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SUMMARY:Alabama Writers' Cooperative 2024 Conference\, September 6-8 at Orange Beach!
DESCRIPTION:AWC Conference 2024 Registration\n\n\nSeptember 6-8\, 2024 \nThe Alabama Writers’ Cooperative presents this year’s conference in beautiful Orange Beach\, AL! \nOur focus is to nurture and engage a diverse community of Alabama writers with this year’s conference\, and we’re pleased with how the backgrounds and expertise of our faculty reflect that focus. \nRegistration is required. Manuscript consultations and First-page critiques are available to AWC members only. \nPlease follow the link below to become a member or to renew your membership if you’d like to register for one of these options\, before you continue to registration. Annual membership is $25. \nalabamawriterscooperative.org/membership \n\nAWC Conference 2024 Registration\n\n\nSeptember 6-8\, 2024 \nThe Alabama Writers’ Cooperative presents this year’s conference in beautiful Orange Beach\, AL! \nOur focus is to nurture and engage a diverse community of Alabama writers with this year’s conference\, and we’re pleased with how the backgrounds and expertise of our faculty reflect that focus. \nRegistration is required. Manuscript consultations and First-page critiques are available to AWC members only. \nPlease follow the link below to become a member or to renew your membership if you’d like to register for one of these options\, before you continue to registration. Annual membership is $25. \nalabamawriterscooperative.org/membership \nAbout this year’s conference: \nPrices:\n– Full Conference – $175 (includes awards dinner) \n– Student Discount – $150 \n– Saturday Workshops Only – $100 \n– Saturday Awards Dinner – $60 \nThe conference will include manuscript consultations and a first-page reading at no additional charge for Full Conference attendees. AWC membership is required. These spaces are first come\, first serve. Space is limited. \nManuscript Consultations: \nMembers may submit up to 10 pages. Each will be discussed during one-on-one sessions on Friday afternoon.\n– Caleb Johnson (fiction) will accept the first 8 registrations.\n– Sue Brannan Walker (poetry) will accept the first 8 registrations.\n– Brooke Champagne (nonfiction) will accept the first 8 registrations. \nFirst-page Reading:\nThe conference will also include a First-page Critique\, where AWC members may submit the first page of their manuscript in progress to Aimee Hardy. She will read as many submissions aloud as time permits\, providing comments on what’s working and what’s not\, and giving general advice on what agents are looking for. This will be informative for participants to observe even if they don’t submit their first page. \n  \nKeynote Address: \nThe keynote speaker for Saturday’s Awards Dinner is JavaciaHarris Bowser. \n  \nAWC’s Annual Membership Meeting: \nSunday’s line up will feature the AWC annual membership meeting where AWC members will vote for next year’s board members. \n  \nLocation: \n*All workshops\, open mic\, awards dinner\, and hotel will be located on Canal Rd. within a 4-mile stretch. \n  \nFriday\, Saturday & Sunday workshops \nOrange Beach Community Center \n27235 Canal Rd. \nOrange Beach\, AL 36561 \n  \nWine Down Social & Awards Dinner \nMagnolia Hall (located behind BuzzCatz Coffee & Sweets) \n25689 Canal Rd Suite C \nOrange Beach\, AL 36561 \n  \nHotel: \nSpringhill Suites – Orange Beach at the Wharf \n$145 per night – AWC group rate \nwww.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1715202895586&key=GRP&app=resvlink \n***Hotel reservations must be made on or before August 7\, 2024 to receive the AWC group rate*** \nConference Schedule \nFriday 9/6/24: \nOrange Beach Community Center \n  \n12:30 PM Bookstore Check-In & Networking \n  \n1:00 PM   Don Noble – “Confessions of a Book Critic”\n2:00 PM   Matthew Layne – “The State of Alabama’s Libraries”\n3:00 PM   Barbara Barcellona Smith – “Let’s Write Books! Perspectives from the Writer of Let’s Eat Snails!”\n4:00 PM    Hallie Christensen and Emma Fox – “Writing Fantasy Novels for Young Readers” \n  \n1:00-5:00 PM Manuscript Consultations \n  \n5:00-5:30 PM Network & Netwine (BYOB) the Community Center has a refrigerator & ice machine \n5:30-6:30 PM Open Mic \n7:00 PM Bookstore Closes \n  \n7:00 PM (Optional) Opening Night After Party at The Galway Irish Public House – 2301 E 2nd St\, Gulf Shores\, AL \n  \nSaturday 9/7/24: \nOrange Beach Community Center \n  \n8:30 AM Bookstore Opens & Networking \n  \n9:00 AM (Concurrent) Tina Mozelle Braziel and Jim Braziel – “Writing in Place” \n*This workshop ONLY – will be located at Orange Beach Waterfront Park – 26425 Canal Rd \n9:00 A.M (Concurrent) Don Keith – “Going Beyond Getting Ready to Start to Commence to Begin Thinking About Writing or Completing Your Novel” \n10:00 AM    Sue Walker and Saundra Grace – “Publishing Your Poetry Manuscript”\n11:00 AM    Aimee Hardy – “First-page Critique”\nLUNCH ON YOUR OWN\n1:00 PM    Melissa Carrigee and Mandy Haynes – Publishing Panel: “Queries\, Proposals\, and Submissions”\n2:00 PM    T.K. Thorne and Debra Goldstein – “Understanding the Art of Mystery Writing”\n3:00 PM    Jason McCall – “Music Writing and the EkphrasticTradition”\n4:00 PM    Neal Wooten – “Make ‘Em Laugh” \n  \n5:30 PM Bookstore Closes \n  \n6:00 PM Wine Down Social – Magnolia Hall (located behind BuzzCatz Coffee & Sweets) 25689 Canal Rd Suite C \n  \n7:00 PM Awards Dinner – Magnolia Hall \nKeynote Address: Javacia Harris Bowser – “Write With the Whole World in Your Arms: Building Writing Communities” \n  \nSunday 9/8/24 \nOrange Beach Community Center \n  \n7:30 AM Bookstore Opens & Networking \n  \n8:00 AM    Don Keith and Neal Wooten – “Beyond the Big Five: Assessing the Publishing Landscape”\n9:00 AM    Aimee Hardy – “Taking the Leap: How to Jump from Short Story- and Poetry-Writing to Novel-Writing”\n10:00 AM    Mike Turner – “Strategic Management for Impactful Writing” \n11:00 AM AWC Annual Membership Meeting \n  \n12:30 PM Bookstore Check-Out \n 
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-writers-cooperative-2024-conference-september-6-8-at-orange-beach/
LOCATION:Oarange Beach Community Center\, 27235 Canal Rd.\, Orange Beach\, AL\, 36561\, United States
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