2016 AWC Writing Conference

The Alabama Writers Conclave is one of America’s oldest writing conferences, offering education and community to writers at all levels of poetry and prose since 1923. All Poets and Writers are invited to this year’s gathering in Birmingham. The conference lineup includes workshops in memoir, creative non-fiction, web building, writing for children and teens, poetry, and much more. Have your narrative fiction professionally critiqued by author and actress, Barbara Kyle (submission deadline to TK@tkthorne.com June 20th).

Workshops and Speakers

Scene Stealers: Secrets to Creating Powerful Scenes (Barbara Kyle)
A Time To Blog (Javacia Browser Harris)
Demystifying The Mystery Genre (Kaye George)
Telling The Truth With A Twist (Joey Kennedy)
Poets Without Borders: Writing Without Restraint (Barry Marks)
There’s More Than “Me” To Memoir (Jessica Handler)
Your Website: Build It So They Will Come (Megan Cary)
The Alpha & Omega of Stories: Why Beginnings & Endings Are So Important (T.J. Beitelman)
Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: Writing for Children & Teens (Irene Latham)
Writing Historical Persona Poetry (Jeanie Thompson)
How Not To Be Published (Liz Reed, Latham, Sue B. Walker)
Romancing The Book: The Birth, Life, & Rebirth Of Your Literary Masterpiece (Jim Reed)
Editing & Revision: You Gotta Be Crazy! (Barry Marks)
Not Your Grandmother’s Writer Or How To Write Environmental Fiction (Clair Datnow)
All the World’s A Stage: The Actor Inside the Writer (Barbara Kyle)