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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · 13d

Come live and write with us in Sewanee! The Department of English & Creative Writing's is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Poetry position! Apply by Nov. 3.

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Sep 2

SWC is publishing craft essays! We accept submissions in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and playwriting and pay contributors a flat $500 to publish essays online. Writers do not have to be associated with the conference to submit. Deadline Oct. 15. Link can be found on our Instagram!

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 27

True or true: One @lacymjohnson.bsky.social is the actual GOAT. (Sorry, goat-goats 🐐, but it’s true.)

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 26

True or false: This goat looks precisely how we all feel at this point in the conference

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 25

Writers reading

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 23

Nature break 🌳

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Yvonne Liu. Writer. Adopee. Memoir-in-Progress @yvonneliuwriter.bsky.social · Jul 19

@rokwon.bsky.social at her terrific @sewaneewriters.bsky.social reading: “Push each line to be the most truest, living version of itself. This is your life. This is your joy, don't get distracted.”

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Yvonne Liu. Writer. Adopee. Memoir-in-Progress @yvonneliuwriter.bsky.social · Jul 20

Having a blast! Encouraged to learn that more #AAPI parents are encouraging, (or at least allowing) their kids topursue writing: fiction, nonfiction, poetry or playwriting. Many of them have MFAs from top programs too. @sewaneewriters.bsky.social

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 21

All the world’s a stage, and all the #sewaneewriters merely karaoke stars. 🎤

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 19

Writers (not) at work.

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 17

We are just the tiniest bit happy to be back…

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jul 15

It’s go time!

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jun 30

We're floored by the talent joining us this summer for the 2025 Sewanee Writers' Conference!
Congrats to all of these fabulous writers. You're amazing on the page, and we can't wait to meet you in person!

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jun 27

SWC has started publishing craft essays as a resource for the larger writing community! We'd like to give a HUGE thanks to the Arts Build Communities grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission that made this venture possible.

#craftessays #writers #playwriting #fiction #nonfiction #poetry

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jun 3

Lydi Conklin's 'Songs of No Provenance' is out today! Lydi was a Walter E. Dalkin Fellow in 2024, and we couldn't be happier for them. Check out their socials to learn more about book tour dates and other events!

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · May 28

We are featured in Garden & Gun's "What's Happening in the South" as the Tennesee event of the summer!

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Mar 25

Some of our wonderful 2025 faculty and beloved staff members are participating @ AWP, and we couldn't be more excited! 🤩

See you in LA!

Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Mar 25

We are going to LA! Join us for our alumni reception on Friday, March 28, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Gold Ballroom 4 at the JW Marriott!

Also, don't forget to swing by our book fair table (#423) with the Sewanee Review and Sewanee School of Letters. Can't wait to see you there!

Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Mar 1

Today is March 1! That means it is the LAST DAY TO APPLY to come hang out with us this summer!

It is a quick app! You still have time! Go go go!

sewaneewriters.org/apply

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David DeGusta @davidwrites1.bsky.social · Jan 17

I got my start in fiction at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, which is now open for applications on their shiny new website … which they’re so excited about that they forgot to include it in their post. 😀 We’ve all been there, and here’s where they are - swc.sewanee.edu

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jan 17

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jan 17

PLAYWRITING
Cusi Cram
Adrian Einspanier
Talene Monahon
Jesús I. Valles

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jan 17

NONFICTION
Eula Biss
Jaquira Díaz
Melissa Febos
Lacy M. Johnson

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jan 17

POETRY
Cortney Lamar Charleston
Tarfia Faizullah
Donika Kelly
Nate Marshall
A. E. Stallings
Felicia Zamora

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · Jan 17

FICTION
Chris Bachelder
Venita Blackburn
Kirstin Chen
Vanessa Hua
Holly Goddard Jones
R.O. Kwon
Leigh Newman
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Akhil Sharma
Luis Alberto Urrea

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