LRA 2026 Conference
LRA 2026 Annual Conference
All links pointing to Las Vegas as the site for the current conference on the Literacy Research Association website are inaccurate and should be disregarded entirely. Updates will continue to be provided here via this official professional page of Dr. Patriann Smith regarding the 2026 LRA conference until such time as the official LRA website is updated.
Overview
LRA 2026 Conference Overview
The Literacy Research Association (LRA) has released its notifications regarding proposals for the 2026 Annual Conference to be held on December 2-5, 2026 in Honolulu, Hawai’i. All individuals who submitted proposals should have received notifications regarding acceptance or rejection of proposals from LRA Headquarters by June 21, 2026. As a friendly reminder, individuals who are the primary authors for their submission will need to notify all co-authors of the decision received by LRA. Regular updates regarding the conference are available via the LRA 2026 monthly newsletter.
Registration & Hotel
LRA 2026 Conference Registration & Hotel Reservation
The official page for the 2026 LRA conference continues to be updated and is accessible here.
Registration for the 2026 LRA annual conference can be accessed here.
Hotel reservations that provide the discounted rate for the 2026 LRA annual conference can be directly accessed here.
For immediate questions regarding hotel reservation and conference registration, please email LRA Executive Director Nicollette Schmeichel at nschmeichel@association-resources.com, LRA President-Elect and Conference Chair Dr. Patriann Smith at psmith4@usf.edu, or LRA Vice-President Dr. Rahat Zaidi at rahat.zaidi@ucalgary.ca.
Call for Proposals
LRA 2026 Call for Proposals
As President Elect and Conference Chair in collaboration with Vice President and Associate Conference Chair, Dr. Rahat Zaidi, it was a delight to share the Call for LRA’s 76th conference earlier this year and to invite to proposal submissions in response to the theme, Manifesting Quantum Imaginaries: Re-searching Literacies as a Transcontextual Enterprise. To access the long and short versions of the LRA 2026 conference theme, see here. To explore the Saint Lucian inspiration for 76th LRA conference cover art, visit the Literacy Research Association website here. The LRA 2026 Call for Proposals is now closed.
All Academic
LRA 2026 All Academic Online Website
To access proposal notifications for the 76th LRA conference, visit the Literacy Research Association website’s All Academic Online site here.
Press Releases
LRA 2026 Press Releases
To customize and share a pre-made social media post for the 76th LRA conference via LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and What’s App, see the LRA 2026 January Press Release here.
To view one of the recently announced keynotes for the LRA 2026 conference, see the LRA 2026 February Press Release here.
Look out for more press releases soon and for exciting new updates to come such as the unveiling of the title of the LRA 2026 Presidential Address, podcasts from the LRA 2026 Keynote speakers, the debut of the LRA 2026 Reading Hall of Fame Inaugural Addresses, the announcement of our LRA 2026 Presidential Sessions, the abstracts for our LRA 2026 Integrative Research Review Panelists, the announcement of our LRA 2026 Awardees, invitations to RSVP for our LRA 2026 Signature Events, the recipe for our LRA 2026 Signature Drinks, and so much more.
We are excited to have had the honor to review your proposals for the 2026 LRA Annual Conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Honolulu, Hawai’i in December! See you there.
Patriann Smith, Ph.D. 