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2025 Conference

What: Southern Storytellers Reading & Awards Luncheon

When: Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, 2025

Where: Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Address: 501 W. 9th, Little Rock AR 72201

Cost:
Friday Zoom only - FREE
Friday and Saturday - $50.00

Time:
Friday 5/16: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Saturday 5/17: 11:30am to 1:30pm

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2025 RWS Conference Keynote Speaker: Phyllis R. Dixon

Ms. Phyllis R. Dixon is the author of the novels, Forty Acres, Down Home Blues, Intermission and A Taste for More. She is also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul. She is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has also lived in Minneapolis, Houston, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Welcome Ms. Dixon to our 2025 conference!

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2025 Conference Agenda (tentative)

5/16 - Friday (5:30PM - 7:30PM)
Virtual (via Zoom)

Introduction
Mini Workshop
Southern Readers
Poetry Readers

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5/17 - Saturday (11:30AM - 1:30PM) 
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (MTCC)

Keynote speaker
Lunch
Awards
Book Vending
Tour of MTCC

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Previous Conference Photos

Brittany talks social media ...

Renee coaches editing ...

Iris speaks on publishing ...

A few of the happy attendees...

Networking ...

Phyllis delivers holistic healing ...

Participants enjoying a break...

Janis assists with writing prompt ...

Winthrop Rockefeller Institute ...