Are you a published author?

Spaces are available at the 2008 HAWC Booksigning for published authors who are attending the conference. See our Booksigning page for more information.

Online registration now available!

Click here to register online through the Georgia Center.

Remember our 10% off Early Bird Special runs through May 1--10% off conference registration (does not include meals or lodging).

Schedule change!

Unfortunately, Robert Vaughan has had to withdraw from HAWC 2008 for a family wedding--we'll miss him at the conference, but if he can't be with us, we're glad it's for a happy occasion. Best wishes to the bride and groom!

Handsome Young and Talented: Dac Crossley

Friend of the HAWC and published author Dac Crossley is profiled in the Athens Banner-Herald.

Read his blog here.

Buy his book here--you'll be glad you did!

Early Bird Special!

Register for HAWC 2008 by May 1, 2008 and get 10% off!

Discount applies to conference tuition only, not meals or lodging. Contact the Georgia Center for Continuing Education at 800-884-1381 or 706-542-6596 to register by phone, or see our brochure to register by mail. Online registration will be available by April 18.

An invitation from Jackie Miles!

Hi y'all! I'll be at Barnes & Noble at the Avenue Shopping Ctr., at Webb Gin, 1350 Scenic Hwy., Snellville, 770 979-0138, this Friday, April 11, at 7 p.m. to launch Divorcing Dwayne. Won't you please come?
All best,
Jackie Miles


Jackie Miles will have two Saturday workshops and will review manuscripts at HAWC 2008.

Atlanta Creativity Exchange

We're happy to share information about conferences and other events of interest to writers. If you're organizing an event you'd like to see here, and would be willing to link back to us or have HAWC 2008 flyers at your event, please contact hawcwebmaster@gmail.com

Alan Black, a presenter at HAWC 2008, is one of the organizers of the Atlanta Creativity Exchange. For more information, see www.atlantacreativity.org

Come learn how to expand your skills and knowledge creatively to reach higher levels of innovation in your corporate and private life. The Atlanta Creativity Exchange is a three-day experiential series of programs for professional, educational and personal creativity — a collection of 90-minute concurrent sessions presented by the best creativity leaders from North America and around the world.

The Atlanta Creativity Exchange exposes you to a wide range of perspectives on the research and practice of deliberate creativity. You will learn how to build value through innovation in your business or your school. And on top of our scheduled programs, there are evening discussions, dialog sessions, music, dancing, and just plain fun.

The Atlanta Creativity Exchange is focused on 3 tracks:
Creativity in the workplace
Creativity in the classroom
Creativity in your life

HAWC 2008 Brochures are (almost) in the Mail

Our 2008 brochures have been sent to the printer and should be in your mailbox by mid-April. We have an exciting group of agents, editors, experts, and authors to share with you! Conference registration is available by phone, fax, mail, and through the web.

A Writer's Vision Quest

We're happy to post information other writers conferences here. If you have a writers conference you'd like to see here, and would be willing to link back to us or have HAWC 2008 flyers at your event, please contact hawcwebmaster@gmail.com

For more information about A Writer's Quest, including the weekly writing workshops held at the same location, click here.

April 25 - 27, THE VILLAGE AT INDIAN SPRINGS & GENERATIONS GALLERY OFFER "A WRITER'S QUEST: TAPPING INTO YOUR NATIVE SPIRIT". Drawing on the Native-American history of Indian Springs, the conference enables beginning writers and professional to interact with successful authors and publishing representatives in a fun non-threatening setting through seminars and activities. The conference is designed to serve up to 50 participants (plus authors). Programs represent a variety of genres, including mystery, memoir, novel, and magazine writing. Among the presenters are authors Rosemary Danniell, Ed Grisamore, 1960 NASCAR Champion Rex White, Walter Sorrells, Dr. Catherine Meeks and Indigo Publishing. The cost for the 3 day conference is $150.00 which includes a Continental breaksfast on Saturday and Sunday, a Mix and Mingle Cash Bar and Casual Banquet at the Historic Ante Bellum Hanes Mansion Saturday evening and lunch Saturday in the Historical Botanical Rose Garden. For additional information or reservations call: 770-227-4002 or 1-800-352-7212 Visa, MasterCard and Checks accepted. To have informtion (schedule of events, etc.) emailed or mailed to contact Andi Kulp andi@phaseonedesign.com

Cherry Weiner returns to HAWC 2008

Cherry Weiner has been agenting since 1977. She started out by handling science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She now handles all genres. Among the "all genres" she handles a good number of fairly well-known authors in the field of Romance, Westerns and Native American Works. Some nonfiction has even crept into the mix but no poetry. Her experience being more tentative she tries not to handle children's and young adult manuscripts, but a few of her authors are writing for young adults so she is making a tentative run at that genre.