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Broadleaf Writers Conference

Georgia is home to one of the largest broadleaf forests in the nation, rich with maple, oak, and hickory trees. It’s also home to the Broadleaf Writers Conference. Now in its fifth year, the autumn weekend in Atlanta offers a lively and intimate gathering of editors and literary agents along with professional and emerging authors.

Author and executive director Zachary Steele has attended numerous writing conferences, observing how people form relationships that last beyond the event itself.

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