Dear Graduate Students, We hope you're continuing to take care as best you can. With everything going on in our world, many of us have been struggling to keep up with school, work, etc. As always (and especially in these last few weeks of the semester), please be kind and gentle with yourselves and don't hesitate to reach out to us if we can support you in any way. A reminder that our first ever virtual *English Graduate Conference*, "The Makeover: Revision, Transformation, Experimentation," is happening this week! Check out the conference website <http://englishconference.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/>, where you can see the full conference schedule/program <http://englishconference.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/schedule/>, the presenters' bios <http://englishconference.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/bios/>, register for the Zoom link for the synchronous event <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOCsrzopG9YI9DT-t_D7SaS8NEv8I3so>, etc. As of this morning, you can also now view the fabulous *asynchronous presentations <http://englishconference.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/presentations/>*, as well as some faculty reflections on the conference theme of revising and remaking <http://englishconference.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/faculty-reflections/>. And we hope to see you all at the synchronous conference event this *Friday, April 30, from 2:00-6:00pm* via Zoom <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOCsrzopG9YI9DT-t_D7SaS8NEv8I3so> ! [image: 2021 MA Conference Poster Costume.png] And one final reminder that the submission deadline for the *Nancy Comley Prize* is (actually) TODAY, *Monday, April 26*. We've reattached here the submission guidelines just in case. Best, Caroline and Hillary, Directors of Graduate Studies in English -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.
