tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45641312574566990352024-03-13T17:20:00.626-04:00Florida Literary Arts CoalitionNews, events, and opportunities from the Florida Literary Arts Coalition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-25889978677744945212015-10-25T20:22:00.006-04:002015-10-25T20:24:42.776-04:00The Deeper Meaning of Non-Fiction Narrative with Bob Kunzinger<div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">"The label "non-fiction" writer is as vague as saying I am a musician or a painter. My background and comfort zone is in journalism--my undergraduate degree is in journalism and the primary influences of my writing life, including Ernie Pyle, Ernest Hemingway, and a few others were all journalists. My earliest writing assignments were feature stories about small adventures I took, so I suppose my subject matter hasn't changed much. I approach writing from a very lyrical perspective both on the page and in the research; I like to let go of labels and modes and see what happens, make a few left turns. As far as the "flash" aspect, I like the haiku mentality: focus on the most narrow of aspects as deeply as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">My constant thought process includes asking myself "so what's the point?" It isn't enough for me in non-fiction writing to write about Spain or Russia or Africa, I feel the need to digress to some universal reaction to the narrative. Ideally when you read something I don't want you to see my pain, I want you to see your own. Of course, it's a very good and rare day I reach the ideal!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><b>Kunzinger's creative nonfiction workshop "So Who Cares?" will be held from 11:45-1:00 pm on Friday, November 6th (location TBA). To secure your spot, check out FLAC registration for more information.</b></span></div>
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Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15378096524119170670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-48300972619751040672015-10-13T20:55:00.001-04:002015-10-25T20:24:04.773-04:00Story Searching in Nonfiction with Jocelyn BartkeviciusOur next workshop faculty member is Jocelyn Bartkevicius, an Associate Professor of English at the University of Central Florida and a former editor of <i>The Florida Review</i>. She is also an accomplished creative nonfiction writer. When crafting personal essays, many writers struggle with the act of revealing personal information. We asked Jocelyn for her rule of thumb when it comes to this balancing act. She explains her approach below:<br />
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"For me, nonfiction is above all a process of discovery. And so when writing early drafts, I never hold back. At that point in my writing, I'm less focused on sharing (on readers), and more focused to figure out through writing what the story is. I believe there must be discovery while writing. That nonfiction--when it is taking the form of a personal essay or memoir--must do much more than simply report what has happened. I let the words take the lead as I search for story. No holds barred. Later, several drafts into a piece, if I think I've found the story and have crafted the sentences and found details, rhythm, and imagery as well, I'll start to think about both readers and any people I may have included in the piece of writing. At that point, I will consider whether identities need to be protected. In such cases, I'm more likely to use an initial or change a name than I am to omit details. <br />
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All this may sound as if I spill it all. But I'm not a particularly 'confessional' writer. I'm not interested in memoir as recovery or tell-all. I'm more likely to explore how the personal intersects with cultural moments. For example, I've written about guns and being first-generation Eastern European and growing up in a family that ran a Burlesque nightclub. I like to find the cultural and historic nuances of personal experience."<br />
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<b>Bartkevicius' creative nonfiction workshop "Savage Desire: Discovering Story in Literary Nonfiction" will be held from 11:45-1:00 pm on Saturday, November 7th (location TBA).</b> To secure your spot, check out <a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eb47k305ca1fcd2d&llr=x9idrcqab" target="_blank">FLAC registration</a> for more information.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-54899711375116863362015-10-11T20:10:00.002-04:002015-10-25T20:23:29.660-04:00Aesthetic Conversation with Poet Terri Witek The 2015 Other Words Literary Conference is less than a month away and as always, we're excited to bring talented writers to St. Augustine. Our workshop faculty are not only recognized in their fields, but are passionate about their craft. We are interested in creating a dialogue with our writers-- to learn more about their personal writing approaches and creative methods. Our first interview was with poet and Stetson English professor Terri Witek. We inquired about her favorite themes and how art (and other visual elements) impacts her poetry and artistic expression. Her meditations are below:<br />
