This year’s Southern Christian Writers Conference will be held on June 7–8 at Valley View Baptist Church in Leeds (Birmingham area), Alabama. The event will feature keynote speakers David Bennett, Edna Ellison and Grace Hitchcock along with numerous workshops on a myriad of writing topics.
The annual conference is the flagship event for the SCWC, which was founded in 1991 and today welcomes around 150 participants to the June workshop while also holding other activities and events throughout the years for writers of faith. It works in ministry partnership with TAB Media.
“My family started the conference more than three decades ago with the intention of providing Christian writers a unique experience,” SCWC coordinator Cheryl Wray said. “We’re so pleased that we’re still able to offer this conference for writers from across the region.”
Speakers
Keynote presentations at this year’s conference will be delivered by David Bennett, an editor at Lifeway Resource’s Home Life and Open Door magazines; Edna Ellison, a book author and “guru of Christian mentoring”; and Grace Hitchock, an award-winning inspirational novelist of books published by Barbour, Bethany House, Kregel, and other Christian publishers.
A total of 24 workshops will be offered throughout the weekend, including topics such as working with a publisher, writing memoirs, songwriting, blogging, writing children’s books, writing inspirational novels, using Amazon KDP, social media marketing, making audiobooks, writing for magazines, and much more.
Other features of the conference include the announcement of the winners of the 2024 SCWC Writing Awards, a share and critique party, a book room where attendees can sell their books, prayer room, worship experiences, three meals, and more.
All writers welcome
“The conference is a wonderful weekend with many opportunities for both successful and aspiring writers,” Wray said. “We want to give writers of all levels a variety of activities that will meet them where they are on the writing journey.”
Doors open for the conference on Friday at 11:30 a.m. and the conference concludes on Saturday at 4 p.m. Registration is officially open now and will close on June 5 or whenever the conference reaches its capacity at 135 attendees. Registration costs $125 for both days or $65 for one day (Friday or Saturday).
Virtual access to the Southern Christian Writers Conference is also available; it includes all keynote presentations, 15-20 select workshops, and other activities. The online conference is available via the SCWC YouTube channel.
Email Cheryl Wray at scwritersconference@gmail.com for more information or to receive a link for registration. You can also learn more at the conference website (southernchristianwriters.my.canva.site), the conference blog (southernchristianwriters.blogspot.com) or the Facebook group (“Southern Christian Writers Conference”). The event address is Valley View Baptist Church, 7254 President St, Leeds, AL 35094.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Cheryl Wray.
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