The Alabama Writing Workshop is a one-day writers conference in Birmingham, AL (March 27, 2026) with classes, literary agent pitching, critiques, and more. Info: https://alabamawritingworkshop.com/ Take steps to get your writing published.

Don't miss the Rocky Heights Book Fair & Young Author Press Awards Launch in Homewood, Alabama on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This free community event will highlight authors of all ages. Vendor spaces are available and affordable -- a great opportunity to sell your books.

Learn more at https://www.rockyheightsbinding.com/book-fair-event/

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.

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Prospective attendees should register at the link below in order to receive a link prior to the Zoom session.

REGISTRATION FOR THE ZOOM SESSION

Image courtesy of the office of Governor Kay Ivey

Jacqueline Trimble

Dr. Jacqueline Trimble will serve from January 2026 to December 2029 as Alabama’s 14th Poet Laureate.

After the election at the 2025 AWC Annual Conference, Dr. Trimble had this to share with AWC’s voting body:

“Alabama has been blessed with a rich literary tradition. The talent that exists and has always existed here is second to none. I am honored, humbled, and deeply moved by the faith the Alabama Writers Cooperative and the writers of Alabama have placed in me to be the chief champion of poetry in this state. I walk in the footsteps of wonderful poet laureates, and I hope to continue their work of bringing well-deserved attention to this state’s literary abundance. The world needs to know our Alabama poets, and I look forward to working with organizations and individual artists to encourage emerging and established writers, create new ways of engaging readers, and support the beautiful and important work of poetry in this state.”

“Jacqueline Trimble elected Alabama’s next poet laureate” (GulfCoastMedia.com)

“Meet the new Alabama Poet Laureate, Jacqueline Allen Trimble” (AlabamaNewsCenter.com)

“Jacqueline Allen Trimble, English Professor at HBCU, to Serve as New Poet Laureate for State of Alabama” (Birmingham Times)

“Alabama Poet Laureate Commission Dr. Jacqueline Trimble” (from the office of Governor Kay Ivey)