AWC + SJW present a Virtual Workshop - August 20th at 6:30 PM
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.
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.
