For over two decades, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference has helped talented writers better understand their craft, learning from the best minds in the industry.
Learn more about our story, meet our preeminent faculty and wonderful staff, and apply to join us in 2012.
There's still time to apply to the 2012 Sewanee Writers' Conference. Our application deadline is April 15. Please note that our online application system will close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 15. We are excited about the applications we have received this year. It's shaping up to be a great Conference, with an outstanding faculty and visitor lineup.
Fiction writers Jill McCorkle and Allan Gurganus will read from their work on Wednesday, April 11, in Gailor Auditorium, beginning at 4:45 PM. All are cordially invited to attend the reading as well as the book-signing opportunity and reception that will follow. Jill McCorkle is the author of four story…
Tennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of English David Roby will premiere his new play about Tennessee Williams, “Sometimes There’s God So Quickly,” March 30-April 1. Roby traveled through Clarksdale and Columbus, Miss., the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, and New York interviewing people who were close to Tennessee Williams or…