Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium

Saturday Oct.21,  9:30am-12:30pm Ethel Morgan Smith, Path to Grace Christie Collins, The Art of Coming Undone Ellen Ann Fentress, The Steps We TakeExodus Brownlow, I'm Afraid That I Know Too Much About Myself Now

We're excited to announce our full line-up of authors, minus the Welty Prize who will be announced later. We hope to have a more detailed schedule soon. Photos and book cover images can be found on our website, where author bios and links will also soon reside. As always, all symposium sessions will be free and open to the public in Mississippi University for Women's historic Poindexter Hall, Columbus, Mississippi.

Keynote with Steve Yarbrough Friday Morning with Derrick Harriell, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Adam Vines, and Holly Goddard Jones Friday Afternoon with Olivia Clare Friedman, Chantal James, Jacqueline Allen Trimble, and this year's Ephemera Prize Winners Saturday Morning with Annette Trefzer, T. K. Lee, Earl S. Braggs, and C. T. Salazar

All times are Central Daylight Time, and videos of the sessions will be archived to our group’s media.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/weltysymposium/

Kendra Allen — When You Learn the Alphabet T. J. Anderson III — Devonte Travels the Sorry Route  John Bateman — Who Killed Buster Sparkle? Tina Barr — Green Target  Ann Fisher-Wirth — The Bones of Winter Birds  Brandon Hobson — Where the Dead Sit Talking  Cary Holladay —  Brides in the Sky Ashley M. Jones — Dark // Thing  Mary Miller — Biloxi Christin Marie Taylor — Labor Pains Ken Wells — Gumbo Life, Tales from the Roux Bayou 

I had fun walking downtown Columbus MS distributing this year’s flyers this morning! This afternoon, I’ll hit campus. Look for one near you, soon!

Tip: if you're traveling in from out of town, you may want to book your rooms early! Mississippi State is having their homecoming on our weekend, and the hotels are filling up. Last I heard, though there were still rooms at the new Holiday Inn Express and the newly remodeled Wingate. There may be individual rooms at other hotels, too, and there may be cancellations closer to the date, so it pays to reserve early and to keep trying. I haven't checked the B&B's, but Columbus has quite a few very nice ones.

Announcing this year’s Ephemera Prize. High school students in Mississippi and surrounding states may submit an essay, poem, or story on our theme. 5 winners will read their work at the symposium and receive a $200 cash award. For full details, see http://www.muw.edu/welty/ephemeraprize

There is no contest fee, and the winners will read at the Eudora Welty Writers Symposium, October 20-22, at Mississippi University for Women.

It’s September and there’s only a week remaining before the deadline for the 2nd annual Ephemera Prize open to students in grades 10-12. There’s still time to polish that story, poem, or essay! Email submissions accepted and preferred. Details: http://www.muw.edu/welty/ephemeraprize