Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award
The CCCC Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award supports research connecting rhetoric, composition, and queer theory, focusing on writing, identity, and social justice in honor of Anzaldúa’s legacy.
Funder: Conference on College Composition and Communication
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2026 (application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to three awards of $750 each for travel to the CCCC Annual Convention
Summary: Supports research at the intersection of rhetoric, composition, and queer theory, with a focus on social justice and transformative writing.
Key Information: Applicants must be accepted to the CCCC Annual Convention and be graduate students or first-time presenters.
Description
This award, sponsored by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), honors the legacy of Gloria Anzaldúa by supporting scholars whose work explores the intersections of rhetoric, composition, and queer theory. The award is intended to recognize and foster research that interrogates the connections between writing, sexual and gender identities, and social justice, encouraging projects that contribute to scholarship in queer studies, rhetoric, and composition. Recipients are selected for their potential to advance conversations and meaning-making around sexual and gender minority experiences, in line with Anzaldúa’s commitment to dismantling systems of privilege and oppression through writing.
