April 20, 2024
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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Kristi DeMeester
Horror/Thriller
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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
