2027 Festival

At UT Martin April 1-3, 2027

the competition

Learn how to enter the 2027 Competition
Deadline: December 1, 2026

membership benefits

Join us for the 2027 Southern Literary Festival

Keynote Speaker

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Breakout Session

Not // Your High School Poetry: Forms and Generative Writing

Presented by Winshen Liu

Friday, April 5
9-10:15 a.m.
Room 322

Winshen Liu

Winshen Liu is from Illinois. She has worked with K-12 students for years and holds degrees in anthropology and computer science. Her poems have appeared in BRINK, Cincinnati Review, Gordon Square Review, Poetry Ireland Review, The Rumpus, and Southeast Review, among others. Like many, she is grateful for poetry readers and is working on her first novel. You can follow her work at winshenliu.com.