The 12th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium was a huge success with record-setting attendance! Mark your calendar now for April 29-May 1, 2010 to enjoy the premier celebration of Alabama writers for those who love to read!

    Thank you to all who traveled to Monroeville April 30-May 2, 2009 to make the 12th Annual Symposium our best ever! We appreciate all of our writers and scholars for their participation: Nancy Anderson, Philip Beidler, Jake Berry, Rick Bragg, Alan Brown, Kirk Curnutt, Tim Dorsey, Robert Gray, John Hafner, Carolyn Haines, Bert Hitchcock, Frank Turner Hollon, Jennifer Horne, Ravi Howard, Hank Lazer, Allison Moorer, Don Noble, Julia Oliver, Jennifer Paddock, Tito Perdue, Gin Phillips, Michael Piafsky, Jeanie Thompson and Sue Brannan Walker.

Congratulations to Rick Bragg, Harper Lee Award winner for Alabama's Distinguished Writer 2009, and to John Hafner, Eugene Current-Garcia Award winner for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar 2009. (Shown above) The awards are made possible through a generous grant from George F. Landegger, Alabama River Pulp Company.

    Check back soon for updates on our 2010 event!

If you were not able to spend the weekend in Monroeville for the 12th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium please check out what you missed!! Click here for a "highlight slideshow."

The symposium is a project of the Alabama Center for Literary Arts and is sponsored by Alabama Southern Community College.

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