Come write with the South Carolina Writers Association. Registration is open for the 2021 Virtual Writers’ Conference set for April 16-18.

The conference will feature presentations and workshops by Patti Callahan Henry, best-selling author of 15 novels, and Jeffrey Blount, award-winning author of three novels and acclaimed television director, plus classes with novelist Belle Boggs, memoirist Cinelle Barnes, poet and prose author Ray McManus and more. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from agents, editors and publishers and to pitch their works. Manuscript critiques also will be offered.

Early bird pricing of $125 for SCWA members and $175 for non-members ends Jan. 15; after that, registration will be $165 for members and $215 for non-members. Students may attend for $75.

To register and get more details, go to https://myscwa.org/ann_conf_2021.

To join SCWA, go to https://myscwa.wildapricot.org/join-us. Discounted memberships through March 31, 2021, for new members are $26.