Georgia Writers Association
with

Barnes & Noble Book Stores
presents the

5th Annual Spring Festival
for
WRITERS & READERS
Novelists - Poets - Screen/Playwriters - Children's Writers - Biographers
Journalists - Inspirational Writers - Teachers - Ghost Writers
Humorists - Editors - Agents - Publishers - Storytellers

Saturday, May 19, 2001
10 AM to 7 PM

Smyrna Community Center
200 Village Green Circle (off Atlanta Road)
Smyrna, Georgia
Directions: 770/431-2842

22 Different Workshops
5th annual Spring Festival Workshops

Keino Campbell - Navigating & Negotiating Publishing Contracts

John Clausen - Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal
Connie Dodge & Janice Butt - Connecting Oral Tradition and Writing Technique
Steven Harvey - The Perils of the Personal in Personal Essays
Marilyn Segal and Carolyn Cohen - Writing, Healing, Winning
Mardeene Mitchell - Jump-Start Your Writing Career & Your Life
Dianna Edwards - Catalog Design: The Art of Creating Desire
Faye McDonald Smith - Promotion: That Other "P" Word
Barbara LeBey - Writing a Nonfiction Book
Connie Baechler - Manuscript Critiquing
Nora DeLoach - How to Create Memorable Characters
Jimmy Jacobs - Writing for the Outdoor Magazine Market
Stephen Corey & Stephen Bluestone - Poetry, From Inspiration to Publication
Beau Cutts - Writing for Newspapers & Magazines
Ann Fisher - Every Writer Needs an Editor
Bobbie Christmas - Raise Your IQ (Imagination Quotient) With Creative Writing Exercises
Eric Haney - The Publishing Adventure of a Delta Force Soldier
Hugh Mitchell Bouvier - The Poetry of Screenwriting
Brad Strickland - Kids Love a Mystery
Sandra Chastain - Writing Proposals (for Business or Fiction)
Amy Burton & Kevin Manus - From Editorial to Publicity, an Editor and Publicist Speak
Dan Johnston - Journaling for Your Health

Learn from the experts about:

Editing, Agents, Publishing, Marketing & Publicity
and the Writing Life

Lots of FREE STUFF - Information, Magazines, Markets, Etc.

speak with and buy the books of
Georgia Author of the Year Awards

Nominees & Winners

Milam McGraw Propst - Brad Strickland - Barbara Jones - Barbara LeBey - Stephen Corey
Nora DeLoach - Jimmy Jacobs - Faye McDonald Smith - Mark Meltzer - Clark Howard
Jaclyn Weldon White - Sandra Chastain - Steven Harvey - John White Jr.
Marilyn Segal & Carolyn Cohen - Stephen Bluestone - Dianna Edwards - Mary Padgelek
John Poole - Kathy Williams - M.J. Swaby - Denise Williams - Michelle Casto
Lorenzo Whitestone - Jerry Lee Davis - Hugh Mitchell Bouvier - John Clausen - Gary Corseri
Bobbie Christmas - Cathy Harris - Rene Saldana, Jr. - Linda Lee Harper - Stephen Wing - Barbara Duffey - and others
Reading & signing books on:
Fiction - History - Children's/Young Adult - Poetry - Mystery
Romance - Spirit/Inspiration - SciFi/Fantasy - How-to, etc.

Heart of Georgia Labyrinth
a personal experience of growth and spirit for all ages


Story Time for Children 10 am - 12 noon
Children under 16 FREE when accompanied by Book Lover adult*

Good & hearty eatables by Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods
at prices everyone can afford

ENTRY FEES:

General Admission $50
Advance Registration
Please be patient and allow time for loading
$45
Members' Price $35 (w/Membership Renewal - $25)
Student Writers (to 18) $20
*Book Lovers (no workshops; kids free with an adult) $5

Not a member yet?  Join us now or at the festival
$30 one year membership - to June 30, 2002
Home