The Alabama Writers' Conclave was organized in 1923 and has been in continuing existence since. Through the years, the Conclave has moved its conferences around the state to provide writers everywhere better access to its resources.
The Conclave is responsible for nominating, for the governor’s appointment, Alabama's Poet Laureate. Conclave members mostly hail from Alabama, although many states are represented. Members include fiction and non-fiction writers, novelists and short story writers, poets, writers of business and scientific works, freelance journalists, romance writers, publishers, patrons, and teachers.
Source: "History," Alabama Writers' Conclave. http://www.alabamawritersconclave.org/history.html (accessed 11/9/2012)
From the guide to the Alabama Writers' Conclave records MSS. 0054., 1923-1995, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama)
