Author David Joy to speak at Chautauqua Festival Creative Writing Awards Ceremony

North Carolina author, David Joy, will speak at the Wytheville Chautauqua Festival Creative Writing Awards Ceremony on June 21.

Joy’s reading is open to the public and begins at 3 p.m. at the Millwald Theatre, 205 West Main Street, Wytheville. The awards ceremony will follow Joy’s presentation.

Joy is the author of “Those We Thought We Knew” (winner of the 2023 Willie Morris Award), “When These Mountains Burn” (winner of the 2020 Dashiell Hammett Award), “The Line That Held Us” (winner of the 2018 Southern Book Prize), “The Weight of This World” and “Where All Light Tends to Go” (Edgar finalist for Best First Novel).

Joy lives in Tuckasegee, North Carolina.

The Chautauqua Creative Writing Contest is an annual contest sponsored by the Wythe Arts Council to encourage creative writing in our region. Each year, the Arts Council solicits entries to the contest, and during the festival, they host a creative writing awards day. During the ceremony, a guest author gives a presentation about their most recent work and/or writing in general. Award winners are then recognized followed by a discussion.

For more information about the Chautauqua Festival Creative Writing Contest or Awards Ceremony, please contact Julia Tomiak at [email protected], or visit the website: https://www.chautauquacreativewriting.wordpress.com.