these conversations through print and online mediums—something especially needed during a time of social distancing—and are committed to moving forward with our production of upcoming issues.

Whatever you’ve written about, whether of experiences in quarantine or in person, we want to read!

Learn more at woejournal.ucdavis.edu

04/28/2020

WOE wishes everyone well during these times. We are now updating our page to share all of the great work that we continue.

09/28/2018

The Creative Nonfiction Standing Group of the Conference on College Composition and Communication announces the 2019 Donald Murray Prize for creative nonfiction.

We are seeking original, unpublished works of creative nonfiction on any subject, with a preference for essays on writing, teaching, and teaching writing. (Essays may not have been published in any form, electronically or in print, including blog posts.)

This prize was first established at CCCC in 2002 in honor of Donald Murray, Pultizer Prize–winning journalist, professor, and author of numerous books and influential articles on writing and the teaching of writing.

Entries will be judged by members of the CNF Standing Group and the editors of Writing on the Edge. Kathleen Yancey will serve as final judge.

The winner will receive $300 in the form of an AMEX gift card and publication in the Spring 2019 issue of Writing on the Edge. All entries will be considered for publication in the journal.

Length limit: 8,000 words maximum (2500–4500 preferred) Entry fee: None
Deadline: November 1, 2018.

Submissions Guidelines: Please submit entries in PDF or Microsoft Word to the WOE online submissions system at woejournal.ucdavis.edu. Please enter "Donald Murray Prize Submission" in the space for abstracts.

03/14/2018

The Spring issue of WOE features the 2018 Donald Murray Prize winners, and interviews with poet Mai Der Vang and Chris Thaiss. The issue also includes articles by Cory Brown, Sam Hamilton, Erin Kunz, and Manako Yabe.

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