Georgia Writers Registry Application
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants to the Georgia Writers Registry (GWR) must be residents of Georgia and must also earn a minimum of 12 publication points based on the following point system:
12 Points
- Each book of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or creative non-fiction
- Each play produced by a professional theatre (equity contract)
6 Points
- Each chapbook
- Staged readings of plays by professional theatres or professional playwright’s organizations
3 Points
- Each work of fiction, non-fiction, or creative non-fiction published in a literary journal, anthology, or edited Web publication
- Each poem published in a literary journal, anthology, or edited Web publication
Ineligible Publications
- Publications from vanity presses
- Self-published work
- Work from presses that do not offer authors standard book contracts
- Work published by a journal or anthology for which one makes editorial decisions
- Translations