Highlands Writers Conference
Discover your community. Develop your voice.
Highlands Writers Conference – March 2, 2019
Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville Campus
Cartersville, GA
Spend the day with acclaimed authors, including: prize-winning poet Christopher Martin, memoirist and Vice President of Membership for the National Books Critics Circle Anjali Enjeti, and Charles Thomas, screenwriter and host of the podcast Atlanta Film Chat.
Featured Reader: Ray Atkins
In 2017, Atkins was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Georgia Writers Association. Set List is his latest novel. His first novel, The Front Porch Prophet, was published in 2008 and was awarded the Georgia Author of the Year Award for First Novel. His second novel, Sorrow Wood, was published in 2009. His third novel, Camp Redemption, was released in 2013 and was awarded the Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction and the 2014 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Fiction. His fourth novel, Sweetwater Blues, was a Townsend Prize nominee, the 2015 Georgia Author of the Year runner-up for fiction, and the 2016 selection for One Book, Many Voices. South of the Etowah, his first creative non-fiction book, was released in 2016. It was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was named the 2016 Lincoln Memorial University Appalachian Book of the Year.
Get tips from a panel of publishers and writers, including: Will Donnelly, fiction editor and social media coordinator for Juked magazine; Anna Sandy-Elrod, current Editor in Chief of New South and Managing Editor of Muse/A; and, Nury Castillo Campbell, CEO/Founder of 1010 Publishing.
Pricing
Full Day Registration: $45
Includes two workshops, publishing panel, and a catered lunch presentation.
Discount Registration for students: $10
Available to all area high school and college students.
Manuscript Consultation with Ray Atkins: $25
Includes a thirty-minute conversation with Ray about your work. Whether you’ve got a manuscript ready to publish or the start of an idea for a book, this is a great opportunity to draw on the expertise of a seasoned writer.
Registration: To register, go to hwc.highlands.edu
More information: email hwc@highlands.edu or visit our Facebook page, @highlandswriters