FEstival Schedule
Please share!
April 21 – 23, 2022
Most events will take place in the Fant Memorial Library: Session A events in the library’s tiered classroom, and Session B events in the GPG. The Keynote Address will take place Friday in the Whitfield-Rent Auditorium. Scroll down for a list of hotels.
Events are also being offered in virtual format.
Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for up-to-date information and related links.
Downloadable PDFThursday, April 21
Registration and Check-in
Fant Memorial Library
Brandy T. Wilson & T.K. Lee, Hosts
Welcome Address
Alec Hawkins, Thomas Richardson, Kyla Hanington, Exodus Brownlow
Spaces of Creation: Facilitating Collaboration Within Communities Through Writing
Fant Memorial Library
on your own
Dilettanti Release Party and Open Mic Night Social with SLF Literary Journal Undergraduate Writing Competition Winners Showcase
Fant Courtyard
Friday, April 22
Registration and Check-in with All-Day Festival Bookfair
Fant Memorial Library
Session A
Fiction: Michael Kardos
Writing Suspense
Tiered Classroom, Fant Memorial Library
Session B
Creative Nonfiction: Ellen Ann Fentress
The Academy Stories: Your School Story Is Essential History
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
Session A
Drama: Susan-Sojourna Collier
From the Page to the Stage: The Basics of Dramatic Writing
Tiered Classroom, Fant Memorial Library
Session B
CNF Winners Reading
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
on your own
Executive Committee Meeting, Location TBA
Session A
Fiction: Mary Miller
Good Mystery: Writing Engaging Fiction
Tiered Classroom, Fant Memorial Library
Session B
Drama Winners Reading
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
Session A
Poetry: C.T. Salazar
The Queer Southern Line in the 21st Century
Tiered Classroom, Fant Memorial Library
Session B
Formal Essay Winners Reading
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
Session A
Fiction: Becky Hagenston
Where to Begin: Starting a Story as a Structural Imitation
Tiered Classroom, Fant Memorial Library
Session B
Poetry Winners Reading
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
on your own
Ashley M. Jones
Keynote Address
Q&A after with
Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg
(Book Signing to follow)
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
Saturday, April 23
Session A
Poetry Panel: C.T. Salazar, Jacqueline Trimble, Thomas Richardson
Writing from the South: Three Poets and Their Process
Tiered Classroom, Fant Memorial Library
Session B
Fiction Winners Reading
GPG, Fant Memorial Library
Friendly City Books Coffee Social & Send-Off
118 N. 5th Street, Columbus, MS 39701
HOTELS
Hyatt Place Columbus (recommended)
101 Hospital Dr. / Columbus, MS 39701
+1 662-370-1800
Fairfield Inn Columbus (recommended)
2011 6th St N / Columbus, MS 39701
+1 866-430-2692
Hampton Inn & Suites
1915 6th Street North / Columbus, MS 39701
+1 662-245-1085
Courtyard by Marriott
1995 6th St N / Columbus, MS 39701
+1 662-245-1540
Holiday Inn Express
2000 6th Street North / Columbus, MS 39701
+1 662-245-6133
