CU-Boulder’s National Council Teachers of English Student Affiliate, Lambda Literary, and CLAS present...

The Queer Young Adult Literature Conference and Awards Dinner

Honoring, Affirming, and Trans*forming Literacy for Queer Youth

University Memorial Center – CU-Boulder

April 25th, 2015

The world of queer YA lit is growing quickly and gaining a foothold in schools and with YA fans (not without some controversy). This conference is geared for K-12 educators, middle and high school students, college students, university staff and faculty, and community members, who want to learn more about literature that deals with queer themes and identities. The conference provides an opportunity to interact with YA authors, address issues related to queer youth, promote identity exploration and queer visibility through YA lit, and strengthen the network of those who advocate for queer youth.

Our distinguished speakers are critically-acclaimed YA authors Malindo Lo, Julie Anne Peters, Sara Farizan, and Alex Sanchez. Our authors will read from, talk about, and sign their books. There will also be workshop sessions for attendees between presentations by each of our featured speakers. Then, in the evening, we will host a dinner to honor the work of the authors as well as to recognize a literacy teacher who has been an advocate for queer youth. The conference runs from 9am-5pm, with registration beginning at 7:30am outside the UMC Aspen Rooms. The awards dinner begins at 6:30pm in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. Click here for more details about the day’s events.

For more information about the conference, please contact Mike Wenk at mjwenk@colorado.edu.

To register for the conference, please complete the form below. If you are a CU student, click here to register.

And finally, please consider making a donation to support our conference.