Sewanee Writers’ Conference

The Sewanee Writers ‘Association Conference is a writers’ conference is held every summer on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee . The conference was founded in 1989 by director Wyatt Prunty and is largely financed by a donation from the estate of renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams . ^[1] The conference takes place over twelve days, during which participants attend writing workshops, lectures, panel presentations, lectures on the art of poetry, fiction and playwriting, and many social events.