A Creative Tradition
Agnes Scott College is known for fostering the creative spirit through the written word, and for almost 35 years the Writers’ Festival has brought renowned novelists, poets, playwrights and essayists to the campus. In the past, distinguished literary figures such as:
Julia Alvarez
Margaret Atwood
Eavan Boland
Peter Carey
James Dickey
Chitra Divakaruni
Rita Dove
Carolyn Forché
Jamaica Kincaid
Li-Young Lee
Gloria Naylor |
Marsha Norman ’69
Joyce Carol Oates
Tim O’Brien
Tillie Olsen
Bapsi Sidhwa
Jane Smiley
John Updike
Robert Penn Warren
Richard Wilbur
Joy Williams
and many others |
have shared their work and writing experiences with Agnes Scott and the larger Atlanta community.
Creative Writing Competition
Each year student writers from Georgia colleges and universities submit their fiction, poetry, personal essays and one-act plays to the Writers’ Festival contest. Agnes Scott publishes the finalists’ works in the festival magazine and the visiting writers award prizes for the best work in each category. All finalists attend a workshop with one of the visiting writers.
The 2008 submission deadline is December 15, 2007. Learn more
For more information
Contact Amber Dermont at adermont@agnesscott.edu.