Hi, my name is Emmett Burnett
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Hi, I’m Emmett Burnett. Welcome to my website.
As a freelance writer with over 25 years’ experience, I have covered Alabama from Huntsville to Gulf Shores. My work appears in Mobile Bay Magazine, Alabama Magazine, Business Alabama, and Southern Automotive.
My range includes:
- Feature writer for Mobile Bay Magazine, Alabama Magazine, Alabama Living, Business Alabama, and Southern Automotive.
- Contributor / reporter to newspapers, including: The Call News, Washington County News, AL.com, and “This is Alabama,” newspaper supplement.
- Newspaper columnist for ‘The Last Word,’ appearing in two newspapers.
- Book author: Mobile Bay: Intersection of Air, Land, Sea, and Success.
- Website content for schools and businesses.
In addition I was honored to receive several Alabama Press Association awards, including Best Human Interest Column, Best Humorous Column, and Best Sports News In-depth Coverage.
I have received the Mobile Press Club’s Award for Excellence for Feature Reporting for Magazines.
How can I help you?
- Need professional and fresh content for your website that brings visitors back for more?
- Looking for a dependable writer, for your publication or online site, who NEVER misses a deadline?
- Want someone who works with you every step of the way and returns phone calls and emails promptly?
I am your guy. Please enter your contact information and brief message on my Contact page. I look forward to hearing from you!
Emmett Burnett
2023 Awards Won
2022 Alabama Press Association Media Awards (Announced in June, 2023):
Category – Best Humorous Column, First Place – “My 50 Year Reunion? Groovy Baby.”
The National 2023 Cooperative Communicators Association Contest:
Category – Writing – technical writing, second place: “Webb Telescope,” Published in Alabama Living Magazine.
Category – Writing – Personality Profile Feature, third place,” Eyes on the Sky,” Alabama Living.
Recent Work
Observatories share the universe with the rest of us
A tale of two cities, and their plays
Alligator Alley
James Spann, Alabama’s Weatherman
A Fish Called Leroy
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Book Signing Date
Looking forward to my book signing and talk at the Satsuma Library on...