Sewanee Writers’ Conference

The 34th annual Sewanee Writers’ Conference was held from July 16 to July 28 on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. The conference featured workshops, special topics classes, lectures, one-on-one meetings with faculty, and readings for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Marianne Chan, Eduardo C. Corral, Nate Marshall, Carl Phillips, Caki Wilkinson, and Felicia Zamora; fiction writers Debra Magpie Earling, Adrianne Harun, Katie Kitamura, Michael Knight, Jill McCorkle, Claire Messud, Chinelo Okparanta, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, and Luis Alberto Urrea; and nonfiction writers Jaquira Díaz, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Elena Passarello, and Aisha Sabatini Sloan. Participating publishing professionals included agents Sarah Burnes (Gernert Company) and Annie Hwang (Ayesha Pande Literary) and editors Gerald Maa (Georgia Review) and Jessica Q. Stark (AGNI). Tuition, including room and board, was $2,000. Writers submitted 10 to 15 pages of poetry or 20 to 30 pages of prose by March 15. There was no application fee. Fellowships and scholarships were available for published writers. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations include elevators in all multilevel event spaces and accessible parking. Contact associate director of marketing and admission Adam Latham at allatham@sewanee.edu for additional accessibility details.