Southern Voices 1993-1999

Southern Voices 1993
First Annual Conference – February 5–7
Theme: Echoes of the Past in the Contemporary South

Friday: Southern Voices Awards Dinner
Honoring Rosalynn Carter
Recipient of the 1993 Southern Voices Award for Distinguished Achievement
Program included:
- Welcome: Mayor Frank Skinner
- Candace Anderson – Songs of the Southern Voice
- John Seigenthaler – Introduction & Award Presentation
- Rosalynn Carter – Keynote Address
Saturday: Authors’ Conference
Featured Authors:
- Ann Patchett
- Wayne Flynt
- Vicki Covington
- Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn
- Nanci Kincaid
- Robert Reeves
- William Cobb
- Tim McLaurin
- Clifton Taulbert
Moderator:
Elaine Hughes
Sunday: Musical Performances
Voices on the Wind
Performers included:
- Candace Anderson
- John Cauthen
- Laura Vines
Additional groups:
- Sacred Harp Singers
- The Wooten Family
- The Birmingham Sunlights
Southern Voices 1994
Second Annual Conference – February 18–20
Theme: A Celebration of the South, Yesterday and Today

Friday: Southern Voices Awards Dinner
Honoring Shelby Foote
Recipient of the 1994 Southern Voices Award for Distinguished Achievement

Saturday: Authors’ Conference
Morning Session:
- Robert Olen Butler
- Paul Hemphill
- Lewis Nordan
Afternoon Session:
- Larry Brown
- Christina Baker Kline
- Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn
Moderator:
- Elaine Hughes
Sunday: Musical Celebration
Sisters of the South
Featured performers:
- Sheila Kay Adams
- Edna Chekelelee
- The New Coon Creek Girls
- The Gospel Harmonettes
- Sophie Tipton
- Louise Tomberlain
Southern Voices 1995
Third Annual Conference – February 17–19
Theme: A Celebration of the South, Yesterday and Today

Friday: Southern Voices Awards Dinner
Honoring Pat Conroy
Recipient of the 1995 Southern Voices Award for Distinguished Achievement

Saturday: Authors’ Conference
Featured Authors:
- Terry Kay
- Dannye Romine Powell
- Abraham Verghese
- Dori Sanders
- Charles Reagan Wilson
- Pinckney Benedict
Moderator:
- Elaine Hughes
Sunday: Theatrical Performance
Second Samuel
By Pamela Parker
On Stage: Southern Playwrights
- Pamela Parker
- Jim Grimsley
- Brad Bailey
Featured Exhibit
Jubilation Haus: Book One
By PAAAMA (Peter Prinz, Anne Arrasmith, Ann Benton, Armor Keller, Mary Ann Sampson)
Southern Voices 1996
Fourth Annual Conference – February 23–25
Theme: A Look Inside Southern Writers

Friday: Southern Voices Awards Dinner
Honoring Winston Groom
Recipient of the 1996 Southern Voices Award for Distinguished Achievement
Saturday: Authors’ Conference
Featured Authors:
- Sharyn McCrumb
- Louis Rubin
- Patricia Bell-Scott
- David Hunter
- Billie Letts
- Jill McCorkle
Moderator:
- Elaine Hughes
Sunday: On Stage
Peter Jenkins
Presentation and Photography Exhibit
The Untamed Coast
Southern Voices 1997
February 21–23, 1997
Hoover Public Library

Friday, February 21
Southern Voices Awards Dinner
Honoring Anne Rivers Siddons
Introduced by Pat Conroy

Saturday, February 22
Authors’ Conference Featuring
Fred Chappell
Robert Inman
Ashley Warlick
Lolis Eric Elie
Nancy Peacock
Judson Mitcham
Humanities Scholar / Moderator
Elaine Hughes

Sunday, February 23
A Higher Place in Heaven
Pamela Parker
On Stage: Southern Playwrights
Pamela Parker
Randy Marsh
A. Vastine Stabler

