Donny will present a workshop, "Writing and Publishing for Children and Young Adults at the 2nd Annual Northwest Georgia Valley Writers Conference at the Harris Arts Center in Calhoun, GA, Saturday, May 7, 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM in the 2nd Floor Community Room. Donny will talk about the difference between writing for children and adults, different book catergories in children's literature, structure, character, setting and more. She'll also reveal how she got her debut children's middle grade novel, Gone From These Woods, published by Random House and will help workshop participants identify a strategy to bat the odds and get their own manuscripts published. To learn more about this workshop, which features author Jackie Miles as the keynote speaker, and workshops by Amanda Gable, Jessica Handler and others, download the registration form and brochure here.
Donny Bailey Seagraves will be featured in an upcoming Gale publication, Something About the Author. More information coming soon.
Donny Bailey Seagraves recently was honored by being selected for the Georgia Writers Registry. The Registry is a program of the Georgia Council for the Arts, a State agency that for more than three decades has fulfilled its mission “to provide access to the arts for all Georgians.” The registry includes Poets, Playwrights, and Writers of Creative Non-Fiction and Fiction.
The purpose of the Georgia Writers Registry is to provide Georgia readers, teachers, librarians, students, citizens, corporate and public entities, community organizations, nonprofits, and others with an adjudicated listing of professional writers who are available for commissions, readings and consideration in other projects. As an approved member of the Registry, government and non-profit organizations may apply for funding in support of an author’s participation in literary events under the Literary Events Grants of Georgia program.
The Georgia Writers Registry is administered through the Center for Southern Literature at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta. More information and a temporary listing of the Registry are available on their website at www.gwtw.org. The Margaret Mitchell House and Literary Center, located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, are frequent sponsors of a wide array of literary and art-related events.