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The Alabama Writers' Forum
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Staff
Alabama State Council on the Arts Partnerships
Advertise With Us
Contact Us
Support AWF
Benefits of Membership
Join the Forum
Renew Your Membership
Donate to the Forum
Thanks to Our Supporters
Thanks to Our Sponsors
News & Reviews
Newsroom
Book Reviews
Book Review Search
Receive Literary News
Blogs
Teaching the Craft
Honing Your Craft
Young Voices
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Calendar
Annual Alabama Events
Submit Your Event
Opportunities
Calls for Submission
Writing Contests
Writers Groups
Writing Workshops
Writing Conferences
Writers Retreats
Submit Your Announcement
Programs
Harper Lee Award
The Alabama Book Festival
High School Literary Arts Awards
2021 HSLAA Online Submission Form
Writing Our Stories
Contemporary Alabama Authors Directory
Welcome to the Contemporary Alabama Authors Directory
Directory Search
Fiction Writers
Nonfiction Writers
Poets
Playwrights
Screenwriters
Writers for Children & Young Adults
Directory Registry
Literary Resources
The Poet Laureate of Alabama
Alabama Arts & Humanities Resources
Literary Journals
Alabama Literary Presses
National Organizations
WOS Curriculum Guide
Podcasts
Video Podcasts
Audio Podcasts
Alabama Arts Radio
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Store
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Inductees
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Induction Dinner Ticket Sales/Table Sponsors
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June
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2020
In Solidarity
March
5
,
2020
Alabama Writers Hall of Fame to Induct 7 in 2020
January
22
,
2020
Monroeville Literary Festival Announces 2020 Truman Capote Prize and Eugene Current-Garcia Award
January
10
,
2020
Patti Callahan Henry named recipient of the 2020 Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year
August
6
,
2019
An Afternoon with Daniel Wallace celebrates 25 years of service for Alabama literary arts
June
11
,
2019
Helen Keller Public Library presents DANIEL WALLACE, author of BIG FISH, as final program in writing series June 28
May
16
,
2019
Alabama Writers’ Forum to hold literary event with acclaimed Mobile author
April
18
,
2019
An Interview with Daniel Wallace, 2019 Harper Lee Award Winner
March
1
,
2019
Alabama Announces Garrett Whalen as 2019 Poetry Out Loud Champion
January
30
,
2019
Visiting Writers Series at Helen Keller Public Library to Feature Seven Authors
December
4
,
2018
Novelist Daniel Wallace named 2019 Harper Lee Award Winner
May
1
,
2018
Alabama Writers Hall of Fame Inducts Eight on May 24
March
13
,
2018
Jesseca Cornelson comments on her experience reviewing new talent in the Senior Portfolio category for the Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards
March
12
,
2018
Susie Paul comments on her experience reviewing new talent in poetry for the Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards
March
9
,
2018
W. B. Gerard comments on his experience reviewing new talent in the literary magazine category for the Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards
March
5
,
2018
James E. Cherry comments on his experience reviewing new talent in fiction for the Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards
February
13
,
2018
Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers wins 2018 Harper Lee Award
October
18
,
2017
Alabama Writers’ Forum publishes 20th anthology of writing by Alabama youth
August
3
,
2017
Alabama Writers Symposium Celebrates 20th Anniversary
by
Mike Odom
April
27
,
2017
Mobile Native Albert Murray to be honored May 4th at Mobile's Ben May Library
by
Jeanie Thompson
March
29
,
2017
Novelist Brad Watson to receive 2017 Harper Lee Award
December
27
,
2016
Carried Home: Alabama Writers and the Pulitzer Prize
by
Jeanie Thompson
July
13
,
2016
Trimble, Parsons receive ASCA individual arts fellowships
July
5
,
2016
Birmingham celebrates “Crazy In Alabama”
June
22
,
2016
DYS dedicates J. Walter Wood Treatment Facility
June
20
,
2016
Books-A-Million to present A Celebration of "Crazy in Alabama"
June
14
,
2016
ASCA announces $257,500 in fellowships and cultural facilities grants
June
14
,
2016
ASCA observes 50th anniversary
May
24
,
2016
Natasha Trethewey receives Hall-Waters Prize
May
23
,
2016
South Shelby students celebrate two new books
April
21
,
2016
High school students invited to enrol in summer writing workshop
April
21
,
2016
Nominations open for Poet Laureate of Alabama
April
20
,
2016
Pulitzer Prize winners announced
April
20
,
2016
Slash Pine Writers Festival takes place April 29-30 in Tuscaloosa
April
15
,
2016
Three Alabama authors honored at 2016 AWS
April
11
,
2016
Alabama Writers Hall of Fame to induct nine authors
April
5
,
2016
Former U.S. poet laureate to receive the Hall-Waters Prize
March
23
,
2016
AAAE and AAAC to present Celebrating Alabama ARTS
March
22
,
2016
HSLAA celebrates 21 years of literary excellence
March
15
,
2016
Historian Harvey Jackson receives UA’s 2016 Cason Award
March
15
,
2016
Marlin Barton to receive first Truman Capote Prize
March
14
,
2016
Alabama Book Festival announces 2016 author line-up
March
8
,
2016
The 11th Annual Alabama Book Festival
February
22
,
2016
Alabama mourns Harper Lee
February
17
,
2016
19th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium to discover The Elephant in the Room
February
17
,
2016
Huntsville student named Poetry Out Loud State Champion
February
16
,
2016
Pulitzer partnership to honor Alabama winners
February
11
,
2016
Former Forum board member elected chair of AHF board
February
9
,
2016
Alabama Poet Laureate and Writers Hall of Fame inductee Andrew Glaze dies
February
3
,
2016
Application Deadline for ASCA Literary Arts Fellowships is March 1
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