Past Annual Conferences

IWCA/NCPTW 2025

Theme: Movement and Metamorphosis: The (Non-)Spaces of Writing Center Work

IWCA 2024:

COMING SOON

IWCA 2023

Baltimore, MD.

October 11-14.

Theme: Embracing the Multiverse.

Conference Chairs: Mairin Barney and Holly Ryan.

[2023 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2022

Vancouver, BC, Canada.

October 26-29.

Theme: Local Mission, Global Vision.

[2022 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2021

Whova! online.

October 20-23.

Theme: Together Again Apart.

Conference Chair: Georganne Nordstrom.

[2021 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2020

featured a brief opportunity to come together during COVID on October 29.

Title: Theme: Listen. Learn. Lead.

[2020 Program COMING SOON]

IWCA/NCPTW 2019

Columbus, Ohio.

October 16-19.

Theme: The Art of It All.

Conference Chairs: Mike Mattison and Laura Benton.

[2019 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2018

Atlanta, Georgia.

October 10-13.

Theme: The Citizen Center.

Conference Chair: Nikki Caswell.

[2018 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2017

Chicago, IL.

November 10-13.

Theme: Tutor, Writer, Director, Spy.

Conference Chairs: Andrew Jeter and Lauri Dietz.

[2017 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2016

Denver, CO.

October 14-16.

Theme: Writing Center Frontiers.

Conference Chair: John Nordlof.

[2016 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2015

Pittsburgh, PA.

October 8-10.

Theme: Writing Center (r)Evolutions.

Conference Chair: Rusty Carpenter.

[2015 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA/NCPTW 2014

Orlando, FL.

Theme: The Wonderful World of Writing Centers.

Conference Chairs: Melissa Ianetta and Brian Fallon.

[2014 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2012

San Diego., CA.

October 25-27.

Theme: Like Lines Drawn in the Sand: How Writing Centers Draw and Redraw Boundaries.

Conference Chair: Shareen Grogan.

[2012 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA/NCPTW 2010

Baltimore, MD.

November 4-6.

Theme: Safe Harbors or Open Seas? Navigating Currents in Writing Center Work.

Conference Chairs: Barbara Gaal Lutz, John Nordlof, and Harvey Kail.

[2010 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA/NCPTW 2008

Las Vegas, NV

October 29-November 1.

Theme: Alternate Routes: New Directions in Writing Center Work.

Conference Chairs: Claire Hughes and Melissa Ward.

[2008 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA 2007

Houston, TX.

April 12-14.

Theme: Space: for Writing: Writing Centers and Place.

Conference Chair: Dagmar Stuehrk Scharold.

[2007 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA/NCPTW 2005

Minneapolis, MN.

October 20-22.

Theme: Navigating the Boundary Waters: The Politics of Identity, Location and Stewardship.

Chair: Frankie Condon.

[2005 Conference Program COMING SOON]

IWCA/NCPTW 2003

Hershey, PA.

Theme: Writing Back.

Conference Chair: Ben Rafoth.

IWCA 2002

Savannah, GA.

Theme: The Art of the Writing Center.

This conferences was co-sponsored by the SWCA and Savannah College of Art and Design.

IWCA 2000

Baltimore, MD.

NWCA Conferences [The National Writing Center Association became the International Writing Center Association in 2000.]

1999

Bloomington, IN.

Theme: “Writing Center 2000: Meeting the Challenges of the New Century.”

1997

Park City, UT.

1995

St. Louis, MO

1994

New Orleans.