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Amelia Island
Asheville NC
Aventura
Avon Park
Boca Raton
Bradenton
Brandon
Brooksville
Casselberry
Celebration
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Defuniak Springs
Fleming Island/Orange Park
Indian River
Jacksonville
Kissimmee
Lady Lake
Lake City
Lake Mary
Lakeland
Longwood
Maitland
Melbourne
Mt. Dora
Naples
New Port Richey
Ocala
Orlando
Oxford
Palm Beach
Palm City
Palm Coast
Ponte Vedra Beach
Port Orange
Sebring
St. Petersburg
St.Augustine
Tampa
Wellington
Wesley Chapel
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CONFERENCE ROUNDUP
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CONFERENCE KUDOS. Thank you to everyone who worked on or attended FWA's Tenth Annual conference! It was our best ever, as the many attendees who were asked to submit work to agents and publishers will attest.  | |
2011 RPLA Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition, who were announced for the first time at the conference's Awards Banquet. Special congratulations to Mary T. Wagner for her Published Book of the Year, Fabulous in Flats: Putting my Best Foot Forward, and to Sunny Serafino for her Unpublished Book of the Year, Finding Amy. Click here for a complete list of winners. SEE YOURSELVES & READ ALL ABOUT IT. More than 1,500 conference photos have been posted, so take a look. You're probably in several of them! Also check the upcoming issue of The Florida Writer for complete conference coverage. THANKS TO MEMBER DOUG DILLON, everyone at the conference received a copy of Tony Mancuso's book. Read about Tony and why he has a special place in our hearts here. |
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THE MAGIC OF THE PEN is the theme for the 11th Annual Florida Writers Conference. It will take place October 19-21, 2012 and once again we'll be in Lake Mary FL.
CELEBRITY WORKSHOP. The day before the conference, the Florida Writers Foundation will offer a full-day workshop with thriller writer R.J. Ellory. As in previous years, your workshop fees will go to support the work of FWF.
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FWA COLLECTION
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 LET'S TALK, FWA's Collection #3, was released at the Conference. Isn't that a great cover?
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOP TEN WINNERS according to W. Bruce Cameron. In the order of his choosing, they are Greave Contact by Doreen L. Myers; Traffic Stop by Klaus Gansel; The Pecking Order by Bob Hart; A Dilemma by Carolyn Evans; Face Time by Cynthia Mallick; Character Assassination by Mary Ann Zahl; Yes, Officer by Bryan Mooney; Troubled Water by Michael King; Extermination by Philip L. Levin; and Big Fish by John J. White. The other fifty entries appear in the book after these, in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
Let's Talk will be available in The Top Shelf, FWA's online bookstore soon.
 JULIE COMPTON HAS BEEN NAMED THE PERSON OF RENOWN for the FWA Collection #4, My Wheels, to be published in 2012. Julie is the author of two books, Tell No Lies and Rescuing Olivia. The novel that became Tell No Lies was a second-place winner in the 2004 Royal Palm Literary Awards.
The competition opens early next year. We'll let you know as soon as the submission guidelines are available.
COLLECTION #5, It's a Crime, will be published in 2013. R.J. Ellory is the Person of Renown.
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FWA RUNS ON VOLUNTEER POWER
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CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS COWARD on her election to the Board of Directors of the Florida Writers Association! Chris leads the Oxford Writers Group and is Marketing Chair for the Florida Writers Conference.
 PALM CITY WORD WEAVERS GROUP has grown from two people to an amazing forty-three regular attendees Under the leadership of FWA's vice president, Leona Bodie. She's bringing in two Critique Group Leaders to help. Welcome Chuck Waldron and Janie Fuller to our growing list of Writers Group Leaders and Critique Group Leaders!
VOLUNTEER NEEDED TO ASSIST FWA SECRETARY. You'll craft, print, and laminate membership cards and handle weekly mail-outs. Please have experience with Word, Excel and mail merge and have a color printer. All supplies are provided. To apply, email Elaine Senecal with your name and phone number so she can contact you.
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FLORIDA WRITERS FOUNDATION NEWS
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The Sleepover Surprise, a children's picture book written by FWA member, Mims Cushing and illustrated by Alan Phillips of Jacksonville, Florida, was chosen by The Kiwanis Club of Sunshine City, St. Petersburg, Florida to give to children at Woodlawn Elementary School in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kiwanis volunteers will read the book to youngsters in several classes and then present Cushing's book to each child.
The Kiwanis purchased 95 of Cushing's books through a grant from the Florida Writers Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established to promote literacy and enhance writing skills in children, youth, and adults.
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