A manuscript critique and a one-on-one meeting with an evaluator are available to registered conference participants for $50. Submit a two page synopsis and the first fifteen pages of your manuscript. Must be double spaced and typed or printed in 12 pt font on standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Secure with a paper clip only. No staples. No binders. 

Label your manuscript as to genre or type and specify your first three choices for preferred evaluator (We cannot guarantee your first choice). 

Doris Booth (editor): Mainstream commercial fiction, mystery / thriller / suspense, women's. Some historical fiction.

Simon Boughton (editor): Children's fiction and nonfiction. For picture books, a complete manuscript and COPIES of art samples, if appropriate. For novels and longer works of nonfiction: a synopsis and a representative extract (two or three chapters) is preferred.

Michael Bracken (editor): Mystery/crime fiction, horror, action/adventure, men's fiction, short fiction. No literary. 

Andrea Brown (agent): All children's books from picture books thru young adult novels.

Barbara Casey (agent): Children and adult; fiction, nonfiction, poetry.

Mark Chelius (agent): Most interested in mystery/thrillers, popular/literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, and sci-fi/fantasy. Generally everything, but NOT children's books, screenplays, or romance.

Nancy Ellis (agent): Non-Fiction: important and transformational topics within the areas of health, relationships, spirituality, culture, biography and narrative non-fiction. Fiction: women's issues, coming of age/life transition (men and women), quirky mysteries, literary and young adult.

Gary Goldstein (editor): In Fiction: Westerns, thrillers, mysteries, horror. Non-fiction: Pop culture, American history, world history, science, and current events.

Gordon Kirkland (editor): Humor related topics.

Kathy Landwehr (editor): Children's only. She will look at entire picture book manuscripts or sample chapters and outlines from middle reader or young adult manuscripts.

Patrick LoBrutto (editor): Fiction and Non-Fiction specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Westerns, Military History and Mysteries.

Judy Long (editor): Literary fiction, women's fiction, mystery, non-fiction. Especially anything with a Southern flavor.

Susan Malone (editor): Literary fiction, women's fiction, most genres (no science fiction, please), and almost all nonfiction.

Bob Robison (agent): most genres other than science fiction, fantasy or biographies.

Rita Rosenkranz (agent): Non-Fiction only -- Health, history, parenting, music, how-to, popular science, business, biography, popular reference, cooking, spirituality, and general interest titles.

Katharine Sands (agent): Fiction and faction to nonfiction (popular culture, personal growth, leisure activities) to home arts (lifestyle, cookbooks, home design) to the more eclectic (travel, humor, spirituality).

Michael Seidman (editor): Anything that falls under the broad spectrum of crime fiction: suspense, mystery of any kind; literary fiction and general mainstream are also favorites. He will not review BFYR or YA, genre romance, genre fantasy, sf, or action/adventure.  Anything else is fine.

No more than one evaluation per participant will be accepted, please. Must be received no later than June 23. Make check for $50 payable to HAWC Manuscript Evaluations, and mail two copies of the writing sample directly to: 

      Dr. Charles Connor 
      Harriette Austin Writers
      PMB 570, 2351 College Station Rd
      Athens, GA 30605