SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, November 3, 2017
FSW Poetry Reading and Discussion
9:00 – 10:15 at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Andrew Hudgins, Rodney Jones, and C.Dale Young
FSW Prose Reading and Discussion
9:00 – 10:15 at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Elizabeth Cox, Bobbie Ann Mason, Terry Roberts, and Tony Earley
FSW Poetry Reading and Discussion
10:30 – 11:45 at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Kate Daniels, T.J. Jarrett, and T.R. Hummer
FSW Prose Reading and Discussion
10:30 – 11:45 at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
George Singleton, Richard Bausch, Liza Wieland, and Rion Amilcar Scott
FSW Awards Luncheon
12:00 – 2 PM at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Awards from the Fellowship of Southern Writers and induction of new members,
Craft of Beginnings (Panel Discussion//FSW): How to Start a Novel or Short Story
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Wyatt Prunty, Tom Franklin, Steve Yarbrough, and Lee Smith
Panelists read favorite beginnings, both their own and those by other authors, and discuss how to get a story off to a great start.
Fact to Fiction
3:45 – 5:00 PM at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jayne Anne Phillips, Jim Grimsley, and Charles Frazier
FSW Discuss the process of bringing facts into colorful stories
Keynote Speaker
Wendell Berry
5:30 – 6:30 PM at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Private FSW Dinner and Business Meeting
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Books for Breakfast
8:00 – 11:00 AM at Lindsay Street Hall
Informal coffee, conversation, and book signing with authors
True Grit (Panel Discussion//FSW)
9:00 – 9:45 AM at Bessie Smith Hall
Jill McCorkle, Brad Watson, and Allan Gurganus
Panelists discuss writing across gender to create powerful Southern characters.
Stories of the Southern Wilderness (Panel Discussion//FSW)
10:00 – 10:45 AM at Bessie Smith Hall
Maurice Manning, Tim Gautreaux, Silas House, and Wendell Berry
Panelists discuss the interplay of literature, advocacy, and environmental consciousness.
I’ll Fly Away (Panel Discussion//FSW)
11:00 – 11:45 at Bessie Smith Hall
Randall Kenan, Brooks Haxton, and Fred Hobson
Panelists discuss the crossroads of spirituality and race in Southern Literature.
Pig vs. Cow BBQ
Noon – 2:00 PM at Lindsay Street Hall
With keynote discussion by John Shelton Reed and Roy Blount, Jr.
Villains (Panel Discussion//FSW)
2:00 – 3:00 PM at Bessie Smith Hall
Beverly Lowery, Ron Rash, and Robert Bausch
Panelists read passages from their work featuring antagonists and discuss the character of villainy in literature.
Harper Lee (Panel Discussion//FSW)
3:00 – 4:00 PM at Bessie Smith Hall
Allen Wier and Wayne Flynt
Panelists discuss the legacy and influence of Harper Lee.
Book Signings: The Roots of Literary Music
2:00 – 5:00 PM at Lindsay Street Hall
Stories and Song with Matraca Berg, Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle
Ticketed private dinners with authors
– FSW Members TBD
6:00 PM at various locations
A Literary Feast
NOV 3 & 4, 2017
Chattanooga, TN
Announcing the 2017
Fellowship of Southern
Writers Award Winners
Rion Amilcar Scott Hillsdale Award
C. Dale Young Hanes Prize for Poetry
Liza Wieland Robert Penn Warren Award
T. J. Jarrett George Garrett Award
T.R. Hummer Donald Justice Award
Terry Roberts James Still Award
Wayne Flynt Woodward Franklin Award
Jireh Holder Bryan Family Drama Award
Southern Lit Alliance is pleased to welcome these esteemed writers to SouthWord in Chattanooga this November!
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS
Norma and Olan Mills
Kennedy Foundation
