Registration for the 2018 TCA Convention, September 7-8, 2018, to be held at Nashville State Community College is now open. The 2018 Conference theme is Communicating Peace and Calm to a World in Crisis.

You can use this Word document  (TCA 2018-2019 Membership Form) to both register for the Conference and become a member of TCA or renew your TCA membership. Or use the online form.

Register today!

Deadline for faculty poster/papers/panels submission to chairs; student paper submissions to Patrick Richey; and student film submissions to Matthew Lawson:  May 31, 2018.

Chairs are:

• Argumentation & Forensics – Rob Pratt – Robert.prattii@ws.edu
• Corporate & Organizational – Robert Baron – baronr@apsu.edu
• Curriculum & Instruction – Scott Christen – schristen@tntech.edu
• Interpersonal & Small Group – Teresa Collars – tcollard@utm.edu
• Mass Communication – Matthew Lawson – matathew.lawson@ws.edu
• Rhetoric & Public Address – Patrick Richey – Patrick.richey@mtsu.edu
• Community Colleges – Ruth Livingston – rclivingston@northeaststate.edu

Please enter your students’ films in the fourth annual Tennessee Communication Association Short Film Contest and Showcase. It is free to enter and there are cash prizes for the winners.

The categories are:

• Commercials that are 30 – 60-seconds
• Documentaries that are 10-minutes or less
• Short films that are 10-minutes or less

Include a MS Word document with a short synopsis, category, college or university, and a title for each submission. Also include contact information including the director and additional production personnel, an email address, and a phone number. Label the document file with the same name as your video file/title.

Submit video file andMS Word document using WeTransfer (https://www.wetransfer.com). When you get to wetransfer, email the submission to matthew.lawson@ws.edu.

The films will be screened and the films that are chosen for the Friday night film showcase will be entered in the contest. You will be notified if your film will be showcased. The winners will be announced on Saturday and will be awarded cash prizes. All of the directors of the films in the showcase will be given a certificate of participation.

The submission deadline for commercials, documentaries, and/or short  films is June 1, 2017