38th Annual Welty Writers' Symposium
Inspired by Eudora Welty's story "Moon Lake"/p>
Program of the 38th Annual
October 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, 2026
The theme for this year's symposium is “''Like a Visitor from Nowhere': Encounters in the Uncanny South." It is inspired by Eudora Welty's story "Moon Lake" from The Golden Apples.
All sessions will be held in Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium of Poindexter Hall and also live-streamed for those who can't attend in person. All times listed are estimates. Books are available at the event and for purchase through The Bookend.
When It’s Darkness on the Delta
Keynote: October 22, 7:30pm
Walk the Night
Steeplechase
House of Smoke
The Longest Man-Made Beach in the World
Long Eye
Let All Our Ghosts Depart
When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women
thunder makes us
Dear Mothership
Let the Forrest Go
