Student Lightning Round

CBAA National Conference, June 10–12, 2027
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
BOOK AS CATALYST: From Object to Impact

This category of presentation is only open to CBAA student members. Participants will each give a 6-minute slide presentation about their book art-related work. Participants in the student lightning round must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at the time of the conference. Submissions MUST include a 250-word abstract, a 50-word synopsis. A 50-word bio and a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation. Slides will run automatically while the presentation is being given. The Submission deadline for the Student Lightning Round is April 15, 11:00 p.m. CST. Please see the submission application for more information.

Submission Guidelines:

Please note that you must be a CBAA student member to make a submission through the Submittable platform and that the only way to submit proposals is through this online submission manager.

Submittable Link HERE.

Submission Notes:

  1. Only CBAA student members are eligible to make submissions to the student lightning round. To become a new member or to renew your membership, please visit https://www.collegebookart.org/page-363225
  2. Please limit abstracts to no more than 250 words; longer abstracts will not be considered.
  3. Bios, synopses and abstracts must be submitted as Word docs.
  4. This is a blind jurying process; please do not include your name or the names of any other potential participants on any of the uploaded files. Instead, use the title of your talk as your file name. You should enter a short bio in the biography section of the submission form.

Submission Requirements:

You will be asked to submit the following information when prompted by the online submission manager for each entry separately:

  • Member’s address
  • Member’s phone number
  • Institution, city and state of institution
  • 50-word bio (this can include the member’s name and will be included in the printed program if accepted)
  • Title of proposal
  • 50-word synopsis (to be printed in the conference program if accepted)
  • 250-word abstract (no names)
  • 10-slide presentation (no names) in PowerPoint

Submission Deadlines:

Submissions MUST be received no later than April 15, 2027, at 11:00 p.m. CST. Submissions received after this date will not be considered for acceptance.

April 15, 2027: Deadline for submissions

May 15, 2027: Notification of acceptance

Contact:

For questions about the submission process in any category please email:

Erin McAdams
CBAA Vice President for Programming
emcadams@collegebookart.org

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