Convention Deadlines

March 15 - All organizers of a Permanent Section must submit their official Calls for Papers to the MMLA, which will be posted online. 
- Those interested in proposing a Pre-Organized Panel and having the MMLA post a Calls for Papers on our member portal must also submit their official CFP.
 April 15 - Individual-paper proposals for a Permanent Section or Pre-Organized Panel are due (no later than this date) to the organizer. For section- and panel-specific deadlines, please visit the Permanent Section and Pre-Organized Panel Calls for Papers.
May 01 - All proposals for a Pre-Organized Panel, Workshop, and Individual Paper for the Convention or an Individual Paper for the Undergraduate Research Symposium are to be submitted to the MMLA. The Program Committee's decisions will be emailed to all candidates by the end of June.
- All organizers of a Permanent Section must submit their panel details to the MMLA.  
July 01 - Applications for a Lodging Award and the annual Book Award are due to the MMLA.
- Registration opens for the MMLA Convention and Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Sept 15 - Participants in the MMLA Convention and Undergraduate Research Symposium must pay for their non-refundable membership and registration fee. (Please Note: After September 15, regular registration will be $180 and special registration $80).
- All relevant updates to panels and workshops (including attendees' names, affiliations, as well as presentation titles and abstracts) must be submitted to the MMLA.
Oct 15 - Applications for the Graduate Student Paper Prize are due to the MMLA.
Oct 22 - Final day for attendees to reserve a hotel room at the MMLA-member rate ($229).
Nov 14-16 - The 65th Annual MMLA Convention and Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Hilton Chicago.
Nov 30 - Applications for the Undergraduate Student Paper Prize are due to the MMLA.
- Chairs are asked to report relevant details pertaining to their panel(s) to the MMLA.