40th Annual NULC Conference

NULC 2026 ~ March 26-28, 2026

We've just concluded our fantastic 2025 conference. Bret Anthony Johnston was a delight, offering valuable insights for emerging authors. We're always inspired by our student presenters and their passion for literature. Thank you to everyone for your participation!

Please mark your calendars for NULC 2026: March 26-28, 2026.

Student submissions will open on October 15, 2025.

Sarah Vause, Co-director
Laura Stott, Co-director
Dana Gibson, Executive Operations Manager

Questions?  nulc@weber.edu 

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2025 Award-Winning Visiting Author

Bret Anthony Johnston

Bret Anthony JohnstonBret Anthony Johnston is the author of the critically acclaimed and national bestselling novel We Burn Daylight, internationally bestselling novel Remember Me Like This, award-winning Corpus Christi: Stories and the editor of Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Paris Review, Thrasher Magazine, The Best American Short Stories and elsewhere. Johnston is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and the Sunday Times Short Story Award. He was born and raised in Texas and is the director of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.

 

 

 

 

      

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Submission

Registration

October 15, 2025 - February 15, 2026

We will contact you via email if your work is accepted for presentation.
At that point, you will be invited to register for the conference.

February 15 - March 6, 2026 (Regular Registration, $150)
March 7 - March 20, 2026 (Late Registration, $175)

Registration opportunities may be limited after March 20, 2026.

The 91¶ÌÊÓƵ National Undergraduate Literature Conference is sponsored by generous support from:

  • J&J Ferree Foundation
  • John E. Lindquist
  • Kathryn Lindquist
  • Suzanne M. Lindquist
  • William & Amanda J. H. Waterstradt Memorial
  • 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Office of the President
  • 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities
  • 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Office of the Provost
  • 91¶ÌÊÓƵ English Department
  • Dean W. and Carol W. Hurst Artist-in-Residence Endowment
  • Suzanne M. Lindquist & John E. Lindquist National Undergraduate Literature Conference Endowment*
  • The National Undergraduate Literature Conference Endowment*
  • *Endowments established in honor of Mikel Vause, Carl Porter and John A. and Telitha E. Lindquist
  • Nebeker Family Foundation
  • MSL Family Foundation
  • Elliot Hulet