2009 Manuscript Evaluations
Evaluators for 2009:
Brandi Bowles:
Agent -- The Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, NY
Paul Fedorko:
Agent -- Trident Media Group, NY
Jacqueline Hackett:
Agent -- Literary Works, Atlanta
John Helfers:
Editor -- Tekno Books, Green Bay
Patrick LoBrutto:
Editor -- Tor/Forge, Thomas Nelson, NY
Chip MacGregor:
Agent -- MacGregor Literary Agency, Portland, OR
Michele Poploff:
Editor -- Random House, NY
Maya Rock:
Agent -- The Writers House, NY
Katie Sulkowski:
Agent -- Creative Trust, Nashville
Poetry will be evaluated by
Poet, Anne Webster
Submissions for manuscript evaluations close on June 1, 2009.
Appointment times for manuscript evaluations at the conference will be included in your conference packet. You will not automatically be contacted with evaluator information. If you have questions about your evaluator or your appointment time, please contact adminhawc2009@gmail.com after June 10, 2009.
A manuscript evaluation and one-on-one meeting with an editor or agent are available to Saturday conference participants for $50 each. The time and location of your manuscript evaluation on Saturday, July 18 will be in your registration packet. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation are eligible for the Mark Austin Segura Award for Fiction, The Harriette Austin Award for Non-fiction, The Dixie Lee Connor Award for Exceptional Children’s Writing (includes fiction and non-fiction) and the HAWC Award for Poetry. Each carries a monetary value of $500. Prizes will be announced at the Saturday night dinner.
Manuscripts must be received by June 1, 2009. Submit TWO copies of your writing sample. You may include, but are not required to have, a cover letter, two-page synopsis, and up to the first 15 pages of your manuscript, double-spaced, typed or printed in 12-point font on standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. Secure with a paper clip only, no staples or binders.
Print and complete two copies of the submission checklist and attach one to each submission packet.
If you have questions about the manuscript evaluations, contact adminhawc2009@gmail.com.
Evaluators are assigned as manuscripts are received. HAWC cannot guarantee your preferred evaluator but will do everything possible to give you your first choice.
Make your check for $50 payable to HAWC Manuscript Evaluations, and mail two copies of your submission packet directly to:
Harriette Austin Writers Conference
Re: Manuscripts
1860 Barnett Shoals Road
Suite 103-426
Athens, GA 30605
Do not include your conference registration
with your manuscript submission.
All Saturday attendees of the conference are eligible to submit manuscripts for evaluation. Submissions received after June 1 or after the maximum amount of manuscripts are received will be returned unopened.
Poetry Evaluations
Discuss a small portfolio of 5-10 poems, up to 15 pages, with poet Anne Webster. Poetry evaluations are eligible for a writing prize, and may be requested in addition to a regular manuscript evaluation. Submit 2 copies of your poetry with the submission checklist.