Media release from Georgia Highlands College:
The School of Humanities at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) announces that registration is now open for the eighth annual Highlands Writers Conference.
The event, held on the school’s Cartersville campus each spring, allows students and local writers to meet with and attend workshops given by professional writers.
This year’s conference will be held March 8 from 9AM to 4PM at the Cartersville site and is free to GHC students, staff and faculty. Registration is $50 for the community and includes lunch and a commemorative gift. Registration for virtual only participants is $25 and includes two online only workshops and a broadcast of the keynote speaker.
“Our conference allows our students, faculty and members of the community to meet and work with professional writers in an intimate setting right in their own neighborhood,” said Danielle Swanson, the director of the conference and the GHC English and Spanish Division Chair. “I’m particularly excited about this year’s keynote speaker and the changes we have made to the digital portion of the conference. It will be another excellent event for sure.”
Keynote speaker Marcela Fuentes’s debut novel “Malas” made a splash on the literary scene, winning multiple literary awards and being chosen as the June 2024 “Good Morning America” Book Club pick.
“This has such an excellent connection to our Latino Literature course,” said Swanson, adding the Dean of Humanities teaches that class and was instrumental in bringing Fuentes to the conference.
For the first time, the conference will offer virtual-only workshops in addition to the face-to-face sessions.
“This change is in direct response to feedback from last year’s event,” Swanson said.
The Cartersville campus is located at 5441 Highway 20 NE, Cartersville, GA 30121.
Learn more and register today at https://sites.highlands.edu/humanities/highlands-writers-conference/
