Sharp stripes of shadow lay on the grass, and the dew dancing on the tips of the flowers and leaves made the garden like a mosaic of single sparks not yet formed into one whole. The birds, whose breasts were specked canary and rose, now sang a strain or two together, wildly, like skaters rollicking arm-in-arm, and were suddenly silent, breaking asunder.

– Virginia Woolf, The Waves

The deadline to propose a paper, panel, workshop or reading at the 2010 Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf is Jan. 15. It will be held June 3 to 6 at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky.

You can find the Call for Papers and Call for Artists on the conference site, along with submission instructions.