Manuscript Submittals

Manuscript Review Information:

The manuscript deadline has been extended two weeks: July 7th, 2011 

SUBMIT TWO COPIES of your Manuscript with your check.

The time and location of your manuscript evaluation on Saturday, July 23 will be in your registration packet. Check with manuscript table with on sight questions.

A manuscript critique and a one-on-one meeting with an evaluator are available to registered conference participants for $50. Submit the first fifteen pages of your manuscript. Must be double spaced and typed or printed in 12 pt font on standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Secure with a paper clip only. No staples. No binders.

Label your manuscript as to genre or type and specify your preferred top 3 evaluators (We cannot guarantee your first choice).

No more than two evaluation submittals per participant will be accepted, please.

Make check for $50 payable to HAWC Manuscript Evaluations, and mail two copies of the writing sample.

Mail manuscripts with fee check for $50 per submittal to….

Harriette Austin Writers Conference

Re: Manuscripts

P.O.Box  5120

Athens, Georgia 30604

You must be registered for the conference to submit manuscripts for review by an evaluator.

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For additional questions about manuscripts for review contact

Scott Medine at evan654@gmail.com.

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Manuscript Awards

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Manuscripts submitted for evaluation are eligible for three awards,

I.      Mark Austin Segura Award for Fiction,

II.    Dixie Lee Connor Writing for Children or Young Adult Award,

III.  Ralph McInerny Memorial Award for Mystery Fiction, Novel or Short Story.

Winners will be announced at the Saturday night dinner.

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Evaluators

John Gilstrap

Pat LoBrutto
Paul S. Levine
Evelyn Coleman
Amanda Luedeke
Mary Kole
Loren Grossman
Robin Mizell
Janelle Walden Aygeman
Chuck Sambuchino
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Pat LoBrutto : Editor  Fiction and Non-Fiction specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Westerns, Military History and Mysteries.

Paul S. Levine : Agent  -  Fiction - Adventure, Business/Commerce, Children/Juvenile/Young Adult, Mainstream, Mystery, Politics/Law, Romance, Thrillers, Women’s Fiction, Non-Fiction Business / Commerce, Children/Juvenile/Young Adult, Contemporary/Popular Culture, How-To/ Self-Help, Politics/Law, Relationships, Sports

Amanda Luedeke : Agent  Represents general market and CBA spec fiction, YA, children’s fiction, post college-aged fiction and non-fiction, and literary fiction.

Mary Kole:  Agent   Young adult and middle grade novels and truly exceptional, funny, quirky and character-driven picture books

Robin Mizell : Agent  Prescriptive nonfiction, Long-form narrative journalism, Neuroscience, psychology, sociology, and popular culture, Memoir and biography, Literary and commercial  fiction, Young adult (not middle grade or children’s) fiction and nonfiction, Book-length short story collections

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