2021 Scholastic Writing Award Winners Invited To Send Photos for Welty Foundation Website Gallery

Although the Eudora Welty Foundation and Welty House and Garden are unable to have a Scholastic Writing Awards ceremony this year in keeping with safety precautions regarding the Coronavirus, we are pleased to share photos of the 2021 awards winners here. Schools and individual winners are invited to send digital photos to Sally Birdsall, administrator […] Read more »

Celebrate Flowers, Plant Sale, and Spring (Soon) at the Welty House and Garden

The Welty House and Garden is showing off signs of Spring as well as an abundance of camellia blossoms and is offering special opportunities to share them with you. Each month they are celebrating Bouquet Days when guests are welcome to schedule a walk through the Welty Garden with a staff member who will help […] Read more »

Welty Book Club: Sign Up Now To Read and Discuss with Ron Rash His Novella Based on “Serena”

It’s not too late to join! The last three weeks of the current edition of the virtual Welty At Home Book Club will be held on Mondays February 8, 15, and 22 at 12 noon CST. In the Valley by Ron Rash, his latest book of short stories, concludes with the novella “In the Valley,” […] Read more »

Teachers Invited To Apply for Virtual Welty CEU Workshop Set for February 26

“Eudora Welty’s Digital Future” will be the theme of the 2021 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) workshop for K-12 teachers and college instructors coordinated by the Eudora Welty House and Garden. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, February 26 from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.  Held virtually using Zoom, the workshop space is limited to 50 […] Read more »