• Hosted by the University of Mississippi
• Oxford, MS
• April 18, 2026
• Keynote Speaker: Marc Watkins (the University of Mississippi)

MSWCA 2025 “Inflection Point: Navigating Crisis and Uncertainty in Writing Centers”

• Hosted by Jackson State University
• Jackson, MS
• March 22, 2025
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kendra L. Mitchell (Florida A&M University)

MSWCA 2024 “Mentoring in Mississippi”

• Hosted by Mississippi State University
• Starkville, MS
• March 31-April 1, 2024
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alice Myatt, Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi.

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MSWCA 2023: “Connection at the Hub City”

• Hosted by Southern Mississippi University
• Hattiesburg, MS
• March 31-April 1, 2023
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shane Wood, Assistant Professor of Composition and Director of Composition at the University of Southern Mississippi.

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MSWCA 2022: “Unplugged”

• Hosted by Delta State University
• Cleveland, MS
• April 1-2, 2022
• Keynote Speaker: Travis Webster, author of Queerly Centered

MSWCA 2021: “Hindsight is 2020”

• Hosted virtually by Rachel E. Johnson at the University of Mississippi Writing Center
• Oxford, MS
• March 12, 2021
• Program 2021
• Resources from the event!

MSWCA 2020: “2020 Vision”

• Planned by Rachel E. Johnson at the University of Mississippi Writing Center
• Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Tupelo, MS
• April 17-18, 2020
• Featured Speaker: Lori Salem

MSWCA 2019: “Connect & Collaborate: Moving from Vision to Action”

• Hosted by Mississippi College Writing Center and Hinds Community College Writing Center
• Jackson, MS
• March 22-23, 2019
• Featured Speaker: Jackie Grutsch McKinney
• Program 2019

MSWCA 2018: “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Collaboration and Inclusion in the Writing Center“

• Hosted by Northwest Community College Writing Center
• Senatobia, MS
• March 23-24, 2018
• Featured Speaker: Brian Fallon
• Program 2018

MSWCA 2017: “Community and Identity: Mapping the Writing Center“

• Hosted by The Millsaps College Writing Center
• Jackson, MS
• March 24-25, 2017
• Featured Speaker: Harry Denny
• Program 2017

MSWCA/TutorCon 2016: “A Writing Center State of Mind“

• Hosted by The Mississippi State University Writing Center
• Starkville, MS
• April 15-16, 2016
• Featured Speaker: Elizabeth Boquet
• Program 2016

MSWCA/TutorCon 2015: “Lines of Communication, Lines of Connection“

• Hosted by The University of Mississippi Writing Centers
• Oxford, MS
• January 29-30, 2015
• Featured Speaker: Vershawn Young
• Program 2015

MSWCA 2014: “Writing Matters in Unpredictable Times”

• Hosted by Jackson State University – The Richard Wright Center for Writing, Rhetoric, and Research
• Jackson, MS
• March 7, 2014
• Featured Speaker: Lawrence T. Potter
• Program 2014

MSWCA 2013: “(Nearly) Next-Door Neighbors: Mapping Our Mississippi Writing Center Community“

• Hosted by The Mississippi College Writing Center
• Clinton, MS
• March 1-2, 2013
• Featured Speaker: Michelle Eodice
• Program 2013