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This year's conference theme is "The Magic of the Pen"
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AT THE ANNUAL FLORIDA WRITERS CONFERENCE, October 19-21 at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, you'll rub elbows with six agents, eight publishers, 18 featured faculty, 4 critique faculty, a pitch coach, and some 500 other writers. You'll choose from some forty workshops to help you hone your craft and navigate the publishing landscape. (Oh, yeah, and you'll eat really well, too.) Click here to see the schedule, faculty bios, promotional opportunities, FAQs, and more.
 | | 2011 RPLA Winners - Picture Yourself Here in 2012 |
ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD REMINDER The last day to submit your work for consideration is June 15. Details...
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OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
| | NOVEL IN A DAY WORKSHOP with author Vic DiGenti is being held June 9 in Tampa. Details... 
SWISH IS A FREE SEVEN-WEEK WORKSHOP in three sessions taking place between June 16 and August 4 that will provide fiction writers information, feedback, and support. It's produced by the FWA St. Petersburg Writers Group. Details... FWF CELEBRITY WORKSHOP & FUNDRAISER. British thriller writer R.J. Ellory will share secrets of success with you at a daylong workshop sponsored by the Florida Writers Foundation. Immediately preceding the 11th Annual Florida Writers Conference, Writing Wrongs: A Workshop on Crime Fiction & Thrillers" will be held 9 AM to 5 PM, October 18, 2012, at the Orlando Marriott Lake. Your workshop fee will go to support literacy in Florida. Details... EDITORS HELPING WRITERS, FWA's editing service, is coordinated by lifetime member, Bobbie Christmas. The service is accepting manuscripts now. Check the main website to learn about submitting your manuscript. Contact Bobbie by email if you're an experienced editor who wants to work for the service.
BOBBIE CHRISTMAS ALSO INVITES YOU to subscribe to her newsletter. The Writers Network News reports events, news, competitions, jobs, questions, answers, agents, and markets of interest to writers and includes editing information and a writing prompt. Subscribe here... |
VOLUNTEER POWER
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NEW! THE KAYE COPPERSMITH AWARD. Kaye Coppersmith, an FWA Regional Director, the creator of FWA's Editing Service, and editor and mentor to hundreds of writers across the state passed away suddenly in April. In her honor, the Board of Directors of FWA has created the Kaye Coppersmith Award, to be given annually to one deserving member at the conference. All FWA members are eligible to nominate someone or receive the award. Details...
 WELCOME DOUG HOUCK as FWA's newest Writers Group Leader. Doug teaches English and Writing Courses at Edison State College and Barry University, has published six book and worked on editing Writing Our History: One Writer At a Time, a ten year history of The Florida Writers Association. His Peace River Writers Group meets in Punta Gorda.
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR NEEDED. This is a key position in FWA. We would not be able to do all that we do as an organization without volunteers placed in jobs that match their skills. To learn more or apply, contact Chrissy Jackson.
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