Deadline extended: 2026 IAANI Forum and IAANI Award Nominations ... and other news

[Tony Adams]

Call for Submissions

2026 IAANI Forum

2-5 January 2026 (in-person)

* * * Submission deadline extended to 1 August 2025 * * *

The 2026 IAANI Forum will bring together scholars, storytellers, artists, and activists who use autoethnography to explore lived experiences and the connections among self, others, and society. We welcome innovative contributions that center marginalized voices, promote justice, and encourage critical dialogue across disciplines and communities.

The forum will be in-person at the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa in Safety Harbor, Florida; there will not be an online component. 

Capacity will be limited to 120 participants.

For more information about the 2026 IAANI Forum, visit iaani.org/2026forum

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Call for Nominations

2026 IAANI Awards

* * * Nomination deadline extended to 1 August 2025 * * *

The International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry (IAANI) invites nominations for the following awards to be given at the 2026 International Symposium of Autoethnography and Narrative (6-8 March 2026).

This year, nominations will be accepted for awards in seven categories:

• Outstanding Book

• Outstanding Edited Book

• Outstanding Audio and/or Visual Project

• Outstanding Thesis (Masters)

• Outstanding Dissertation (Doctoral) 

• Goodall and Trujillo “It’s a Way of Life” Award in Narrative Ethnography

• Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award

Nominations for all awards are due by 1 August 2025. An author cannot have more than two nominations across all award categories.

For more information about these awards, including how to submit a nomination, visit iaani.org/awards or click this link: https://forms.gle/ucKDqZw3MvXxxvSo7

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We need your help!

Call for Reviewers

2026 IAANI Award Nominations and 2026 ISAN Submissions

It takes a lot of voluntary effort to make ISAN happen and we could use your help reviewing submissions and award nominations. If you willing to serve as a reviewer, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/mjtrxgsKthi84kiP6

If you are selected to review submissions, you will receive complimentary registration to the 2026 ISAN.

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Call for Proposals

2026 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN)

6 March – 8 March 2026 (online)

The 2026 ISAN will provide scholars and practitioners of all experience levels an opportunity to present their autoethnographic and personal narrative projects and to socialize with scholars across a variety of disciplines.

The symposium will occur via Zoom on 6 MARCH – 8 MARCH 2026. 6 March will feature sessions in Polish, Spanish, Japanese, German, and Portuguese; 7-8 March will feature sessions in English. Eastern Standard Time (EST) will be used for all symposium activities.

We now welcome proposals for individual projects and live discussion panels. For more information about the symposium including how to submit a proposal, visit www.iaani.org/2026isan

The deadline to submit a proposal is 15 August 2025.

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The proceedings of the 2024 ISAN are now available. You can access the proceedings at www.iaani.org/2024isan

Thanks to Christina L. Ivey, M. F. Alvarez, Sally Chisholm, Cody M. Clemens, Renny Cummings, Cassidy Ellis, Miryam Espinosa-Dulante, Marlen Harrison, Ann Jabro, Lisa Spinazola, and the contributors for making the proceedings possible!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Qualitative Report Virtual Workshop

Autoethnographic Storytelling in Qualitative Research

Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner

10 February 2026 | 10a-4p

This workshop will focus on autoethnographic storytelling in qualitative research. Ellis and Bochner will emphasize autoethnography as a methodology and a way of life in the human sciences. They will discuss writing and reading personal narratives about lived experience along with reflexively including the researchers’ first-person voice and their interactions with participants in ethnographic projects. The workshop will be of interest to both novice and advanced students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to integrate autoethnographic storytelling into their research, teaching, and everyday life. Click here for more information.

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International Conference of Autoethnography

13-15 July 2025 (in-person + online)

Qualitative Research Summer Intensive

21-25 July 2025 (online) and 30 July-1 August 2025 (online)

Critical Autoethnography Conference

1-3 October 2025 (in-person)

IAANI Forum

2-5 January 2026 (in-person)

European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

13-16 January 2026 (in-person)

World Conference on Qualitative Research

20-22 January 2026 (in-person) and 2-5 February 2026 (online)

International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN)

6-8 March 2026 (online)

The Qualitative Report

23-26 March 2026 (online)