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"I believe in the poem as a way of simultaneously seeing and moving. What are the limits of language? Can we, by writing things down, make them vanish? These may be the deeper subjects—what I’m probably usually writing about is love and its overlaps, lapses and betrayals. Though perhaps this is for readers to say---I was astonished to be called a “water poet” recently, for example (seems right, though I never would have said this). Poems don’t start with a theme for me—it’s more often a situation--a piece of language plus something I see-- that gets me going. And I only seem to be interested in things I don’t quite understand. <br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rnej4i5tT-4/Vhr6ZNmRpuI/AAAAAAAAAE8/62Fgd5NiYvU/s1600/terriwitek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rnej4i5tT-4/Vhr6ZNmRpuI/AAAAAAAAAE8/62Fgd5NiYvU/s320/terriwitek.jpg" width="213" /></a>Other art forms offer different mysteries for writers to walk with. I love to workshop in museums for the instant challenge of cross-arts vitality--at the <a href="http://www.flagler.edu/news-events/crisp-ellert-art-museum/past-exhibitions/2014/index.html">Crisp-Ellert</a>, the whole workshop is set alight by Julie Dickover’s well-curated contemporary shows. A pleasure to watch writers catch and burn there during Other Words. This kind of magic I don’t examine too closely. But believe in so strongly I continue to return. And in January it becomes official, as my university (Stetson) begins a new low-residency MFA of the Americas, where I’ll team teach Poetry in the Expanded Field with visual artist Cyriaco Lopes."<br />
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<b>Witek's poetry workshop will be held from 11:45-1pm on Saturday, November 7th in the Crisp-Ellert Museum</b>. It's not too late to sign up! Check out <a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eb47k305ca1fcd2d&llr=x9idrcqab">FLAC registration</a> for more information.Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15378096524119170670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-55976082301298497312014-01-22T09:20:00.002-05:002015-10-11T19:18:50.622-04:00Joseph Millar at Literature for Lunch<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">FLAC Member St. Leo University will feature award-winning poet <b>Joseph Millar</b> at their Literature for Lunch, Wednesday, January 29, 12:30-1:20 in TECO Auditorium on the Saint Leo University campus.<br /></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 24px;">Millar grew up in western Pennsylvania and was educated at Penn State and the Johns Hopkins University, where he earned an MA in poetry writing. He worked as a commercial fisherman and telephone repairman for more than 20 years.<br /></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 24px;">Millar is the author of several poetry collections, including <i>Blue Rust</i> (2011), <i>Fortune</i> (2007), and <i>Overtime</i> (2001), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and has recently been reissued by Carnegie Mellon. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Montalvo Arts Center, and Oregon Literary Arts. His poetry has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio program The Writer’s Almanac and won a Pushcart Prize. Millar, who has taught at Pacific University, the University of Oregon, and Oregon State University, lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, poet Dorianne Laux.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 24px;">Millar’s accessible narrative poems, influenced by the work of poets Philip Levine and James Wright, often take working life as a means of engaging themes of class, family, and romantic love. In a 2009 interview for Pirene’s Fountain with Charles Morrison, Millar stated, “We must have the ambition for our poems that they reach toward the sublime, that they speak from our own true selves and are grounded in the experience of our daily lives, including our dreams and hopes.”</span></div>
Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-8631384698245099052013-11-05T20:27:00.002-05:002013-11-05T20:27:31.731-05:00St. Augustine Record article<a href="http://staugustine.com/living/community/2013-11-05/first-500-years-conference-topic#.UnmaLRC4mQM" target="_blank">The St. Augustine Record reports on the Other Words Conference. #FLACFlagler </a>Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-55967500111846695442013-10-30T13:42:00.003-04:002013-10-30T13:42:29.702-04:00Philip Deaver's Other Words Fiction Workshop<span class="userContent">Here's an update to the Other Words schedule:
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On Friday Philip F. Deaver will give a Fiction Workshop for those who
register for it. Here's his description: "Why write fiction? People
are always saying, 'I'd rather read something that's <span class="text_exposed_show">true.'
