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The 21st Southern Writers Symposium:
Created by English professor Sue Kimball in 1982, the Southern Writers Symposium includes scholarly presentations as well readings and lectures by contemporary authors. Featured speakers have included such scholars as John Shelton Reed, Louis D. Rubin, and Trudier Harris, as well as contemporary writers such as Lee Smith, Reynolds Price, and Marsha Norman. Call for Papers For the 2011 conference, organizers seek papers that explore connections between the literature of the U.S. South and that of the rest of the Americas, including Latin American literature, Canadian literature, and literature associated with the United States as a whole rather than with the South in particular. Presenters might explore ways in which specific southern writers, general trends in southern literature, and themes considered uniquely southern connect to writers, trends, and themes outside the U.S. South but within the Americas. The organizers especially solicit proposals for papers or panels exploring the relationship between southern and Latin American literature. Building on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's claim that "Latin America begins at the Mason Dixon line," the twenty-first Southern Writers Symposium will highlight similarities and influences connecting the literatures produced below that line. However, papers exploring connections between the South and the rest of the United States, and/or Canada, are also welcome. The deadline for 250-word abstracts is October 15. For more information, please click on the links to the right or contact the conference director: Emily Wright Emerging Fiction Writers Contest In 2011, the Southern Writers Symposium will launch its first ever emerging writers contest. Winning writers will share their work in a Saturday session. For further information on the contest, click here or contact Brenda Jernigan Volunteers are available to assist persons with disabilities. If
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