NULC 2027: Your Story Starts Here!
March 25-27, 2027 | Now Accepting Abstract Submissions!
Calling all undergraduate writers, scholars, and literary enthusiasts! We’re excited to welcome you to the 2027 Dr. Mikel & Janis Vause National Undergraduate Literature Conference (NULC)!
Each year, NULC brings together talented undergraduate students from across the country to share their creative writing, explore literary research and criticism, and connect with fellow student writers and award-winning authors. It's an inspiring celebration of literature, creativity, and the power of sharing our stories.
Now it's your turn to be part of the experience!
We invite undergraduate students to submit an abstract for the opportunity to present their work at NULC 2027. Whether your passion lies in literary research and criticism or creative writing, we want to hear your voice, explore your perspectives, and celebrate your ideas.
Now is the perfect time to begin refining your writing projects. Whether you’re developing a critical essay or shaping a creative piece, we encourage you to seek thoughtful feedback from a trusted professor or mentor.
Join us for three unforgettable days of literary discovery, meaningful connections, and inspiration. We can't wait to see what you bring to NULC 2027!
Submit Your Abstract Today!
Sarah Vause, Co-director
Laura Stott, Co-director
Dana Gibson, Executive Operations Manager
Want to stay informed about NULC? nulc@weber.edu
Award-Winning Visiting Authors for 2027
Jacqueline Woodson: Keynote
Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer of books for adults, children, and adolescents. She is best known for her National Book Award-Winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way. Her picture books The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly were NY Times Bestsellers. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for 2018-19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020. Later that same year, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Link to Ted Talk:
Jacqueline Woodson: What reading slowly taught me about writing | TED Talk
Link to South Florida PBS Feature:
Jacqueline Woodson Changed Children's Literature | She Was First
Jane Wong
Jane Wong is the author of three books: Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Tin House, 2023), How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021), and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). Her poems and essays have appeared in places such as The Nation, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Kanyon Review, Gulf Coast, The Believer, and others. The recipient of awards and residencies from Ucross, Hedgebrook, Loghaven, mass MoCA, Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room, and the Washington Center for the Book, she is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Ethnic Studies at Western Washington University and also serves as faculty at Randolph College's low residency MFA program. She is a proud first-generation college graduate and grew up in a restaurant on the Jersey shore.
