Griot and Grey Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference

Griot and Grey Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference The first & only conference for Black Southern creative writers in Durham, NC. Registration open! Nov 1st-3rd, 2024

🦉✨‼️ Calling all Black Southern authors, poets, journalists, educators, artists, and literary dreamers! ✨ Griot & Grey O...
06/05/2026

🦉✨‼️ Calling all Black Southern authors, poets, journalists, educators, artists, and literary dreamers! ✨

Griot & Grey Owl is now accepting workshop, panel, or event proposals for our 2026 conference, We Were Never Meant to Survive: Rest, Resilience, and Radical Joy.

Have a panel, workshop, reading, conversation, or creative offering that speaks to our theme? We want to hear from you.

📅 Proposal Deadline: July 5, 2026 ( link to form in bio)

Join us as we gather to imagine, create, heal, and celebrate the brilliance of Black Southern storytelling. 🦉🤎

We're also hiring a grant writing and communications coordinator. Send resume & portfolio to [email protected].

05/09/2026

These moments couldn’t be recreated.
The laughter that turned into healing.
The room that felt like home.

Last year wasn’t just an event…
it was a reminder of what happens when we show up for each other.

Griot & Grey Owl 2026 is coming!
Nov 13-15 Durham, NC
Don’t miss it twice.

04/09/2026

Rest easy… we got it from here.

GGO 26 is on the way. R.R.R.!!!!
Durham, NC | Nov 13–15

If you know, you know.
If you don’t… you will.

A Thank You Note From the Founders 💛✨Hey family! After seeing all of your beautiful recaps, Eric and I realized we hadn’...
11/18/2025

A Thank You Note From the Founders 💛✨

Hey family! After seeing all of your beautiful recaps, Eric and I realized we hadn’t shared our own thank you yet! We’ve been moving nonstop, but our hearts are full.

On behalf of both of us, thank you to every single person who attended, volunteered, spoke, partnered, donated, encouraged, or helped organize this year’s Griot & Grey Owl Black Southern Writers Conference. You made this year unforgettable.








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and more, thank you!!!!!!

2025 was our biggest year yet:
✨ 400+ attendees
✨ 30 vendors
✨ 30 volunteers
✨ Nearly 40 speakers
✨ 35 partners
✨ Over $90k in grants + support

We’re so grateful for this community and for the love you pour into Griot & Grey Owl year after year. Thank you for helping us build a true home for Black Southern storytelling.

With love,
Khalisa & Eric Thompson
Co-Founders & Co-Directors, Griot & Grey Owl

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 Griot and Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference: Carolina Gold this past ...
11/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 Griot and Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference: Carolina Gold this past weekend! We have many thanks, messages, and baskets to pass out, but we wanted to send a special thank you to all sponsors, donors, volunteers, team members, board, attendees, and vendors! This was truly one for the books! Record attendance, outstanding support, phenomenal sessions; we couldn't have asked for a better weekend celebration! Stay turned and stay informed by signing up for our newsletter on griotandgreyowl.org! GGO26 is gonna be bananazzz! Can't wait to see you there!!! 🌟 🤩 ⭐️ 🌠 💫

Happy First Day of the Griot and Grey Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference! Make your way to the Underground on 201 Main...
11/08/2025

Happy First Day of the Griot and Grey Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference! Make your way to the Underground on 201 Main St. Next session starts at 11AM!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!!

If you’re having trouble finding the locations of any events over the weekend, look no further! These are the gps locati...
11/07/2025

If you’re having trouble finding the locations of any events over the weekend, look no further! These are the gps locations/images of the venues we’ll be operating out of.

Hey, y’all, please check out the program for the conference. It lists every panel, ceremony, and after party you’ll want...
11/07/2025

Hey, y’all, please check out the program for the conference. It lists every panel, ceremony, and after party you’ll want to attend this weekend. Our first event is Saltwater Memory: Gullah Geechee Culture, Language and Lineage. See y’all there!

Conference tomorrow & we hype!!!!!!
11/07/2025

Conference tomorrow & we hype!!!!!!

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Durham, NC
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