AWC + SJW present 

Your Writing Conference Game Plan: How to Prepare, Connect & Get Results

August 20 at 6:30 p.m. CT

Learn how to make the most of the Alabama Writers Cooperative Annual Conference -- or any writing conference -- at this free workshop. We'll cover how to prepare for the conference, tips for connecting with other attendees and for pitching your book idea,  and how to leave the event with what you need to move your writing career forward. 

Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cCHGwF7sRbus9WWSR5eO2w

Catherine Hamrick started her career in print, working at Southern Living, Cooking Light, Southern Accents, Better Homes and Gardens, and Meredith Books. She taught writing and communication arts before jumping into digital marketing as the copywriter/content strategist at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Hamrick's poetry and prose have appeared in The Blue Mountain Review, Appalachian Review, Appalachian Places, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, storySouth, The Citron Review, and elsewhere. Madville Publishing released her collection, The Tears of Things: Poems, in 2025. Find her online at catherinehamrick.com.

Javacia Harris Bowser is the executive editor of the Birmingham Times and the founder of See Jane Write, a website and community for women who write. She’s the author of the award-winning essay collection Find Your Way Back: How to Write Your Way Through Anything and is a recipient of the 2022 Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship. She has written for several media outlets including ELLE magazine, Good Housekeeping, Good Grit, and Shondaland.com. 

Weaving Nature Into Fiction and Nonfiction will be an in-person, interactive presentation from author Claire Datnow.

Claire Datnow is the author of “The Adventures of The Sizzling Six” series and The Four Elements Climate Trilogy.

Join Claire at the North Shelby Library on April 6, 2026 from 6-7:30 PM.

The presentation will be held in the Mueller Annex Classroom at North Shelby Library Branch at 5521 Cahaba Valley Rd, Birmingham, AL.

Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 10:30AM

Scottsboro Public Library

1002 South Broad Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768

Join author Sonja McGiboney - creator of more than 30 children’s books - for an informative presentation on the self-publishing process.

In this presentation, she will share practical insights and guidance for writers interested in bringing their story ideas to publication.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM

Join the Alabama Writers' Cooperative and See Jane Write for a live Q&A with Lizz Schumer -- the senior books editor at People Magazine. Lizz oversees all things books on all platforms at People and previously led books coverage at Good Housekeeping Magazine, where she founded the Good Housekeeping Book Club. She has also written for Woman's Day, Prevention, the New York Times, and many other publications. She's also a writing coach at the New York Writing Room, teaches journalism courses at New York University and is the author of Biography of a Body and Buffalo Steel.

REGISTRATION FOR THE ZOOM SESSION

https://lizzschumer.com/

Join children’s author Sonja McGiboney as she gives an in-person presentation on writing and publishing children’s books.

The presentation will be held at the Gadsden Public Library at 5 PM on Thursday, November 13th!

All are welcome to attend!

Connect with Sonja on a multitude of platforms:

https://www.jazzysbooks.com/

https://sonjamcgiboney.wixsite.com/sonjamcgiboney

https://www.facebook.com/SonjaMcG/

https://www.youtube.com/@sonjasbooks 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19471190.Sonja_McGiboney

https://bsky.app/profile/sonjamcg.bsky.social

https://www.instagram.com/sonjatheauthor/

See Jane Write and Alabama Writers’ Cooperative present a free personal branding workshop via Zoom featuring See Jane Write founder Javacia Harris Bowser.

Register Here: https://forms.gle/rvVvC98KRBktrsGB7

You will receive an email with the Zoom link on Tuesday morning, October 14.

SJW + AWC Workshop

Brand You: Building Your Author Platform

featuring Javacia Harris Bowser of See Jane Write

In this workshop, Javacia will cover practical ways writers can build their personal brands and find community and how both can boost their writing careers.

ABOUT JAVACIA

Javacia Harris Bowser is an award-winning freelance journalist and the author of the essay collection Find Your Way Back: How to Write Your Way Through Anything. In Birmingham, she’s best known as the founder of See Jane Write, website and community for women who write that Javacia founded in 2011. Today, See Jane Write serves and brings together women from across the country and around the world. 

Because of See Jane Write, Javacia was included in Southern Living magazine’s list of Innovators Changing the South, alongside household names like Dolly Parton and Reese Witherspoon. Her personal brand has also landed her opportunities to write for major publications such as ELLE magazine, Good Housekeeping magazine, and BET.com. 

A recipient of the 2022 Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship, Javacia has also received multiple awards from the National Federation of Press Women, Alabama Media Association and the Alabama Press Association.