On Exhibit
The Art of Judith Taylor Rogers
Southern Voices 1998
Sixth Annual Conference – February 27–March 1
Theme: A Celebration of New Voices, New Directions

Friday: Southern Voices Awards Dinner
Honoring Gene Stallings
Recipient of the 1998 Southern Voices Award for Distinguished Achievement

Saturday: Authors’ Conference
Featured Authors
Kaye Gibbons
Lee May
Connie May Fowler
John Shelton Reed
Seale Harris Ballenger
Moderator / Humanities Scholar
Elaine Hughes

Sunday Performance
Alabama Troubadours
World Premiere Performance
Singer/Songwriter:
Karren Pell
On Stage Conversation with:
Karren Pell

On Exhibit
Photographs by Chip Cooper
1998 Southern Voices Featured Artist
Opening Reception & Silent Auction – Thursday, February 26
Southern Voices 1999
Seventh Annual Conference – February 26–28
Theme: Changing Identities

Friday: Awards Reception
Honoring Lee Smith
Recipient of the 1999 Southern Voices Award for Distinguished Achievement
Reception, presentation, and acceptance speech

Saturday: Authors’ Conference
Keynote Address
Lee Smith
Featured Authors
Susan Choi
Carter Coleman
Hal Crowther
Tony Horwitz
Phyllis Alesia Perry
June Spence
Moderator / Humanities Scholar
Elaine Hughes

Sunday Performance
Fair and Tender Ladies – A Musical Adaptation
Songs inspired by Lee Smith’s novel
Music Performers:
Tommy Goldsmith
Tom House
Karren Pell
Author appearance and closing comments by Lee Smith

On Exhibit
The Art of Bruce Crowe
1999 Southern Voices Featured Artist

1993

Rosalynn Carter (Copy) (Copy)

Rosalynn Carter (Copy) (Copy)

William Cobb (Copy) (Copy)

William Cobb (Copy) (Copy)

Vicki Covington (Copy) (Copy)

Vicki Covington (Copy) (Copy)

Wayne Flynt (Copy) (Copy)

Wayne Flynt (Copy) (Copy)

Nanci Kincaid (Copy) (Copy)

Nanci Kincaid (Copy) (Copy)

Tim McLaurin (Copy) (Copy)

Tim McLaurin (Copy) (Copy)

Ann Patchett (Copy) (Copy)

Ann Patchett (Copy) (Copy)

Robert Reeves (Copy) (Copy)

Robert Reeves (Copy) (Copy)

Clifton Taulbert (Copy) (Copy)

Clifton Taulbert (Copy) (Copy)

Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn (Copy) (Copy)

Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn (Copy) (Copy)

1994

Larry Brown (Copy) (Copy)

Larry Brown (Copy) (Copy)

Robert Olen Butler (Copy) (Copy)

Robert Olen Butler (Copy) (Copy)

Shelby Foote (Copy) (Copy)

Shelby Foote (Copy) (Copy)

Paul Hemphill (Copy) (Copy)

Paul Hemphill (Copy) (Copy)

Christina Baker Kline (Copy) (Copy)

Christina Baker Kline (Copy) (Copy)

Lewis Nordan (Copy) (Copy)

Lewis Nordan (Copy) (Copy)

Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn (Copy) (Copy)

Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn (Copy) (Copy)

1995

Pinckney Benedict (Copy) (Copy)

Pinckney Benedict (Copy) (Copy)

Pat Conroy (Copy) (Copy)

Pat Conroy (Copy) (Copy)

Terry Kay (Copy) (Copy)

Terry Kay (Copy) (Copy)

Dannye Romine Powell (Copy) (Copy)

Dannye Romine Powell (Copy) (Copy)

Dori Sanders (Copy) (Copy)

Dori Sanders (Copy) (Copy)

Abraham Vergese (Copy) (Copy)

Abraham Vergese (Copy) (Copy)

