Thanks to alum Marta Powell we have been able to recover some missing spots in the Writers’ Festival history! We have now been able to add the winners for poetry and short story for 1973 and the winner for poetry in 1974 as well as part of both of the Read more…
The 53rd Annual Writers’ Festival Contest is officially open for submissions! See submission information below: Entry Deadline: December 1, 2023 Agnes Scott College’s 53rd ANNUAL WRITERS’ FESTIVAL will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, 2024. Finalist entries in the Festival Contest will be judged by guest writers Beth Ann Fennelly, Sholeh Wolpé, Read more…
The pdf link to the 2023 Writers’ Festival Magazine is here! Thank you so much for your patience! Enjoy!
Unfortunately, due to supply issues, the hard copy of this year’s Writers’ Festival magazines will not be here in time for the festival itself. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy here is the link to the form to fill out to receive a hard copy of the Read more…
Join The English Department in celebrating the 52nd Annual Writers’ Festival next Thursday and Friday! At long last, we are thrilled to be able to commemorate and mark this milestone with you. We hope you enjoy the lineup of events we’ve scheduled through which to look back at the Festival’s Read more…
Agnes Scott College’s 52nd Annual Writers’ Festival will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 30-31, 2023. Finalist entries in the Steven R. Guthrie Memorial Writers’ Festival Contest will be judged by guest writers Elizabeth Acevedo, Caryl Phillips, and Samantha Jayne Allen ‘11. Contest categories are poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and playwriting. A prize of $500 will be awarded Read more…
For more information about the 51st Annual Writers’ Festival, please see our calendar of events. We are hosting Lidia Yuknavitch, Tina Chang, and Anna Cabe ’13 this week, along with Georgia Poetry Circuit writer Lauren Alleyne. You won’t want to miss a minute!
