You want to be a better writer and we want to help. 

When you register for the Crossroads Writers Conference you're getting a full day of personal instruction and community building time with proven writers who have been in your shoes and want to help you grow, no matter what level you're at.

Plus, we're throwing in a social breakfast hour, lunch and a cool Crossroads book tote.

The conference begins with a kick-off on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7pm featuring live music, the live recording of an olde tyme radio show (think "Prarie Home Companion" by way of London) and great featured speakers.

On Saturday, February 27, 2010, conference registration begins at 7:30am and soon after, you'll be learning from a bunch of amazing, talented, professional writers.

Like...

•       Steve Almond – Random House author of the upcoming Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life as well as Candyfreak and My Life in Heavy Metal.
  • Judith Ortiz-Cofer – NEA Fellow and author of A Love Story Beginning in Spanish: Poems and many more.
  • Jack McDevitt – Nebula Award winning author of Seeker, The Engines of God, Time Travelers Never Die and several more.
  • Mara Shalhoup – Editor in Chief of Creative Loafing; author of BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
  • Ad Hudler – Former Maconite famous for his Househusband books and his Macon-influenced Southern Living
  • Lauretta Hannon – Middle Georgia native who has birthed a movement with her memoir, The Cracker Queen
  • Jeffrey Stepakoff – former writer for shows like The Wonder Years and Dawson’s Creek; author of Fireworks Over Toccoa (St. Martin's)
  • Barry Reese - pulp fiction author of The Rook series, Rabbit Heart and former Marvel Comics writer.
  • Megan Sexton - an editor for Five Points journal and poet whose chapbook, Insects & Mystics, won the Redbone Chapbook Award.
  • Fulvia Lindsay – writer for TV's CSI; working on her first television pilot
  • Carroll Rogers – staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, covers the Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Thrashers
  • Candice Dyer – author of Street Singers, Soul Shakers, and Rebels With a Cause: The Music of Macon
  • Emilie Bush - former GA Gazette host and Steampunk author of Chenda and the Airship Brofman
  • doris davenport - poet with six published books, most recently madness like morning glories and a hunger for moonlight and coordinator of Albany State University's Annual Poetry Festival

From now until February 14, 2010, students get in for $20 and everyone else can register for $40.

After Valentine's Day, it's $25 for students and $50 for regular registration.

(Students must include school email address.)

If you have any questions, please let us know! chris(at)crossroadscon(dot)org