Maine Writing Project

Call for Proposals and Registration
Join us for a one-day conference 
October 30, 2026, 8:00-3:30 
Husson University Center for Family Business

Full Registration: $75 (lunch included)
Student Registration: $25 (lunch included)

REGISTER HERE

We also invite proposals to present a workshop for teachers. Share with us to make this conference informative and inspiring with your range of experiences, knowledge, strategies, ideas, and research. To make a proposal for a session:
To submit electronically, please use this form: MWP 2026, Proposal Submissions

The Maine Writing Project: Rewrite. Reimagine. Reshape. Renew: Teachers as Writers, Writers as Changemakers

This collaborative professional development opportunity is designed for K–16 educators passionate about enhancing their instructional practices, personal writing skills, and their work teaching writing. In the institute teachers learn from other teachers in being writers and teaching writing. Beginning with online discussions in May and culminating in a week of immersive, in-person collaboration, participants will engage directly with expert teacher-consultants and fellow educators. 

The Day’s Schedule:

8:00-8:45 | Registration and Meet and Greet; coffee and refreshments served

9:00-10:15 | Keynote: Margaret Burns

Life as a writer: Process, living a life around writing, experiences with
publishing, and the curious event with a bookstore in Tasmania.

10:30-11:30 | Session I: Breakouts

• Emma Kocsis: “Teaching Writing When You Aren’t Teaching Writing:
  Reflections and Experiences of a New Teacher”
• Kimberly Sellers: “Teaching and Writing about Kith”
• Heather Webster: “Bind Your Own (Classroom) Book? Yes, You Can!” 

11:30-12:30 | Lunch in the Dickerman Dining Center (included in registration)

1:00-2:00 | Session II: Margaret Burns - Writing Workshop

2:15-3:15 | Session III: Breakouts

• Aaron Thibodeau and Ava Beringer “Meaning Making Together Through
  Collaborative Performance”
• Nichole Pothier “What Does It Mean to Be a Writing School?: Revisiting What
  We Know, Examining What We Do, and Reimagining What Comes Next”
• Kristina Sanborn "Tools of the trade" - Let's trade teaching tools!

3:15-3:30 | Closing Panel and Comments, Certificates

Register for the Maine Writing Project Conference