North Florida Writers

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WE ASPIRE TO CREATE WITH WORDS.

We meet on the second Saturday of every month, 2 p.m. at the Webb-Wesconnett Regional Library, 103rd St near I-295.  Map & Driving Directions  Guests are welcome, and are invited to bring a manuscript to be critiqued. People other than the author of respective works read aloud the submissions (up to 10 double-spaced pages of prose, and reasonable amounts of poetry or lyrics). Authors may not defend their work, but they should listen to the words and rhythms of their creations.

The July 10 and Aug. 14 meetings of the North Florida Writers will focus only on critiques.  The Sept. 11 meeting will feature a talk by Steven Brown, a First Coast private investigator and author of The Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating.

July 16 is the deadline for this year's Royal Palm Literary Awards competition. Competition Chair Chris Coward reports a record number of entries this year, which has helped boost FWA membership to an all-time high of 1,200 members statewide. Go to http://www.floridawriters.net/RPLA.html  for submission details. And while you're there, sign up for the FWA Conference, Oct. 22 - 24.

Another deadline looming on July 16 is the registration for the UNF Writers Conference, Aug. 6 - 8. Registration has been strong for this 2nd annual conference, co-sponsored by FWA. It kicks off on the 6th with a full day of workshops headlined by Steve Berry. Other presenters include Dante Amodeo, John Boles, John Byram, Sharon Y. Cobb, Julie Compton, Mary Ann de Stefano, Victor DiGenti, Adrian Fogelin, Sohrab Homi Fracis, Kristin Harmel, Veronica Hart, Darryl House, Sandra McDonald, Carol O'Dell, Michael Wiley, James M. Wilson, and Thelma Young. Saturday and Sunday's critique workshops include general fiction, non-fiction, children's, YA, and memoir. The conference website is http://unfwritersconference.com/index.html.

Those are filling up rapidly, so register now.






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We host distinguished guest speakers, and help each other with critiquing sessions. Past speakers have included Rodney Hurst, Lillian Kiernan Brown, Jack Hunter, David Poyer, Page Edwards, Ruth Coe Chambers, William Kerr, Tom Lashley, William Slaughter, Mary Baron, Mary Sue Koeppel, Dorothy Fletcher, George Gilpatrick,  Karen Harvey, Jennifer Chase, Vic Smith, Tom Ivines, Robert Blade, Robert Fulton, Buford Brinlee, Nan Ramey, Debbie Fine, Sara Summers, Elizabeth Tate and Michael Pranzatelli, Robert Gentry, plus many others.

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