ARTICLES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Save the date for the 2026 Regional Reacting Conference on the campus of Newman University in Wichita, Kansas March 27-28, 2026.
While we're still finalizing details, we encourage you to hold these dates to plan accordingly so you can be sure to join these exciting game workshop and professional development opportunities.
Though unlikely, these dates may still be subject to change.
Save the date for the 2026 Reacting Annual Institute at Barnard College in New York City June 4-7, 2025, with optional programming and check-starting on June 3rd! While we're still finalizing details (though we share what we know so far below), we encourage you to go ahead and hold these dates to plan accordingly for the best professional development conference for game-based learning. We are please to announce a few of the games that will be featured at this year's flagship event:
1349: Plague Comes to Norwich The Enlightenment in Crisis: Diderot's Encyclopedié in a Parisian Salon, 1750 Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776 Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 (with new microgames for set-up and debrief)
Other games and details will be announced in the coming days and weeks, and we will open registration by February 6 (if not sooner)!
Affiliated AwardsTwo awards are presented annually at the Summer Institute: the Brilliancy Prize and the Dana Johnson Gorlin Fellowship
The Brilliancy Prize is presented to a particularly ingenious or creative idea or pedagogical practice that advances Reacting games. The prize comes with a cash award of $1000.
The Dana Johnson Gorlin Fellowship is given to a deserving faculty member, especially from a community college or public university, who best exemplifies Dana’s exceptional qualities of character and mind and who gives high promise of advancing Reacting. The Fellowship covers registration, housing, and travel to the Summer Institute.
Nominations (of self or others) are due by March 1, and winners will be informed by April 1. Read more about the awards and suggestions for your nominations here.
Prices and Housing See our 2023, 2024, and 2025 annual summer institute event pages for previous programming and pricing details. Historically, early member registration has started at around $580, and nightly stays in the dorms is around $100 per night.
Though unlikely, these dates are subject to change.
Save the date for the 2026 Game Development Conference on the campus of Canisius College in Buffalo, NY on July 8-11, 2026.
While we're still finalizing details, we encourage you to hold these dates to plan accordingly so you can be sure to join these exciting game development opportunities.
The Game Development Conference Committee (aka 'The Junta') is now accepting proposals for: Games (Microgames, Short, and Full-length/Flagship games), Pitches, and Workshops / Panels, etc. Submit proposals via this form by Friday, January 30, at 12 noon Eastern.
If you have questions about proposals or anything GDC, please contact Jonathan Lawrence at lawrenc7@canisius.edu.
See our 2024 Conference event page and 2025 event page for previous programming and pricing details.
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