Why write fiction? Because people love stories? Because stories can
reshuffle 'what really happened' and find the central truths and
emotional core? Why write fiction? Because, truthfully, our fictions
are only partly fiction and are mostly true? Because sometimes the true
story is hard to tell even though it urgently needs telling? Why write
fiction? Because telling stories and hearing stories and learning from
stories, whether as the reader or the writer, is in our DNA? Yes, all
of that...."</span>Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-23365730750254085882013-10-23T17:25:00.001-04:002013-10-23T17:25:21.567-04:00Ira Sukrungruang on the FLAC Writer's Circuit<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
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Sukrungruang</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> will be on the FLAC Writing Circuit soon! He will visit
Edison (11/4), Valencia (11/5), CCF (11/6) and then at Flagler for the
Other Words Conference. Ira Sukrungruang was named first winner of the
Anita Claire Scharf Award from Tampa Review. His book of poetry, <i>In
Thailand It Is Night</i>, was published in Spring 2013 by the University of
Tampa Press.</span></span></span></span></h5>
Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-142524260182277402013-10-20T12:38:00.003-04:002013-10-20T12:39:19.024-04:00Anna Ross Writer's Circuit Dates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anna Ross Tour Dates! <br />
Tues, Nov. 5th: University of Tampa<br />
Weds, Nov. 6th: Eckerd College<br />
Thurs and Fri, Nov. 7th and 8th: Flagler College and Other Words Conference<br />
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Anna Ross’s 2012 award-winning book If a Storm, received the Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Her chapbook, Hawk Weather, won the 2008 New Women’s Voices Prize from Finishing Line Press and the 2009 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award from the New England Poetry Club. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as <i>The Paris Review</i>, <i>The New Republic</i>, <i>Southwest Review</i>, <i>AGNI Online</i>, <i>Salamander</i>, and <i>Barrow Street</i>. Her translations have appeared in <i>Rattapallax</i> and <i>Poetry Wales</i>, and she has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has received fellowships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Grub Street, Inc., Fishtrap, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Anna also writes and is a contributing poetry editor for <i>Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics</i>. She holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University.She teaches writing and poetry at Boston University and Grub Street, Inc.Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-5410388210505504742013-10-10T21:39:00.004-04:002013-10-10T21:39:42.445-04:00YellowJacket Press Eighth Annual Chapbook Contest<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">FLAC
Member YellowJacket Press's Eighth Annual Chapbook Contest for Florida
Poets is October 1-December 1, 2013. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">All entrants must be permanent
adult residents of Florida. Manuscripts should be no longer than 24
pages, including title page and acknowledgments. No e-mail submissions.
Include a brief bio, date you became a Florida resident, and SASE,
along with $10 reading fee (Check or money order made payable to Gianna
Russo). Include notice of previous publications of specific poems, if
applicable. Manuscripts will not be returned.<br /> <br /> The winner(s)
will be announced by March 15, 2014 and will receive $200 and 30
copies. All entrants receive a copy of the winning book.</span>Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-65221223604466731312013-10-10T12:10:00.003-04:002013-10-10T12:10:36.121-04:00 The <a href="http://www.floridarts.org/other-words-conference/2013-conference-information/" target="_blank">Other Words Literary Conference schedule</a> has been posted. Check it out and share with friends!<br />
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<br />Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-9895568408646000062013-09-24T15:03:00.003-04:002013-09-24T15:03:31.761-04:00Other Words Open Mic<b>Open Mic Night at the Other Words Conference at the Café Alcazar, Friday, Nov. 8 </b><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sE9HRGN-Pvc/UkHh33waMRI/AAAAAAAAADg/G2Mag8byWDM/s1600/Cafe+Alcazar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sE9HRGN-Pvc/UkHh33waMRI/AAAAAAAAADg/G2Mag8byWDM/s320/Cafe+Alcazar.jpg" width="320" /></a>You will not want to miss this exclusive opportunity to share you work! This year, conference participants have the ability to participate in an Open Mic Night in a historic location: the Café Alcazar. Located at 25 Granada Street, this charming café is tucked in the back of the Lightner Museum in a space that was originally the location of the largest indoor swimming pool. Take in the 19th century architecture as you listen to fellow conference participants share a variety of work.<br />
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Burrow Press, YellowJacket Press and Writers Ink jointly host the Open Mic Night. David Axelrod of Writers Ink will serve as the moderator for this event. The Open Mic Night is open to all conference participants, but sign-up to read is limited and open on a first-come, first-served basis. The Open Mic will commence after the Friday Night Reading at the Other Words Conference.
Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-78678717129547147142013-09-10T18:30:00.002-04:002013-09-10T18:30:45.628-04:00Florida Poets Happy Hour and Prime Time ShowJoin FLAC Member YellowJacket Press (YJP) for a night of poetry, music and fun! The 6th Annual Florida Poets Happy Hour and Prime Time Show will take place on Friday, September 27, 2013 from 7-9pm at Kahwa Coffee at The Element, 808 N. Franklin St. Suite 117, Tampa.
The Happy Hour and Prime Time Show has become a favorite fall event, celebrating Florida poetry with readings, refreshments, YJP’s famous raffles, book signings and all-around frivolity. Taking place at one of downtown Tampa’s hippest establishments, this year’s event will feature new YellowJacket Press poet George Bishop, winner of the 2013 Peter Meinke Prize for his manuscript Following Myself Home. Mr. Bishop will be joined by local poets Melanie Graham, Winnona Elson Pasquini, and Nikita Hernandez; staff members of Sweet: A Literary Confection, K.C. Wolfe and Melissa Carroll; and Alison Powell of the Oxford Exchange bookstore. Gloria Munoz will sing Lorca poems.
A $5.00 donation will support YellowJacket Press.
The 6th Annual Florida Poets Happy Hour and Prime Time Show
Friday, September 27, 2013, 7-9 P.M.
Kahwa Coffee at The Element
808 N. Franklin St. Suite 117, (Corner of Tampa & Polk St.)
Tampa, FLJim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-79379978593614934712013-08-15T11:19:00.002-04:002013-08-15T11:20:18.539-04:00Other Words Conference Readings<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><span style="color: #8dc642;">Thursday, Nov. 7</span></strong></span><br />
Novelist <strong>Mark Powell</strong> and poet <strong>Gianna Russo</strong>
kick-off the conference. Powell is the author of four novels and has
received fellowships for the National Endowment of the Arts. Russo is a
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<strong>D.K. Roberts</strong> will continue to delight audiences on Friday November 8. Roberts’ latest book
<em>Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors,
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Poet <strong>Campbell McGrath</strong> and novelist <strong>Rhonda Riley</strong> wrap up our conference readings. McGrath won the 2012 Florida Book Award for his
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Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-29611257784165657562013-08-08T12:04:00.003-04:002013-08-08T12:04:31.101-04:00Rhonda Riley added to Other Words Conference readings<b><span class="userContent">Other Words News! </span></b><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A8ft9bFYmS8/UgPBZKDAaLI/AAAAAAAAACg/zclNV5YTOpk/s1600/Rhonda+Riley+1+Color+R1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A8ft9bFYmS8/UgPBZKDAaLI/AAAAAAAAACg/zclNV5YTOpk/s320/Rhonda+Riley+1+Color+R1.jpg" width="213" /></a><span class="userContent">Novelist Rhonda Riley will
be reading on Saturday night, Nov. 9th with Campbell McGrath. Of her
first novel, The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, Julianna Baggott writes
“it is an incredible, otherworldly love story. Both wh<span class="text_exposed_show">imsical
and deeply satisfying, it’s a tale about the fluidity of love, the
importance of family, and the meaning of home. It’s a debut that reads
with the urgency of a lifelong secret finally confessed.” Riley
received her MFA at the University of Florida.</span></span>Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-29898608679088527102013-07-31T13:02:00.001-04:002013-07-31T13:02:21.135-04:00<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=bGmdQ-c4xEqezgUi-zUYcDSDiOmlYdAIOBsfaQ_hrXV_mL3y5fbd2BCASinnxUq-09Zr1orFOoc.&URL=http%3a%2f%2ffloridarts.us5.list-manage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3db5c24795a2ac88ecf58e079c2%26id%3d2bd924d947%26e%3d14494cbe47" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Florida Literary Arts Coalition; floridarts.org" border="0" height="64" id="headerImage campaign-icon" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/b5c24795a2ac88ecf58e079c2/images/Masthead_no1.1.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-width: px; border: px none; height: 64px; line-height: 100%; margin: 0; max-width: 500px; outline: none; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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It’s mid-year 2013, and it’s time for an update on the status of our organization.<br />
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The Florida Literary Arts Coalition (FLAC) is thriving. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;">Success at and knowledge of our craft requires connection to a large community of writers, and </span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;">our
board and our members are dedicated to the philosophy that writers must stay connected.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2fb3b5; font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bringing Florida writers together</strong></span><br style="color: #2fb3b5; font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;" />
