Save the date!
The 2025 Red Clay Writers Conference will be held on Saturday, April 26th, 2025, at the Kennesaw State University Marietta Campus. We will update our site and send out a big announcement very soon, so stay tuned!
2024 Panelist
Keynote Speaker
Chantel Acevedo
Talented, award winning, middle grade writer, Chantel Acevedo, is the author of Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse and Muse Squad: The Mystery of the Tenth (a middle grade duet) and The Curse on Obstacle Key.
John Lewis Grant Recipients
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Cocoa Williams
2023 John Lewis Grant Poetry Recipient
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Netta Fei
2023 John Lewis Grant Fiction Recipient
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Kristi Robin Johnson
2023 John Lewis Grant Nonfiction Recipient
Georgia Writers’ Inaugural LGBTQIA+ Grant Recipients
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Rosalie Adebiyi
Screenwriting Recipient
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Ryan Camesa
Nonfiction Recipient
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Jessica Demarco - Jacobson
Fiction Recipient
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Meredith Stafford
Poetry Recipient
Romance Panelists
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Regina Black
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Sierra Isley
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Vanessa Riley
Specilty Panelists
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Jonathan French
Fantasy/Sci-fi
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Jeffery Greene
Video Game Writing
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Victoria LeGrange
Video Game Writing
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Mitch Olson
Screenwriting
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Julia Skinner
Cookbook Writing
Publishing Panelists
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Kim Conrey
Published Author
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Angela DeCaires
BookLogix
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Kurt Milberger
Editorial Director
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George Weinstein
Published Author
Fiction Panelists
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Brynn Barineau
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Kimberly Brock
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Dr. Tony Grooms
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Robert Gwaltney Jr.
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Michaeljulius Y. Idani
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Mary McMyne
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Wanda Morris
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Jill Evans
Creative Nonfiction Panelists
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Dr. Regina Bradley
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Josina Guess
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Megan Volpert
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Greg Wrenn
Poetry Panelists
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Mario Chard
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Dr. Valerie A. Smith
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Dr. Monica Weatherly
