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2025 Conference Info

Theme: Leading from the Center (download the CFP)
Dates:  February 20-22, 2025
Location: University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama
Hosts:
University of North Alabama and Athens State University

Conference questions or concerns?
Email us at swca.conference@gmail.com.

Announcements:

  • The conference is no longer accepting proposal submissions. Stay tuned for more information about registration. 


2025 Conference Details

Check out the Call for Proposals or submit a proposal through our Proposal Form.

Registration is now open!

Register Today!

Registration Notes

  • The "Member" registration options are only available if you are logged in to this site. The button to login is near the upper right of every page on this site.

  • Scholarships are available from the SWCA for students and professionals presenting at the conference.

  • Members with Institutional SWCA Membership or an Institutional Partnership Membership may register and pay for professional conference participants (i.e., admins, writing consultants or fellows who are not in a degree program) using the “guest” registration option provided on your registration form.

    • Please provide registration details (first/last name and email address) for every professional “guest” included on your list.
    • If you wish to include a student member on your invoice, please contact the current SWCA Treasurer for assistance.


  • If you are registering for #SWCA2025 and need a group invoice, please reach out to the current SWCA Treasurer for assistance.

  • Early registration is available until 10 January 2025. Late registration is available until 22 February 2025. No refunds will be issued after February 10, 2025.

Late Registration Costs

Registration will remain open until and during the conference.

  • Professional Member LATE - 175.00
  • Professional Non-member LATE - 205.00
  • Student Member LATE - 125.00
  • Student Non Member LATE - 140.00

The hotel rooms reserved for the conference are located at Hampton Inn Florence-Midtown, but the conference site is located on the University of North Alabama campus. This hotel is approximately 3.4 miles from the university. Shuttles will be available Thursday-Saturday to transport attendees from the conference hotel to the conference site. See the section on transportation for more information about shuttles.

Hampton Inn Florence-Midtown

Address: 2281 Florence Blvd, Florence, Alabama

Phone: 256-764-8888

If you call and make reservations through central reservations, reference the Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference.

Attendees must reserve rooms before Monday, January 27th, 2025 to take advantage of the $144 per night + tax conference rate.

Last Day to Book: Monday, January 27th, 2025

Please view the hotel website for information about accessible features: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/flcalhx-hampton-florence-midtown/.

Alternate Hotels

While we recommend booking through our conference hotel, there are a few nearby hotel options (without a specific conference rate), including: 

Air Travel

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL) is located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Conveniently located by US Hwy 20 (alternate Hwy 72), the airport offers quick and easy access to surrounding communities, and provides daily, non-stop service to Nashville and Atlanta. The airport is serviced by Contour Airlines. The airport is a 10-to-15-minute drive to the conference hotel (Hampton Inn Florence – Midtown) in Florence, Alabama.

Huntsville International Airport (HSV) is the largest commercial airport in North Alabama that serves five airlines: American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, Silver Airways, and Breeze Airways. HSV has nonstop service to 13 destinations, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami (seasonal), Orlando, Tampa and two airports in Washington D.C. The airport is a 1 hour 12-minute drive to the conference hotel in Florence.

Rental Cars

Huntsville International Airport (HSV) and the North Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals (MSL) have rental car companies on the properties.

HSV Airport has the following rental companies:

  • Avis
  • Budget
  • National/Alamo
  • Dollar/Thrifty
  • Enterprise
  • Hertz

MSL Regional Airport has the following rental companies:

  • McCurry Van & Car Rental (on site)
    • Business Hours Phone: 256-978-5906
    • After Hours Phone: 256-278-9147
  • Enterprise (rentals available online; not located at airport)

Other transportation options at MSL:

  • Taxi/Limo services: Quad Cities Taxi - 256-767-0220
  • Uber & Lyft

Getting around Florence

Car travel around Florence is necessary, unless staying in one of the downtown hotels (The Stricklin or Gunrunner).

Shuttle Service

There will be a shuttle service available Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for transportation to and from the hotels to the conference site (the University of North Alabama). This service will be available from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and again from 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The shuttle service will run to both the conference hotel and the alternate hotels listed on this site.

Shuttle service is not available for airport transportation.

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