Fellowship of Southern Writers

The Fellowship of Southern Writers is an American literary organization that celebrates the creative vitality of Southern writing as the mirror of a distinctive and cherished regional culture. Its fellowships and awards draw attention to outstanding literary achievement and help to nurture new talent.

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey introduces a 2013 event celebrating the Fellowship of Southern Writers at the Library of Congress.

The fellowship was founded in 1987 in Chattanooga, Tennessee by 21 Southern writers and other literary luminaries.[1] The group meets in every odd-numbered year, usually during the SouthWord Literature Festival hosted by the Southern Lit Alliance in Chattanooga, TN.

Charter members

Elected members

Awards and honors

  • The Hillsdale Prize for Fiction
  • The Hanes Prize for Poetry
  • The Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction
  • The Bryan Family Foundation Award for Drama
  • The Cecil Woods, Jr. Prize for Non-Fiction
  • The Fellowship's New Writing Award for Fiction
  • The C. Vann Woodward-John Hope Franklin Prize for the Writing of Southern History
  • The James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South
  • The Fellowship's New Award for Poetry
  • The Cleanth Brooks Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Southern Letters

See also

References

  1. ↑ newsobserver.com | Extending the lines
  2. ↑ Posthumous, Brown died before he was able to take his seat
  3. ↑ "A Literary Reunion". chapter16.org.
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