The Sport Literature Association

The official account for The Sport Literature Association and Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature.

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The call for papers is open for 2026!

The 43rd annual conference of the Sport Literature Association will be held at the University of Iowa in Iowa City from June 24-27, 2026.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
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[Julie McNeill @JulieMcNeill1]

🌟Today @WigtownBookFest

⚽️ Rose Reilly Spectacular Scottish Women at 1.30pm

💕 Julie McNeill Love Goes North at 4.30pm

☀️and the sun is shining…..

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We will be heading to Iowa City for #SportLit2026 - keep an eye out for the CFP in a few months and follow the latest news at: https://t.co/OgVEyZdlwK

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And that's all folks!

Thanks to all who attended, presented and chaired sessions at our 42nd annual conference.

Big thanks to our host @DrDKilpatrick for having us at Mercy University in lovely Dobbs Ferry NY and Program Chair Adam Winkel for the great schedule #SportLit2025

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Our final panel for #SportLit2025, and it is a powerhouse of presentations to finish our 42nd conference. Bring on ‘Women Athletes in Contemporary Sports Fiction’!

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Next up, we have our 'Challengers' panel with some virtual presentations from our global scholars 🌎 #SportLit2025

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Can you believe it is the final day of #SportLit2025?! It always goes so fast!
To get us started on our final day we have a session on 'non-fiction and manuals' 📚

[Bruce Pratt @brucepratt207]

Been a great conference

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One of our favourite traditions at SLA is including a poetry and open mic night in our program to highlight the amazing talents of our members and continue to celebrate the intersections of sport and art #SportLit2025

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Next up we have some creative nonfiction! #SportLit2025

[David Kilpatrick @DrDKilpatrick]

Day 3 kickoff with a power panel. @SportLitAssoc #SportLit2025

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And just like that, it is already Day 3 of #SportLit2025! Time is flying by!
To begin today we are looking at representations of 'obsession and fandom' in sport literature 📚

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For the final session for Day 2, we are casting our minds back to the early years of SLA and celebrating those who worked to build our community of sport literature scholars #SportLit2025

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Next up our panel on 'Allegories of Play and Resistance' #SportLit2025

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It's afternoon poetry time! And we have a lovely session now listening to the legendary Ron Smith read some of his sports poetry #SportLit2025

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After our morning coffee break we're back to talk about the pedagogy of sport literature which very close to the hearts of a lot of our members who are leaders in sport literature education #SportLit2025

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Next up we have our second fiction panel of the conference and this time we are being transported to the ballpark for some baseball stories #SportLit2025 ⚾️

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Starting us off for Day 2 is poet Joseph Stanton with some sports poetry #SportLit2025

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It’s Day 2 of #SportLit2025 at Mercy University in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

Day 1 got us off to a great start, big highlight was the keynote from celebrated author @JosephONeillx pictured here with host @DrDKilpatrick & program chair Adam Winkel.

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@JosephONeillx Thank you so much for spending your afternoon with us!