Wanted: DFW Proceedings Reviewers

We're currently starting the DFW17 and DFW18 Proceedings!  All papers submitted for consideration will be evaluated through a peer-review process to ensure that they reflect the quality of the conference.  If you'd like to be a reviewer, please Read More.  Or open our Online Application in a new window.

DFW Conference Online Presentation Gallery

To provide a lasting record of the conference presentations, we're putting together an online gallery of past presentations.

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DFW18 Proceedings

Did you present at the 2018 David Foster Wallace Conference?  We're pleased to (finally!) invite submissions for the DFW17 Proceedings.  Any presentation given at DFW18 is eligible for consideration.  We'll use blind review to review the submissions - before uploading a copy of your presentation, please remove all identifying information.  Ensure that the title provided in the file matches the title you include on your submission form.

Please use our Submission Form to have your presentation considered.  Deadline is September 30, 2018.

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DFW18 Schedule

Logo by Wendy Liu

The Fifth Annual David Foster Wallace Conference took place at Illinois State University from June 7-9, 2018, and has been dedicated to the memory of Charlie Harris.  The late Professor Harris was the ISU department chair who hired David Foster Wallace and one of the most important supporters of our conference.

For more information about the conference, click Read More.  Or use the following links to open the schedules in a new window:

• Overview of DFW18
• Complete Panel Schedule

Highlights of DFW18:

• Our keynote by Clare Hayes-Brady, author of The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace.
• A talk and workshop by Sean Allen Pratt, renowned audiobook narrator of Infinite Jest.
• A remembrance of Charlie Harris.
• Documentary project by Ben Kolak of Scrapper's Film Group.

Clare Hayes-Brady is the author of The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace	The audiobook version of Infinite Jest was narrated by Sean Allen Pratt
Charlie Harris was one of the most important supporters of the DFW Conference.  He provided guidance and encouragement to keep the organization running.	Scrapper's Film Group filmed footage for their documentary on the conference, completion expected in Fall 2018.