Natchez Literary & Cinema Celebration

Conference Co-Sponsors

Co-Lin, the City of Natchez, the Adams County Board of Supervisors, Visit Natchez, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Humanities Council, and the generous contributions of individuals and businesses throughout the state and region.

Co-Chairmen

The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration has won numerous awards for its outstanding programming. They include a Cultural Olympiad Award, Best Event of the Year Award at the Governor's Conference on Tourism, the Mississippi Tourism Award, the Mississippi Historical Society's Award of Merit, the Mississippi Humanities Council Humanities Achievement Award, the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi Award, and the 2011 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.

The NLCC has been called by official evaluators "Mississippi's most significant annual conference devoted to literature, history, film, and culture."

Begun in 1990 by Copiah-Lincoln Community College and sponsored now by Co-Lin and Mississippi Department of Archives and History with support of the Natchez National Historical Park, the Celebration annually presents a theme-based lecture series enhanced by films, field trips, workshops, exhibits, book signings, concerts, and discussions. The conference is made possible in part by the Mississippi Humanities Council through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The conference is also made possible in part by a $100,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant that was successfully matched dollar for dollar.

Hotels providing special group rates for the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration are:

Other Natchez Sites to Visit

For questions and ticket orders, call 601.446.1104 or email nlcc@colin.edu.

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