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April 24-26, 2026

Word of South

Thank you to our 2026 Sustaining Members!

Festival Friends

  • Linda & Rick Hyson
  • Jerri Hanna
  • Anna Bertolucci & Nigel Allen
  • Julie Lovelace & Burt Davy
  • Kim & Greg Shafer
  • Elizabeth Swiman
  • Rachelle McClure & Bayard Stern

Super Sustainers

  • Jeff Peters
  • James Wright
  • Terry P. Lewis
  • April Salter & Chris Fagiano
  • Grant Gelhardt
  • Val & Dave Cureton
  • Laura Gayle Green
  • Debie Leonard
  • Jonathan Klepper & Jimmy Cole
  • Julie & Everitt Drew
  • Jeanne Kimball
  • Jeanne Lykes
  • Cynthia Tie & John Taylor
  • Lee Hinkle
  • Lana & Lamar Taylor
  • Brad & Kate Kile
  • Susan J. Leigh
  • Paula & Tim Fortunas
  • Kelly & Laurie Dozier
  • Mark Hendrickson
  • Brian & Sara Batchelder
  • Jann Bellamy
  • Bernie & Lisa Waxman
  • Kathleen Laufenberg
  • Dan Taylor & Tony Archer
  • Mary Ann Lindley
  • Wellington Meffert & Cari Roth
  • Martin Kavka & Phillip Y. ‘Tip’ Tomberlin, Jr.
  • Julie & Michael McBride

Sustainers

  • Margaret Bivens
  • Gregg Patterson
  • Cam Fentriss
  • Meredith Trammell
  • Bill Cooper
  • Katherine Butler & John Tomasino
  • Tish & Bob Ricker
  • Mark G. Striffler
  • Sharon Rolfes
  • Sally & Paul Bradshaw
  • Gloria & Jesse Colvin
  • Teri Cleeland
  • Janet E. Hartman
  • Meg & John Paschal
  • Loretta Westveer & Ken Winker
  • Mary & Dennis Register
  • Hetal Desai & Patrick McGuire
  • Diana Gallego
  • Thomas Wentworth
  • Amy & Tim Center
  • Kenny & Maggie Schultz
  • Jay Wallace
  • Laurie Kolmer
  • Sarah Harris & Tigger Gray
  • Jo Ann & David Prescott
  • Betty Steffens
  • Daniel Pullen
  • Gayle Nelson
  • Helen & Dustin Paulson
  • Anne & Tim Selvey
  • The Normansons
  • Janet & Louis Chernoff
  • Jane & Steve Menton
  • Chrys & Owen Goodwyne
  • Eva Daigle
  • Jerome
  • Jana E. Mcconnaughhay & Chad Henry
  • Kitty & John Jenkins
  • Michelle & Kristi Bono
  • Nancy Wright
  • Betty & Tom Beck
  • Janet Bowman
  • Jim Cobbe
  • Stephen LaRosa MD
  • Marilyn Yon
  • Gaye & Jeff Johnson
  • Polly Straughen
  • Fran McLean
  • Elece Harrison
  • Patricia & Charles Badland
  • Allison & Barry Tant Richard
  • Kelsey James
  • Richard Pearlman
  • Amanda Stringer
  • Andrea & Beecher Herz
  • Clint & Robin Braswell
  • B P Hodge
  • Peggy & Lo Bielby
  • Enrique Alvarez
  • Mary Chiles
  • Heather & Robert Telfer
  • Pamela Stimpson Aveling
  • Dan Nelson