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December 2012 
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POST CONFERENCE
KAREN LIEB COULD BE SEEMED TO BE EVERYWHERE at the conference taking photos assisted by her daughter, Kira.  For a reminder of fun times or to see what you missed, view the photos here...

THIS YEAR WE HAD 319 ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD entries, judged by 55 qualified members of the writing community, including professors, professionals, and past RPLA winners. And this year, for the first time, the Dahris Clair Memorial Award was presented for the best screenplay. Learn about the RPLA winners...

THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE FOR CONFERENCE VOLUNTEERS who made the 11th Annual Florida Writers Conference such an enjoyable and worthwhile experience. Read on...

PLANS ARE UNDERWAY for next year's conference and we need your talents. If you have experience in sales, materials creation, communications, or media, please contact Marketing Chair Chris Coward to learn about volunteer opportunities.

2013 fwa conference

SAVE THE DATE FOR AUTHOR MARY BURTON TOO!
Mega-bestselling Mary Burton (23 novels in 11 years) will present a day-long workshop the day before the conference. This annual Celebrity Workshop is offered by the nonprofit Florida Writers Foundation, and funds raised through workshop fees will go to promote literacy in Florida.
IMPORTANT NEWS
the seventh victim mary burton A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNCORRECTED PROOF copies of Mary Burton's latest romantic suspense novel, The Seventh Victim are available for sale through Florida Writers Foundation. This book won't be seen on book shelves or Amazon until February, 2013...so you have a rare opportunity to really be ahead of the curve! Buy your copy here...

ALLOWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO LAPSE WILL COST YOU MORE
in 2013. Save money and continue to enjoy benefits by keeping your FWA membership current. Beginning January 1, one-year memberships will cost $55 for new and lapsed members but remain at $45 for current members who renew on time. When we send your reminder, please renew right away. We value your membership. 

mary burton "IT'S A CRIME" is the theme for next year's FWA Collection--the fifth in the series. Our person of renown for the collection is New York Times best-selling author Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and  Edgar Award winner. There's no entry fee and submissions will be accepted starting 2/1/13

fwa collection my wheels MY WHEELS IS THE FOURTH COLLECTION of 60 winning short stories written by FWA members. Its theme opens a broad scope on a fundamental discovery that changed humankind forever. 

 

Single copies of this and past "Collections" are available for sale in our online bookstore, but they are also available at a discounted price if you purchase in bulk. Download the details... 

CHEERS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM SWARTZ, named as our newest Regional Director with responsibility for writers groups in Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, and Maitland.

FWA'S SEMINOLE WRITERS were featured in a in a terrific article in the November/December issue of Lake Mary Life. Check it out...
 
EUGENE ORLANDO MOVED TO WASHINGTON STATE and took FWA with him!  He now leads the Walla Walla Writers Group and Critique Group, and has been named Regional Director for the State of Washington.

THANKS TO MICHAEL CARLSON who stepped to lead a new critique group in Brevard County: Space Coast Fiction Writers.