The Heartland Writers Conference and 'Great Beginnings' Writing Competition are held together every other summer during even-numbered years. We usually also sponsor at least one workshop during non-conference years...

Plan to attend our next Heartland Writers Conference in 2008!

• 2008 Hearland Writers Conference Information - new!
  
  
• The Southern Illinois Writers Guild is sponsoring a writing contest. We offer prizes of $100, $50, and $25 in each category of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Entry fee is $5. Deadline is May 1, 2008. Details

We also have archived the following past events on our website:

• 2006 Heartland Writers Conference
  • 2006 Conference Photos
• 2005 Heartland Writers Workshop
  Writing Family and Community Stories
• 2004 Heartland Writers Conference
• 2003 Children's Writers Workshop
• 2002 Heartland Writers Conference
• 2001 Heartland Writers Workshop
  Writing and Selling Non-Fiction
• 2000 Heartland Writers Conference
  • 2000 Conference Slide Show
  • 2000 Awards Banquet
  • 2000 Winners of our "Great Beginnings" Writing Competition
• 1999 Workshop - The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing
• 1999 Workshop - The James N. Frey Fiction Intensive
• 1998 Heartland Writers Conference - RealAudio excerpts
  • 1998 Slide Show
  • 1998 Photo Mosaic
  • 1998 Winners of our "Great Beginnings" Writing Competition