About Georgia Writers Museum

There must be something in the soil! Nine of America’s most celebrated authors called middle Georgia their home. Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker and best-selling author Joel Chandler Harris began their literary journeys in Eatonton, Georgia. Five more lived and wrote within a 30-mile radius of the Georgia Writers Museum.

In total, more than 90 writers from across the state are recognized at the Georgia Writers Museum for their literary success by receiving the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame induction, the Georgia Author of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, or the Townsend Prize. Only three authors have received all three honors – visit us to find out who!

Georgia Writers Museum is dedicated to inspiring today’s writers and readers and celebrating Georgia’s literary heritage through exhibits, programs, workshops, and student education.

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DID YOU KNOW that GWM has a Flickr account?

If you attended an event this year, you might be famous…. Find your photo on GWM’s Flickr page and feel free to download it and share it on social media. Tag us! Facebook @georgiawritersmuseum and Instagram @georgiawritersmuseum8 (Yes, 8. No, there are not 7 other Georgia Writers Museums.)

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DID YOU KNOW that GWM has a Vimeo account?

We’ve recorded biographies of local authors, and some Writers Workshops and Meet the Author events. Our goal is to record all events, but while we fundraise for this, check out what we’ve been able to do in the meantime.

Alice Walker on Georgia Writers Museum:

“There was no museum like this one, dedicated to Georgia writers, in which to feel at home. And now there is! I am delighted to have a chance to talk to these writers. I cannot see them, but it is a joy to me that they are there, as we study together how to pursue the curious and elusive endeavor writing is.” ~aw

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