Deep South Writers Festival seeks submissions
The Fall 2007 Deep South Festival of Writers seeks fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry submissions related to geographic displacement, trauma, nostalgia and loss. While we are especially interested in works exploring the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, submissions may interpret the concept of displacement broadly.
Fiction, non-fiction and drama submissions should be 8-14 pages. Poetry submissions should be no more than 5 pages. Please submit the entire manuscript to be presented.
Conference Dates: November 1 - 4, 2007
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2007
A hard copy of the submissions should be sent to:
The Deep South Festival of Writers
c/o Dayana Stetco, Director of Creative Writing
Department of English
University of Louisiana Lafayette
P.O. Box 44691
Lafayette, LA 70504-4691
For more information, please see the website:
http://english.louisiana.edu/deep-south/DeepSouth.html
One of the oldest literary conferences in the country, the Deep South Festival of Writers is an annual event run by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The festival encourages innovative cultural exchange by providing panel discussions, performances, readings and craft lectures by prominent artists and writers from across the nation. This year's featured writers include Mary Gaitskill, Rikki Ducornet and Ernest Gaines.
