The Creative Writing Pedagogy Area of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association is dedicated to presentations concerning the teaching of creative writing in all its forms in various academic or non-academic settings. Please submit abstracts to the new database system at http://conference2012.swtxpca.org (preferred) or by email to the Area Chair, Julie Chappell, chappell@tarleton.edu

This year’s conference theme particularly invites us to explore strategies of teaching our students to be innovative, experimental, and culturally aware “in the excess of every day” as Ruth Stone wrote. Share with us how you help your students find their creative voice among the ordinary and the exceptional aspects of the human condition.