![]() Taran also selects the annual recipient of the association’s Taran Family Memorial Award, which honors “special literary achievement in a spiritual, humanitarian, or environmental endeavor.”Įspecially noteworthy among the association’s activities are the annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA). Taran served as executive director until 2006, when she was succeeded by Ralph T. ![]() Graham, the association sponsors conferences, seminars, monthly meetings in several cities, writing contests, and Georgia Writers News/Mag, a bimonthly journal. The mission of the organization is to seek “to improve the quality of life for writers by providing information about the literary industry and skills-building knowledge fostering ongoing communication among writers of diverse literacy, genres, geographies, ethnicities and backgrounds increasing public awareness of the lives and works of contemporary Georgia writers encouraging the imagination and integrity of the written word and organizing activities that celebrate the achievements of writers across the state of Georgia.”įounded in 1994 by writers Geri Taran and Anthony Grooms, and literary agent Susan L. ![]() ![]() The Georgia Writers Association is a nonprofit support and advocacy group for writers in the state. ![]()
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