Commemoration thumb|Welty's headstone at Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi In 1990, Steve Dorner named his e-mail program "Eudora", inspired by Welty's story "Why I Live at the P.O.""Historical Backgrounder ". Eudora.com. Retrieved November 28, 2011. Welty was reportedly "pleased and amused" by the tribute. In 1973, the state of Mississippi established May 2 as "Eudora Welty Day"." ". Mississippi Writers and Musicians, Retrieved March 17, 2012 Each October, Mississippi University for Women hosts the "Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium" to promote and celebrate the work of contemporary Southern writers."Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium" Mississippi University for Women. Retrieved November 28, 2011. Mississippi State University sculpture professor Critz Campbell has designed furniture inspired by Welty, that has been featured in Smithsonian magazine, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and Elle magazine, and on the Discovery Channel. A portrait of Eudora Welty hangs in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian; it was painted by her friend Mildred Nungester Wolfe. On September 10, 2018, Eudora Welty became the first author honored with a historical marker through the Mississippi Writers Trail. The historical marker was installed at the Eudora Welty House and Garden in Jackson, Mississippi.
Commemoration thumb|Welty's headstone at Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi In 1990, Steve Dorner named his e-mail program "Eudora", inspired by Welty's story "Why I Live at the P.O.""Historical Backgrounder ". Eudora.com. Retrieved November 28, 2011. Welty was reportedly "pleased and amused" by the tribute. In 1973, the state of Mississippi established May 2 as "Eudora Welty Day"." ". Mississippi Writers and Musicians, Retrieved March 17, 2012 Each October, Mississippi University for Women hosts the "Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium" to promote and celebrate the work of contemporary Southern writers."Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium" Mississippi University for Women. Retrieved November 28, 2011. Mississippi State University sculpture professor Critz Campbell has designed furniture inspired by Welty, that has been featured in Smithsonian magazine, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washingto,n Post and Elle magazine, and on the Discovery Channel. A portrait of Eudora Welty hangs in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian; it was painted by her friend Mildred Nungester Wolfe. On September 10 2018, Eudora Welty became the first author honored with a historical marker through the Mississippi Writers Trail. The historical marker was installed at the Eudora Welty House and Garden in Jackson, Mississippi.