The results are in! Our contest winners were announced on Thursday, April 6 prior to Claudia Rankine’s reading. We thank each of our finalists for their submissions, and send many congratulations to our winners! Each winner was awarded a $500 prize, which is made possible by our donors’ generous support. Read more…
Thank you to everyone for another successful Writers’ Festival! We had amazing turnouts at each event, great audience questions, and lots of books signed. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Festival and hear our amazing guests. Agnes Scott Finalists’ Reading Tuesday April 5, 2016 Festival Guest Read more…
Lauren Godfrey is a recently graduated student at Agnes Scott College and a finalist in Nonfiction. We caught up with her this week to ask her a few questions about her life and her craft. Her piece, “If You Can Hear Your Neighbor,” will be published in the 46th annual ASC Read more…
Ashlyn Rebel is a student at Mercer University and a finalist in Fiction. We caught up with her this week to ask her a few questions about her life and her craft. Her piece, “Vapor Waves,” will be published in the 46th annual ASC Writers’ Festival magazine. The Writer What are you Read more…
Stachia Diehl is a student at Young Harris College and a finalist in Fiction. We caught up with her this week to ask her a few questions about her life and her craft. Her fiction piece, “Francis Jones Public Library,” will be published in the 46th annual ASC Writers’ Festival magazine. Read more…
Kamilah Aisha Moon won the 25th Annual Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival contest in Poetry in 1997. Since then, she’s established herself as a serious and published poet, and now is returning to Agnes Scott this fall as an instructor. Kamilah will join the ASC English Department as an Assistant Professor Read more…
Marlo Starr is a student at Emory University and a finalist in Poetry. We caught up with Marlo to talk about his life and craft. Marlo’s poetry will be published in the 46th annual ASC Writers’ Festival magazine. The Writer What are you reading right now? An Indigenous Peoples’ History Read more…
Morgan Bilicki is a student at Young Harris College and a finalist in Poetry. We caught up with her this week to ask her a few questions about her life and her craft. Her poem, “Madame Clofullia,” will be published in the 46th annual ASC Writers’ Festival magazine. The Writer Read more…
In 2015 Robby Nadler won the Writer’s Festival. He is a graduate of UCLA and University of Montana, and he is currently a PhD student at University of Georgia. Interviewer: Why did you decide to enter the Writers’ Festival? Robby Nadler: The first time I entered the contest was simply based on Read more…
Andrea Rogers won the Agnes Scott Writer’s Festival Poetry Prize in 2015. She is currently a Ph.D. Poetry student at Georgia State University, where she is an Advanced Teaching Fellow. Rogers is currently a writing instructor at GSU and Agnes Scott College, and works as a Writing Consultant at Emory University’s Read more…