<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;">Florida
has many quality writing organizations, but none are more dedicated to
producing contemporary literature, supporting quality independent
publishing, improving
creative writing pedagogy, and broadening access to publishing writers
than FLAC. The distance between Florida’s writers and readers, its towns
and cities, its colleges and universities, makes cultivation of our
community a challenge; however, the Coalition’s
projects, such as the <em>Other Words</em> Conference and the Writer’s
Circuit, and our mission to connect academic writing programs and
writers to Florida’s writing community, bridge this distance.<br />
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<strong style="color: #2fb3b5; font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Committed leadership</strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;">My
first exposure to FLAC was in the fall of 2006 when I decided Flagler
College would join as a member of the Writer’s Circuit. I did not know
then I would become
so personally involved and professionally motivated by this coalition. I
was able to watch and learn from then President Richard Mathews and
Treasurer Rick Campbell as they grew the Writer’s Circuit from five
member institutions to ten and held the
<em>Other Words</em> Conference each year. Since then, I have co-hosted
the conference, served as secretary, and was recently elected president.
My story is not unique. I am only one of many dedicated professionals
across Florida who bring their passion, energy,
and ideas to FLAC by joining its membership and leadership. One of our
founding fathers, Richard Mathews stepped down as president in January
to focus on new projects at the University of Tampa, such as their new
MFA program, but he remains involved in FLAC
as President Emeritus.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #2fb3b5;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>What’s in the future for FLAC?</strong></span></span><br />
We are preparing to celebrate our tenth anniversary next year. We have
submitted a panel proposal for the Association of Writers and Writing
Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle in February. Rick Campbell is
planning the schedule for the
<em>Other Words</em> Conference for November, and he is even planning
the conference for next year. Gianmarc Manzione and Rick have risen to
the challenge of a growing Writer’s Circuit by splitting it into a
two-part, two-coast tour, which begins this fall.<br />
<br />
An area of future service for FLAC is in after-school programs for
children. Reduced funding of the arts in public schools has caused a
growing need for writers to work with schools. As an organization of
writers, we have the resources to create and support
creative writing projects across the state for after school and under
served students. We recently secured partial financial assistance from
Publix for this project. Lisa Lanser-Rose and I attended the Empower 500
Symposium to prepare for it.<br />
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Our future plans include incrementally growing the <em>Other Words</em>
Conference while retaining its intimacy. The Writer’s Circuit will
continue its high quality of visiting writers. FLAC will continue to
support independent publishing, and increase the
number of our member institutions. We have pursued grant opportunities
to support our projects where appropriate.<br />
</span></span><br />
<strong style="color: #2fb3b5; font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Stay involved</strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;">Ideas? Comments? Post on our Facebook page or email me at
<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=bGmdQ-c4xEqezgUi-zUYcDSDiOmlYdAIOBsfaQ_hrXV_mL3y5fbd2BCASinnxUq-09Zr1orFOoc.&URL=mailto%3ajim%40floridarts.org" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">
<span style="color: #2fb3b5;">jim@floridarts.org</span></a>. <br />
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Keep writing. <br />
<br />
Cheers,<br />
<br />
Jim<br />
<br />
<em>Dr. James M. Wilson<br />
President, Florida Literary Arts Coalition</em></span></span></div>
Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-46168152706769401772013-07-12T13:55:00.004-04:002013-07-12T13:55:52.062-04:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><strong>By Decree:</strong> St. Augustine’s Proclamation</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">2013 marks the 500th anniversary of
Juan Ponce de Leon’s voyage and discovery of Florida. The 2013 Other
Words Conference honors this historic milestone. Themed
“Writing Florida: The First 500 Years,” the 2013 conference expressly
focuses on Florida’s varied historical and literary masks while also
providing a platform for seasoned and novice writers to
continue the imagining of Florida.</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">The annual conference is held in St.
