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Videos of This Weekend's Symposium

Did you miss the symposium Oct. 19-21? Never fear, you can watch the archived videos. Each heading is linked to the video in our Facebook group.

Thursday, Oct. 19, 7:30pmKaty Simpson Smith, The Weeds

Friday, Oct.20, 9am-12pmLee Durkee,Stalking ShakespeareMaurice Carlos Ruffin,The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love YouDe’Shawn Charles Winslow,Decent PeopleK. Iver,Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco

Friday, Oct.20,1:30-4:30pmAnn Fisher-Wirth,Paradise is JaggedHalle Hill,Good Women: StoriesClaude Wilkinson,Soon Done with the CrossesEphemera Prize Reading

Saturday Oct.21,9:30am-12:30pmEthel Morgan Smith,Path to GraceChristie Collins,The Art of Coming UndoneEllen 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.

This year's symposium has come and gone, but you can still watch each panel on our archived video.

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

It’s time once again for the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, Oct. 21-23. This year, we will be live in-person at The W in Whitfield Hall and live-streaming on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/weltysymposium

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

In just over 2 weeks, we will host our first-ever virtual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium. All sessions will be live on our facebook group’s newsfeed. To sign up for each session (not required, but you’ll get reminders) go to our events page

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

We’re getting ready for this year’s symposium! Check out our authors at www.muw.edu/welty — more info on each, coming soon!

Kiese Laymon — Heavy: An American Memoir

Kendra Allen — When You Learn the AlphabetT. J. Anderson III — Devonte Travels the Sorry RouteJohn Bateman — Who Killed Buster Sparkle?Tina Barr — Green TargetAnn Fisher-Wirth — The Bones of Winter BirdsBrandon Hobson — Where the Dead Sit TalkingCary Holladay — Brides in the SkyAshley M. Jones — Dark // ThingMary Miller — BiloxiChristin Marie Taylor — Labor PainsKen 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!

Hotels for 10/19-10/21

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

High school writers in grades 10-12 from Mississippi or nearby Alabama may enter 1-3 poems, a story, or an essay on the theme:“Overcoming the Silence: To speak out when ‘It warrants no stir’” based on Eudora Welty’s story“The Demonstrators.”

Deadline: September 12, 2016

Judges: Welty Symposium authors David Armand and Paulette Boudreaux

For full details on contest rules and a high school lesson plan go to 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.

Ephemera Prize Deadline Approacheth

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

Judges for the 2015 Ephemera Prize are:

Michael Kardos, author of Before He Finds Her, The Three-Day Affair, and One Last Good Time, as well as the textbook The Art and Craft of Fiction.

TJ Jarrett, author of the poetry collectionsZion and Ain’t No Grave.

Images from their websites: michaelkardos.com and tjjarrett.com

More on the prize: http://www.muw.edu/welty/ephemeraprize

The $200 Ephemera prize will be awarded to up to 5 entries from high school writers in grades 10-12 from Mississippi, nearby Alabama, or schools sponsored by W alums. See the webpage for a flyer and a lesson plan teachers can adapt for their classes.