Author of the Year
The most significant author who died in 2020.
Shirley Ann Grau (1929-2020)
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About trying to find an appropriate container for grief in a world of mass-produced sentiment... my poem, "At Hobby Lobby, Choosing an Urn," is out now in Kansas City Review, Volume 21. [🎙️ Sound on to hear me read.]
#LouisianaPoet #SouthernWriters #LouisianaArts #GriefPoetry
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Outdoors in the sunlight, a woman in a floral print blouse beams with pride while holding a dark wood and gold plaque awarded to her as "Poet of the Year" at the 2025 Speak Poetry Fest. Fall-colored leaves and a chain-link fence are visible in the background.
Officially picked up my plaque for the 2025 Ephraim Tyler Poet of the Year award this weekend.
This honor was given earlier this year at Speak Poetry Fest by POETIC X, and picking it up this past Saturday (on Apollo’s birthday) felt like the perfect alignment.
#LouisianaArts #SouthernWriters
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New piece by local poet and writer Emily Eerie #writers #poet #southernwriters #Louisiana #southernus #substack #substackwriters
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A half-century of letters between Eudora Welty and Frank Lyell—now collected for the first time.
TO ABSENT FRIENDS, edited by Julia Eichelberger, illuminates Welty’s private world through wit, warmth, and wisdom shared with a lifelong friend.
#EudoraWelty #LiteraryLetters #UPMBooks #SouthernWriters
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Here is a cool job managing a flock of peacocks(!) as well as several museums, including writer Flannery O’Connor’s house, Andalusia. Georgia College & State University is seeking a visionary leader to serve as Executive Director of Historic Museums. GCSU is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, just an hour and a half from Atlanta (90 miles). The historic town is located on the banks of Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee with plenty of outdoor activities. This role offers you the unique chance to oversee nationally significant sites including Georgia’s ‘Old Governor’s Mansion’ and the Sallie Ellis Davis House, along with Andalusia where O’Connor raised her famed peacocks. GCSU is looking for candidates with an interest in historic preservation, public history, and academic collaboration. If you love storytelling and engaging with people around cultural experiences this could be a great role.
Cool job alert care of consultant Dr. Gabriel Morley. You can find the job posting on the GCSU Human Resources website; the link is too long for BlueSky.
#museums #literature #flanneryoconnor #peacocks #historicpreservation #milledgeville #southernwriters #museumcuration
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TODAY! See y'all at 5:30 for the launch of Lay Your Armor Down with Michael Farris Smith!
#MichaelFarrisSmith #LayYourArmorDown #SouthernWriters #AuthorEvents #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #OxfordMS
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Here's a little sneak peek at Michael Farris Smith signing some copies of Lay Your Armor Down for us this week ahead of Tuesday's event. Pre-order your copy today, and we can't wait see you Tuesday!
#MichaelFarrisSmith #LayYourArmorDown #SouthernWriters #AuthorEvents #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #OxfordMS
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It's almost time! Coming up this Tuesday, May 27, Michael Farris Smith will be here in conversation with John T. Edge for the launch of Lay Your Armor Down! We are excited to see you there.
#MichaelFarrisSmith #LayYourArmorDown #SouthernWriters #AuthorEvents #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #OxfordMS
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Cozy mystery author Tonya Kappes's photo and website URL.
It's never too late to become a reader OR a writer -- just take a look at bestselling author Tonya Kappes's (@tonyakappes11) journey! ow.ly/JaU730kTcxa #authorQA #mystery #mysterywriter #mysteryauthor #selfpub #selfpublishing #cozymystery #southernwriters
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#RichardFierce #WorldBuilding #SouthernWriters #SouthernWriting #SouthernGothic #Haints #Metadata #LegionTheatre #CartersvilleGA #FYP #WritingGoals #Amwriting #TheCicadaTree #HaintsOnBlackMountain
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What’s happening on April 1st? It’s no April Fools that @kellymustian.bsky.social is launching her new book at the Weymouth Center! We also have a big announcement that day about an expanded Writers in Residence Program! #booksky #ncwriters #southernwriters
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Pub Day for #DancingWoman!❤️❤️ thank you, universe. #literaryfiction #southernwriters #novels #thearts #indiepress #indiebookstores #fiction #womenswriting @blairpub.bsky.social @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
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Happy Tuesday! Talking about how things are stitched together throughout life. Take a read!
thcountzwrites.com/threads/
#mississippiwriters #writing #creating #creative #reading #southernwriters #storytelling #life #stitching #threads
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I invite you to read how are lives are woven together.
thcountzwrites.com/life-is-weav...
#southernwriters #storytellers #quilt #threads #weaving #life #reading #writing #stories
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 14: A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Short Stories by Flannery O’Connor 💙📚
#booksky #southernwriters #catholicwriters #womenwriterd
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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Now, we are in the dash for Christmas. In today's blog I am talking about memories, Christmas and finding grace. Take a read AND a listen!
thcountzwrites.com/a-state-of-g...
#mississippiauthors #southernwriters #storytellers #grace #memories #Christmas
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
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Coming tomorrow from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social: work off your turkey day hangover with the Trenholms, who will make your family seem sane. We promise.
#horror #HorrorWriters #HorrorFam #WritingCommunity #SouthernWriters #SouthernLit #writing 💙📚😱
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Very short submission window for writers living in or from the South.
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Talking about gratitude. I added a little something extra special for the holiday week. Hope you enjoy!
thcountzwrites.com/live-gratitu... #southernwriters #storyteller #Thanksgiving #gratitude #grateful #holiday
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Picture of The Weymouth Center Writers in Residence wing. Writer, Tim Tyson is hard at work on his book about Mahalia Jackson co authored by Mary D. Williams.
We have a few openings for the February Writeaway at Weymouth Center. Don’t miss the opportunity to nurture your craft in the most inspirational setting in the south. Details in comments.
#writingcommunity #VisitNC #literature #womenwriters #southernwriters
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Folk-art Flannery. #flanneryoconnor #folkart #agoodfolkartistishardtofind #southernfiction #southernwriters #south #southerngothic
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“There was nothing particularly wrong with them; they were just the ordinary garden variety of human garbage.” - Robert Penn Warren
Writer Quotes Challenge: repost or reply to this with your favorite literary cutdown.
#Writers #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SouthernWriters #Fiction
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“An artist must believe in himself … our belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.” — Tennessee Williams
#amwriting #inspirational #quotes #writing #southernwriters
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“The band sounds like typewriters.” — Joni Mitchell #typewriters #jonimitchell #writing #williamfaulkner #tennesseewilliams #burkesbookstore #southernwriters
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I shared with my wife that Bluesky is the place to be. Am hoping that you will not only make her welcome but if you like her thought provoking stories and you will pass it along. #writing #southernwriters #thoughts #peace #readingcommunity
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Tonight begins the 36th Annual Eudora Welty Writers' symposium featuring Maurice Carlos Ruffin and 11 other Southern writers. Learn more and get a link to our livestream at this year's program. www.muw.edu/welty/program/
#writing #SouthernWriters #fiction #poetry #CNF
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