SWA 32nd Annual Conference Instructors and Classes

Agent: Peter Miller

Based in New York, Peter Miller, President

of PMA, has established contacts

nationally and internationally with publishers,

writers, writers’ groups and the

media. Mr. Miller stays in close contact

with studio, network, cable and film production

company executives as well as

with West Coast-based agents, managers

and writers. PMA maintains an aggressive

pursuit of new Clients and properties.

We support a liberal “open door”

policy of new submissions and are constantly

reviewing a steady (and growing)

stream of manuscripts and projects. Handling

the selection, evaluation and development

of properties, and conducting

the company’s submissions around the

world, is the PMA Staff in New York City.

Advanced Fiction: Lou Aronica

Lou Aronica has earned a reputation

throughout the publishing industry for

his creative vision, his commitment to

commercial fiction and his unparalleled

passion for genre publishing. During his

tenure at three of the largest mass market

publishing houses in the country, he

launched the premier science fiction and

mystery imprints in the business and also

presided over the largest growth period in

the history of the #1 single-title romance

program. Currently President of The Fiction

Studio, Aronica’s first novel, The

Forever Year, was published in 2003 and

his second, Flash and Dazzle, will appear

in 2007.

Writers Toolbox: Vicki Hinze

Author of twenty-one novels, three nonfiction

books and hundreds of nonfiction

articles, many for international publications,

Hinze currently has an additional

three books under contract. After cocreating

the first single-title open-ended

continuity series, she turned to military

life and has been is credited with a Career

Achievement Award. Her willingness

to take risks and blaze trails has won her

many prestigious awards and nominations

Marge Smith (aka Elizabeth Sinclair)

Co-founder of the First Coast Romance

Writers of Jacksonville, FL in 1992 Smith

has been honored with three Board of

Director’s Service Awards and the SARA

(Service Award for Romance Advancement).

She now belongs to five RWA

affiliated chapters, including Outreach

International, for which she served for

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Georgia Press Association’s premier recognition

for her weekly column, The Focus

On and was nominated for Georgia

Author of the Year and for the Townsend

Prize for Fiction in 2000. Her poems

have appeared in a variety of magazines

and she garnered first place in poetry in

SWA’s poetry competition in 2001. She

was married to the now-late USAF Major

Hugh D. Alderman and, in 1985, changed

her given name to Annabel. She has a collection

of heartbreak verse under the title

of Lost Loves Don’t Count.

Humor: Darrell Huckaby

Born and raised in the North Georgia mill

village of Porterdale, Darrell Huckaby

now lives in Conyers with his wife, Lisa,

and their three children, Jamie, Jackson,

and Jenna. He teaches AP US History and

Current issues at Heritage High School

and his syndicated newspaper columns

appear in a number of papers across the

state and his What the Huck? commentary

can be heard on the Moby in the

Morning radio show every Wednesday

morning at 7:35. A proud graduate of the

University of Georgia, Huck is the author

of six books and travels extensively across

the South, speaking to church and civic

organizations as well as corporate functions.

His down home humor and unique

reflections on life in the South “the way it

was, the way it used to be, and the way it

ought to be” make him a favorite with his

readers and on the banquet circuit.

Non-Fiction: Dennis Hensley

A columnist and contributing editor for

four magazines, including Writer’s Journal,

he is the author of six novels, 39

nonfiction books, and more than 3,000

freelance newspaper and magazine articles.

He has written eight textbooks

on professional writing, including How

to Write What You Love and Make a

Living at It , Teach Yourself Grammar

and Style in 24 Hours , and The Freelance

Writer’s Handbook . Each year

Dr. Hensley serves as a judge for the

Christy Fiction Awards, the Gold Medallion

Awards, and the Evangelical Press

Association Awards. He is a recipient of

numerous honors, including the “Dorothy

Hamilton Memorial Writing Award.”

Dr. Hensley has been a writer in residence

or guest professor at Oxford University

and more than 60 other colleges.

a year as Write Fielder in their Clues

Program.She also received of the 1998

Moonlight Award from the Georgia Romance

Writers

Fiction: Heywood Smith

The Atlanta native now lives in Boston,

where she can be close to her son and

daughter-in-law, and precious new grandson.

The Red Hat Club was on the New

York Times Bestseller List. The paperback

edition of Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch

appeared on both the USA Today’s list

and the New York Times Extended Bestseller

List. Watch for her newest books,

The Red Hats Ride Again and Ladies of

the Lake, coming soon!

Writing for Children: Holly McClure

Holly McClure is a literary agent with

Sullivan Maxx Literary Agency. She is

also the author of four published books.

Secrets And Ghost Horses is the first

book in her Low Country Mystery Series

for Young adults. Lightning Creek is an

adult suspense thriller. Twisted Hair is

the story of a Cherokee holy man based

on stories she heard from her Cherokee

mother’s people. Her non-fiction book,

Soul Journey, is a guide for spiritual

and psychological transformation. She

holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology

and enjoys digging in the dirt in search

of knowledge of our ancestors. Holly is

a frequent speaker and writing instructor.

