Organizations Filed Purposes:
PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE ENCOURAGING YOUNG WRITERS THROUGH A HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY ARTS COMPLETION, EDUCATING AT RISK YOUTH THROUGH WRITING OUR STORIES, PROMOTING ESTABLISHED WRITERS AND CREATING LINKS BETWEEN READERS/WRITINGS THROUGH ANNUAL BOOK FESTIVAL.
THE ALABAMA WRITERS' FORUM (AWF) ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY FOR ALL ALABAMIANS BY CHAMPIONING THE STATE'S RICH LITERARY ARTS RESOURCES, ENCOURAGING YOUNG AND EMERGING WRITERS, PROMOTING ESTABLISHED WRITERS, AND CREATING LINKS BETWEEN READERS AND WRITERS.
EDUCATING AT-RISK YOUTH THROUGH WRITING OUR STORIES CONDUCTED IN SCHOOLS ON CAMPUSES OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES, YEAR-ROUND, INCLUDING SCHOOL IN INTENSIVE SEX-OFFENDER TRAINING PROGRAM (ABSOP, MT. MEIGS). ALSO EDUCATING AT-RISK YOUTH IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS, SEVENTH GRADE. 2. SERVICES TO WRITERS INCLUDE PROMOTING ESTABLISHED WRITERS' WORKS AND EMERGING WRITERS' BOOKS THROUGH ON-LINE REVIEWS, A DIGITAL NEWSROOM, AND APPEARANCES AT BOOK FESTIVAL. READERS AND WRITERS MEET THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS: ALABAMA BOOK FESTIVAL (MONTGOMERY), ALABAMA WRITERS SYMPOSIUM (MONROEVILLE). 3. WRITERS ARE SERVED THROUGH RECOGNITION OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: YOUTH AWARDS, HARPER LEE AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED WRITER OF THE YEAR, AND AL WRITERS HALL OF FAME.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jeanie Thompson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 50 | $80,243 |
| Anne Kimzey | ASCA LIAISON | 1 | $0 |
| Jimmy Mclemore | WRITERS' REPRESENTATIVE | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Buford | SECRETARY AND WRITERS' REPRESENTATIVE | 1 | $0 |
| Patty Pilkerton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Trudier Harris | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Philip Shirley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Gierhart | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jacqueline Allen Trimble | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Friedman | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Sue Brannan Walker | PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Kirk Curnutt | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
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