The William Dean Howells Society is a nonprofit scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the nineteenth-century editor, author, and critic W. D. Howells.

Founded by Jesse Crisler and a group of interested scholars at the ALA in 1997, it sponsors two panels at the annual American Literature Association convention, which is held in May on Memorial Day weekend every year.

The Call for Papers for the Howells Society sessions appears at this site , on the CFP list , and in The Howellsian. The calls for papers are usually posted in September; the deadlines for proposals are usually in early January.

Membership
Dues for the William Dean Howells Society are $10.00 per calendar year. As a member of the William Dean Howells Society, you will receive the following:

The Howellsian, which is published twice a year.

Calls for papers to conferences such as MLA and ALA (American Literature Association).

Information and invitations to meetings and social events hosted by the Society.

A current print directory of Howells Society members.

Officers (Elections for officers are held every two years at ALA). Candidates during the recent election: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/howells/howellselections.htm

2007-2009 Officers

President: Claudia Stokes, Trinity University
Vice President and Program Chair: Rob Davidson, California State University, Chico
Secretary/Webmaster: Donna Campbell , Washington State University
Treasurer: Elsa Nettels, College of William and Mary
Editor of The Howellsian: Alex Feerst, Independent Scholar and JD Candidate, Columbia Law School

Past Editor of The Howellsian: Sanford Marovitz , Kent State University

Past President, 2005-2007:Susan Goodman, University of Delaware
Past President, 2003-2005: Elsa Nettels, College of William and Mary
Past President, 2001-2003: Sanford Marovitz , Kent State University
Past President, 1999-2001: Jesse Crisler , Brigham Young University
Past President, 1997-1999: Sarah B. Daugherty, Wichita State University

By-laws
By-laws for the WDHS

Address
http://www.howellssociety.org/index.html. If you have bookmarked another address, please change it to this one.