A Writing Workshop at the Beach? Yes, please!

Register today to attend the 2024 SCWC Writeaway Workshop

in Orange Beach, Alabama 

When: Sat., October 5

9 a.m to 3 p.m.

What: "Telling Your Story & Getting Published," a 1-day workshop led by author and publisher Alice Murray and SCWC coordinator Cheryl Wray

Where: Orange Beach Methodist Church

Registration? It's open now and you can use our Registration Form HERE to sign up!

We'd love to have you join us for the 2024 Southern Christian Writers Conference Writeaway Workshop; our regional workshops are wonderful events, with outstanding sessions led by industry professionals. Plus, they offer the chance to meet with other writers in a cozy, casual atmosphere. 

(We like to say they provide the quality information and inspiration you get at our annual SCWC--but  in a smaller atmosphere with lots of opportunities to fellowship with new friends!)

This year's Writeaway Workshop features sessions led by Alice Murray and Cheryl Wray.

The schedule (and session topics) looks like this:

8:30 a.m. Doors open and breakfast

9 a.m.: Opening session

9:30 a.m.: Session 1, "Finding your Faith Story" (Cheryl)

10:30 a.m.: Session 2, "Telling your Faith Story through Articles, Blogs, and Devotions" (Alice)

11:30 a.m.: Lunch

12:15 p.m.: Session 3, "Keys to Queries and Pitches" (Cheryl)

1:15 p.m.: Session 4, "Secrets to Getting Published: What Editors Want" (Alice)

2:00 p.m.: Closing session

The workshop includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks throughout the day. It also includes plenty of time for fellowship and networking with other writers--and will feature information about publication opportunities through Endgame Press and the SCWC. 

Learn about your leaders

Alice Murray practiced as an adoption attorney in Florida for thirty-five years. Currently she works as

Operations Manager for End Game Press and pursues her passion for writing. She writes weekly on her personal blog (aliceinwonderingland.wordpress.com) a weekly faith column at patheos.com  (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/feettofaith/), and devotions for Dynamic Women In Missions’ Facebook page. Alice’s work has been published in The Upper Room, Short And Sweet books, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Guideposts publications, and various compilation works. She is a regular contributor to GO! Magazine, a quarterly Christian magazine published in the Florida Panhandle. Her recent book, The Secret Of Chimneys, an annotated Agatha Christie work, was released in April 2023. Her current work in progress is an adoption devotional scheduled for publication in October 2025 by Iron Stream Media.

Cheryl Wray is the coordinator of the Southern Christian Writers Conference and a freelance writer, former sports reporter, essayist, book author, editor, and popular speaker. Her popular book, Writing for Magazines: A Beginner's Guide, was a Writer's Digest Book of the Month Club selection; her other books on writing include Writing Feature Articles, Secrets to Successful Query Letters, and Masterpieces of Reporting, among others. Her thousands of articles have appeared in numerous magazines and she currently is the cover story writer for Christian Family Publications. As the SCWC coordinator, she also edits Anchored Magazine and serves as publisher of books and compilations written by SCWC members. A former sports reporter for AL.com and The Birmingham News, her latest project is the book SEC Road Trip: A Travel Guide Across the South. Cheryl has degrees in journalism from the University of Alabama and is married with three daughters and six grandchildren.

Sign up today

The cost for the in-person workshop is just $40; you can't beat that price for the information, inspiration, and fellowship you'll receive. If you can't attend in person, there is also virtual access available for just $20.

** How does the virtual access work? If you can't attend in-person with us in Orange Beach, you can get recordings of all four instructional sessions (and the opener and closer). The recordings are given to you via access to a private workshop playlist on the SCWC YouTube channel. You can then watch and rewatch them at your convenience. You'll also receive a workshop packet with handouts and other information. Note: if you attend in-person, you'll also receive the online recordings. **

Sign up for either in-person attendance or virtual access using our REGISTRATION FORM. (It includes information on how to pay by debit or credit card, by Venmo, to PayPal, or with check.)

Registration for this workshop is limited to 25. The deadline to register is Oct. 1, but registration will close once it fills up. (The deadline to register for virtual access is Oct. 3.)

We'd love to have you join us on October 5! We're already anticipating a wonderful, God-led time of inspiration, encouragement, information, and friendship. We know that it will be a wonderful time.

Let us know if you have any questions; you can always email us at scwritersconference@gmail.com.

Here are a few scenes from last year's workshop in Orange Beach...