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). 

Scott Bard (editor): Nonfiction, sports, biography, novels, cookbooks, self-help, art books, personal investment, and business materials.

Debbie Carter (agent): Mysteries with literary merit, Thrillers, Suspense, Espionage, Crime fiction, Action/adventure, Military fiction w/ sci-fi elements, Contemporary fiction (excl. romance and sci-fi and fantasy category fiction), Literary fiction and short story collections, Escapist fiction, Children's picture book middle-grade and YA fiction and nonfiction. Special call: Novels and mysteries for young people by junior high and high school teachers. Narrative nonfiction: memoir travel sports outdoors gardening music and writing (please query other subjects).

Barbara Casey (agent): A variety of children and adult; fiction, nonfiction, poetry.

Bobbie Christmas (editor): Nonfiction, short stories, essays, fiction with the exception of fantasy and romance, and business materials.

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

Brian Seidman (editor): Fiction with Southern settings or themes of Southern social issues and culture, and nonfiction regarding Southern history, memoir, and civil rights, African-American and Native American topics. Will consider other works of literary merit.

Rachel Vater (agent): Ms. Vater will evaluate chick lit, sf and fantasy novels, thrillers and mysteries. She is also interested in mainstream and literary novels and true-to-life young adult novels.

Cherry Weiner (agent): Most adult fiction, and young adult science fiction and fantasy lines. She does not handle poetry, very young children's books or picture books, and it takes a special hook to interest her in non-fiction. (But, she has sold non-fiction books on golf, and Native American Tribes, so …).

Lynn Whittaker (agent): Mysteries, literary fiction, nature writing, sports, history, memoirs, how-to in business and health. No children’s/young adult, romance, sci-fi, poetry, plays.

No more than one evaluation per participant will be accepted, please. Must be received no later than June 20. 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