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The Meacham Turns 40: A Workshop For Writers At UTC

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published March 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM EDT

UTC

(Aired Mon 3/17/25)

The Meacham Writers’ Workshop is one of the longest literary traditions here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

This week, the Meacham celebrates its 40th anniversary - with events free and open to the public - here at UTC and at Stove Works in Chattanooga.

From Wednesday through Saturday, the workshop will feature readings, receptions and special events with award-winning writers, UTC alums and emerging voices.

Sybil Baker - UC Foundation Professor and Associate Head of the Department of English - is Director of the Meacham Writers’ Workshop.

Richard Jackson is the workshop’s founding director.