Celebration of Southern Writing
Featured guest Lee Smith discussed the special significance of "sense of place" in Southern literature and in her own fiction.
Video: John Hall sums up his adventures writing Headwaters: A Journey on Alabama Rivers, featuring photography by Beth Young.
Video: Becky Johnson discusses her award-winning article series about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In the long, proud tradition of southern literature, writers have often drawn on the region's unique natural heritage for inspiration and insight - from the haunting cypress swamps of Georgia, to the tall mountains of western North Carolina, to the rolling fields of the Virginia piedmont. As the South grows and changes, southern writers are increasingly exploring the relationship between nature and man. SELC's Reed Writing Award honors these story tellers who capture in words our landscapes and traditions in transition.
About the Reed Writing Award
The Reed Writing Award is given annually for published works in two categories, Non-fiction Book and Journalism, and is judged by some of the top environmental writers, journalists and activists of our time. Learn More
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Renowned southern writer Lee Smith was SELC's featured speaker at the Virginia Festival of the Book on March 20, drawing a crowd of more than 130 people to hear her talk, "A Sense of Place." In addition, the winners of this year's Reed awards were at the event and shared their own thoughts about the south's unique landscapes, and read from their winning entries. Congratulations again to John Hall, who won the Book award for Headwaters: A Journey on Alabama Rivers, and Becky Johnson, who won the Journalism award for "Celebrating 75 years of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park," published by Smoky Mountain Living.
Watch this space for news about our next writing award, which will begin this fall.
