2025 festival

At Blue Mountain Christian University, April 3-5, 2025

the competition

Eligibility, rules, and how to enter the undergraduate writing competition (deadline: December 6, 2024)

membership benefits

Join us for the 2025 Southern Literary Festival

Members Schools

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Member Schools
Host School — Southern Literary Festival

Blue Mountain chrstian university (BMCu)

Blue Mountain College (now Blue Mountain Christian University) was the site of the inaugural Southern Literary Festival in 1937.

Location:
Blue Mountain, MS

Undergraduate Enrollment:
925

Available Undergraduate Programs in English:
English, Writing Emphasis
English, Literature Emphasis

English Department Faculty:
Dr. Elizabeth Crews, Associate Professor of English


Dr. Connor Fisher, Assistant Professor of Writing and Literature
Dr. Mikki Galliher, Chair of the Department of Language & Literature & Associate Professor of English
Dr. Nancy K. Kerns, Associate Professor of English