Southern Plains Arts, Humanities, and Languages Conference 2026
About the Conference:
After successful conferences over the last three years, the Southern Plains Arts, Humanities, and Languages Conference returns for another exciting conference on April 18, 2026!
Our conference takes an interdisciplinary approach toward scholarship to open new avenues of inquiry. We believe that knowledge production is a reflective, industrious, and transgressive act that allows us to think the unthought and feel the unfelt. We invite undergraduate, graduate, independent, and university-affiliated scholars to submit papers, panels, and poster presentations.
Disciplines include but are not limited to: Creative Writing, Linguistics, Literature, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Screen Studies; TESOL/Applied Linguistics; Africana Studies; Cultural Studies; Gender, Women’s, Sexuality Studies; Writing Center Studies, Education, History, Philosophy and Fine Arts.
Outline of the Conference Proceedings:
The conference begins on Saturday morning with an official welcome and opening remarks. It is followed by panels and presentations throughout the day. We also provide refreshments and lunch. The day ends with a talk by the plenary speake, awards, and recognition of the sponsors. The schedule is finalized close to the event.
With Your Donation:
With your contributions, we will invite the keynote speaker, book the location (Wes Watkins Center), offer lunch to all the attendees, provide free registration to graduate students, and buy conference material and supplies. Because of the generosity of donors, over the last three years, our conference has grown tremendously and gained an exceptional reputation. Over the last three years, we have had 98, 154, and 133 participants from various regional and a few international universities (Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania; Oklahoma State University; Quaid e Azam University, Pakistan; Rhodes College, Tennessee; Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Texas Christian University; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; University of Central Oklahoma; and University of Oklahoma). We plan to help our community grow stronger this year, and we need your help to do that. Thank you so much for your generosity!
$40
Ally
Your $40 allows us to ensure a deserving student gets a free registration to the conference.
$105
Advocate
Your gift is in celebration of the 105 current MA, MFA, and PhD students from OSU's English Department. Your gift will go towards conference speakers, guests, and supporting our graduate students. *All the donors who give $105 or more will get free registration at the conference.
$200
Supporter
Your gift of $200 will make a huge impact on our conference and will go towards registration materials and supporting our graduate students.
$500
Champion
$500 will go a long way in helping us reach our goal and will help with funding our registration materials, speaker fees, and catering costs.
$1,000
Loyal
$1000 will cover a great percentage of our budget and go towards speaker fees, catering costs, and space rental fees in our beautiful Wes Watkins Center.
$1,500
Bright Shines Your Name
This gift will not only greatly contribute to our speaker, catering, and rental space costs but will also go towards future Southern Plains Conferences for years to come!
$3,000
Proud and Immortal
This gift will go towards all costs for our conference: registration materials, speakers and special guests, catering costs, and rental space fees. It will also go towards many more Southern Plains Conferences for years to come!