Special thanks to Walter E. Dakin Fellow Caitlin Horrocks for sharing her experience at the 2012 Sewanee Writers' Conference. As I first arrived at Sewanee and found my dorm room,…

Special thanks to Walter E. Dakin Fellow Claire Vaye Watkins for sharing her experience at the 2012 Sewanee Writers' Conference. I was able to attend the 2012 Sewanee Writers’ Conference…

Fiction writers Tony Earley and Randall Kenan will read from their work on Wednesday, November 14, beginning at 4:30 PM. The reading will be held in Gailor Auditorium on the…

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…

Eight Sewanee Writers’ Conference alumni were awarded 2012 National Endowment for the Arts grants and literature fellowships in creative writing (prose).  Congratulations to Belle Boggs (Walter E. Dakin Fellow/Fiction/2011); Amber Dermont (Tennessee Williams…

Congratulations to Ryan Call (Tennessee Williams Scholar/Fiction/2008) for his recent selection as a 2011 Whiting Writers’ Award recipient. These prestigious awards, of $50,000 each, are given annually to emerging writers…

Distinguished fiction writers and members of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, Richard Bausch and Allen Wier will read from their work on Thursday, November 18, in Gailor Auditorium, beginning at…

We are happy to learn that Laura van den Berg (Tennessee Williams Scholar, Fiction 2009) has been named a finalist for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award, the world's richest prize…

We are excited to see so many Sewanee alums appear on the longlist for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award, the world's richest prize for the short story. Previous winners…

Glenn Blake (John N. Wall Fellow, Fiction, 2004) will read from his work on Tuesday, April 20, at the McGriff Alumni House at Sewanee: The University of the South, beginning…

Josh Weil, a Tennessee Williams Scholar in 2008 and a Walter E. Dakin Fellow in 2009, has won the prestigious Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy…

We are saddened to hear that Barry Hannah, a great friend of the conference, passed away on Monday, March 1. Barry was a member of the fiction faculty at Sewanee…

We were excited to learn that David Philip Mullins (Stanley Elkin Scholar/Fiction/2008) won the prestigious Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction from Sarabande Books. We asked David for his thoughts…

Amy Greene’s (Fiction/2007) debut novel, Bloodroot, was released in January, and it is already receiving some incredible praise from critics. Kirkus Reviews said the book was “Bound to be a…