2026 Festival

At UT Chattanooga, April 9-11, 2026

the competition

The next SLF Undergraduate Writing Competition is now open with a deadline of Dec. 1, 2025.

membership benefits

Join us for the 2026 Southern Literary Festival

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Member Schools

University of Mississippi

Location:
Oxford, MS

Undergraduate Enrollment:
16,179

Available Undergraduate Programs in English:
English

English Department Faculty:
Ignatius Adetayo Alabi, Associate Professor of English


Patrick E Alexander, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies
Sarah Elizabeth Baechle, Assistant Professor of English
Monika Rani Bhagat-Kennedy, Assistant Professor of English
Matthew R Bondurant, Associate Professor of English
Erin Elizabeth Drew, Associate Professor of English
Leigh Anne Duck, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Cinema
Cristin E Ellis, Associate Professor of English
Beth Ann Fennelly, Professor of English
Ann Fisher-Wirth, Professor of English and Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Services
Tommy G Franklin, Associate Professor of Fiction Writing
Ari Friedlander, Assistant Professor of English
Melissa Allee Ginsburg, Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing
Adam Stefan Gussow, Professor of English and Southern Studies
Jaime Lynn Harker, Director of the Isom Center and Professor of English