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What is Wordharvest?

Founded by Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg, in 2002, WORDHARVEST is devoted to the art and craft of writing. From our headquarters in Santa Fe, New Mexico, we celebrate the legacy of iconic mystery author Tony Hillerman with two writing contests: the Tony Hillerman Prize for first mystery novel, and the Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest.

We also sponsor the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference—a three-day workshop that focuses not only on writing techniques but also on the business of writing. From time to time, Wordharvest also offers one-day writing intensives featuring such topics as travel writing, memoir and writing for children.

2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference

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The program devoted time to the art and the business of writing. Open to writers in all genres, the program opened with a pre-conference workshop with Willa Award-winning author Sandi Ault on the craft of writing. Participants learned about plotting/planning a book with New York Times best-selling author Douglas Preston, and looked at the world of e-books and the business of writing with thriller king David Morrell. Non-fiction guru and Edgar nominee Hampton Sides also joined our faculty this year. And we were delighted that the much published and praised Jo-Ann Mapson shared her knowledge and joy with us. Throughout the conference, Sean Murphy and Tania Casselle met with those attendees who requested manuscript critiques. We will announced the winners of our contests, the Tony Hillerman Prize and our mystery short story at the November conference. Our location was the beautiful Hotel Santa Fe—the only Native American-owned hotel in town.

OUR BIGGEST HITS

Among the stars who have joined the Wordharvest faculty for past conferences are:

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Wordharvest Writers Workshops | 1063 Willow Way, Santa Fe NM 87507 | Phone: 505-471-1565