MapQuest for Writers:Bill Olsen

Olsen’s movies have been seen by audiences

worldwide. Olsen received a

Juror’s Citation Award at the North Carolina

Film Festival for “Southern Belles.”

Olsen produced two DVD’s for Robert

Moog, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer.

Olsen teaches screenwriting courses and

workshops across the South, and critiques

screenplays for the North Carolina Writers

Network. His first movie has been

re-released on DVD for worldwide distribution.

Olsen serves on the Board of

Directors of the Communications Dept. at

Lenoir Rhyne College.

Poetry: Annabel Alderman

Annabel Alderman was born Elsie Griner

Jr. in Nashville, Georgia and educated

in the local public schools. She now

lives and writes in her hometown. In

1999, Mercer University Press published

her first novel, Family Man. She won

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TUITION & DUES:

Tuition does not include lodging or meals, except for Award Dinner. See information on next page for Epworth-

by-the-Sea American plan and other lodging options. NO tuition will be REFUNDED if manuscripts

have been submitted. One-year membership included with Early Bird and Full Week Tuition. Life Members,

subtract $35 from tuition.

PAYMENT ENCLOSED (check one): □Early Bird Registration for Workshop only (postmarked by April 1, 2007)..........................................$359.00 □Full Week Tuition regular price (postmarked after 4/1).........................................................................$399.00

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MANUSCRIPTS DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS MAY 1, 2007 (postmark)

Note: Include copt of complete registration form for manuscript evaluation and contest entry:

Please check the categories to which you are submitting:

Evaluation Categories Contests

□Humor □Angel Award for Holiday - Seasonal Writing □Juvenile □Harry Rubin Limerick □Nonfiction □Hudson Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy

□Novel □Sullivan Maxx “The First Five Pages” Fiction

□Poetry □ThomasMax “You Are Published” Award

□Screenplay □YA-M. L. Brown Young Adult Fiction

□Short Fiction

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Mr & Mrs Lee Harvey

Manuscript Coordinators

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Manuscript Submission

& Evaluation Guidelines

Submission deadline is

May 1, 2007(postmarked)

• Submit ONE manuscript each in up to THREE separate

Evaluation Categories.

• Submit to any or all Additional Contests

• All manuscripts must be previously unpublished.

• Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced on white paper.

Include a cover sheet with title, author’s name/address/phone

&category/contest.

• ONLY the title and page numbers should appear on the

manuscript. NO author information on the manuscript.

• A minimum THREE-DAY REGISTRATION is required to

receive a manuscript conference.

• A photocopy or printout of the registration form is required.

• No tuition refund if manuscripts have been submitted.

• Specific guidelines are below for each category and contest.

• MANUSCRIPTS POSTMARKED AFTER THE DEADLINE

WILL BE DISQUALIFIED & DISCARDED.

Authors will be notified.

Manuscript Evaluation Category Guidelines

• Novel: The first chapter and a five-page synopsis: Lou

Aronica or Heywood Smith

• Nonfiction - Complete manuscript not over 1500 words;

Book - same as Novel: Dennis Hensley

• Poetry: Smith Moseley Award: No more than 100 lines (one

long poem or several short poems): Annabel Alderman

• Juvenile Writing - Daphne Cantrell Chambless Award:

Complete manuscript not over 2500 words; Book - same as

Novel: Holly McClure

• Short Fiction - LeRoy Spruill Award: Complete manuscript

not over 3000 words: Vicki Hinze & Marge Smith

• The Jarvis Humor Award: Complete manuscript not over

1000 HILARIOUS words: Darrell Huckaby

• Screenplay: (evaluation ONLY): William Olsen

Contests (no evaluation conferences)

No manuscripts will be accepted for playwriting.

• The Harry Rubin Limerick Award: 3 limericks.

• The Hudson Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy: A

short story of 3000 word max. For work in SF/Fantasy and

related genres.

• The M. L. Brown Award for Young Adult Literature:

True-life fiction ( a fictional journal/play-by-play of somebody’s

life like the “Adrian Mole” series by Sue Townsend) or Fantasy

Fiction (like the “Star Shards Trilogy by Neil Shusterman) 3000

words max. This contest will be judged by teenaged readers.

• The SWA Best OVERALL Fiction Award: To be chosen

from the first place winners in Novel, Juvenile and Short Fiction

categories.

• The Angel Award for Holiday Seasonal Writing: Short fiction,

poetry or essays of 1200 words max. about the holiday

season. NO book length manuscripts.

• Sullivan Maxx “The First Five Pages” Contest - First five

pages of a fiction manuscript, cover letter and 1-page synopsis.

• ThomasMax “You are Published” Contest See http://www.

thomasmax.com/contest.htm for rules or send SASE to

“You are Published,” P O Box 250054, Atlanta 30325.

Southeastern Writers Association

Sheila Hudson, Registrar

161 Woodstone Drive

Athens GA 30605

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Non-fiction, Poetry, Humor

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