Charles Reagan Wilson (Copy) (Copy)

Charles Reagan Wilson (Copy) (Copy)

Second Samuel - Theatrical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

Second Samuel - Theatrical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

1996

Patricia Bell-Scott (Copy) (Copy)

Patricia Bell-Scott (Copy) (Copy)

Winston Groom (Copy) (Copy)

Winston Groom (Copy) (Copy)

David Hunter (Copy) (Copy)

David Hunter (Copy) (Copy)

Billie Letts (Copy) (Copy)

Billie Letts (Copy) (Copy)

Jill McCorkle (Copy) (Copy)

Jill McCorkle (Copy) (Copy)

Sharyn McCrumb (Copy) (Copy)

Sharyn McCrumb (Copy) (Copy)

Louis Rubin (Copy) (Copy)

Louis Rubin (Copy) (Copy)

Peter Jenkins - Author Talk and Photography Exhibition (Copy) (Copy)

Peter Jenkins - Author Talk and Photography Exhibition (Copy) (Copy)

1997

Fred Chappell (Copy) (Copy)

Fred Chappell (Copy) (Copy)

Pat Conroy (Copy) (Copy)

Pat Conroy (Copy) (Copy)

Lolis Eric Elie (Copy) (Copy)

Lolis Eric Elie (Copy) (Copy)

Robert Inman (Copy) (Copy)

Robert Inman (Copy) (Copy)

Judson Mitcham (Copy) (Copy)

Judson Mitcham (Copy) (Copy)

Nancy Peacock (Copy) (Copy)

Nancy Peacock (Copy) (Copy)

Anne Rivers Siddons (Copy) (Copy)

Anne Rivers Siddons (Copy) (Copy)

Ashley Warlick (Copy) (Copy)

Ashley Warlick (Copy) (Copy)

A Higher Place in Heaven - Theatrical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

A Higher Place in Heaven - Theatrical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

Judith Taylor Rogers (Copy) (Copy)

Judith Taylor Rogers (Copy) (Copy)

1998

Seal Harris Ballenger (Copy) (Copy)

Seal Harris Ballenger (Copy) (Copy)

Chip Cooper (Copy) (Copy)

Chip Cooper (Copy) (Copy)

Connie May Fowler (Copy) (Copy)

Connie May Fowler (Copy) (Copy)

Kaye Gibbons (Copy) (Copy)

Kaye Gibbons (Copy) (Copy)

Lee May (Copy) (Copy)

Lee May (Copy) (Copy)

John Shelton Reed (Copy) (Copy)

John Shelton Reed (Copy) (Copy)

Gene Stallings (Copy) (Copy)

Gene Stallings (Copy) (Copy)

Chip Cooper - Featured Artist (Copy) (Copy)

Chip Cooper - Featured Artist (Copy) (Copy)

Alabama Troubadour by Karren Pell - Musical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

Alabama Troubadour by Karren Pell - Musical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

Karren Pell - Musical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

Karren Pell - Musical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

1999

Susan Choi (Copy) (Copy)

Susan Choi (Copy) (Copy)

Carter Coleman (Copy) (Copy)

Carter Coleman (Copy) (Copy)

Hal Crowther (Copy) (Copy)

Hal Crowther (Copy) (Copy)

Tony Horowitz (Copy) (Copy)

Tony Horowitz (Copy) (Copy)

Phyllis Alesia Perry (Copy) (Copy)

Phyllis Alesia Perry (Copy) (Copy)

Lee Smith (Copy) (Copy)

Lee Smith (Copy) (Copy)

June Spence (Copy) (Copy)

June Spence (Copy) (Copy)

Bruce Crowe - Featured Artist (Copy) (Copy)

Bruce Crowe - Featured Artist (Copy) (Copy)

Songs inspired by the novel Fair and Tender Ladies - Musical Performance (Copy) (Copy)

Songs inspired by the novel Fair and Tender Ladies - Musical Performance (Copy) (Copy)