Augustine, the nation and Florida’s oldest settlement. The historical
backdrop of the city adds to the importance of this
year’s honorific conference. St. Augustine Mayor Joe Boles also
recognizes the significance of the 2013 Other Words Conference.<br />
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<strong>The Mayor issued a City Proclamation officially declaring November 7-10 “Other Words” Conference week. The proclamation reads:</strong></span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
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<strong><span style="line-height: normal;">P R O C L A M A T I O N</span></strong><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Whereas, the Ninth Annual 2013 Other
Words Conference, sponsored by the Florida Literary Arts, has been held
for six consecutive years at Flagler College, in St.
Augustine, FL; and</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Whereas, the goal of the 2013
conference is to bring together writers, editors, agents, publishers,
book sellers, grant administrators, directors of writers'
colonies and retreats, and other interested folk in one place; and</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Whereas, themes for discussion
include but are not limited to Fountains of Youth, Conquistadors and
Missionaries, Robber Barons, Land Scams, Mosquitoes, Hurricanes,
Hanging Chads, Spring Break, Retirement Villages—the Stuff of Life; and</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Whereas, the discussion of Writing
Florida: The First 500 Years, will include panels, readings, workshops,
discussion of the literary arts such as how to write
stories, make the information accessible to a large audience, how to
sell it, how to fund it, and nurture it is a major emphasis of the 2013
Conference; and</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Whereas, sessions will offer writers in-depth work with Other Words core faculty members; and</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Whereas, the objective of the
conference is to bring together hundreds of the region's literary arts
people and form a regional coalition that promotes our mutual
literary efforts in as many ways as possible.</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;">Now Therefore, the City Commission of
the City of St. Augustine does hereby proclaim November 7-10, 2013 as
Florida Literary Arts Coalition “Other Words” Conference
Week.</span><br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<br style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" />
<span style="line-height: normal;"><strong>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</strong>, I
hereunto set my hand and do cause the Seal of the City St. Augustine,
Florida, to be affixed on this 11th day of February in
the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and in the four hundred and
forty seventh year of the founding of St. Augustine, the Nation’s Oldest
City. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Signed, Mayor Joe Boles<br />
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<b>We're looking forward to seeing you there!</b></span></span></span><b>
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Empower 500 Symposium on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We will invite
Florida English teachers to come to our Other Words Conference, see our
writers on the Writer's Circuit, and, perhaps, assist us assist them in
our new literacy initiatives. See you there? <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_134653687"> </a></span></b><a href="http://www.englishteachersfriend.com/summer-symposium.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">Empower 500 Symposium</a></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,times,times new roman,serif;"><span style="color: #8ac642;">Join us for the Ninth Annual Conference of the Florida Literary Arts Coalition “Writing Florida: The First 500 Years”</span></span></span></h1>
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Whether you're a novice or an advanced writer, three full days of workshops are designed to help you hone your craft.<br />
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<strong>Friday, November 8:</strong>
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Writers of all skill levels can depict believable characters and memorable moments with Jeff Bens</li>
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Make personal life experiences accessible to readers in a poetry workshop led by Erica Dawson</li>
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Learn to visualize scenes in Pete Duval’s fiction session</li>
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Join Terri Witek for a hands-on poetry workshop, re-imagining the Crisp-Ellert museum</li>
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Balance scene and exposition in Ira Sukrungruang‘s memoir workshop</li>
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Mark Powell’s Fiction workshop will discuss Fiction “from the Bottom to the Top"</li>
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<strong>Sunday, November 10—Advanced Workshops</strong><br />
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Non-Fiction by Ira Sukrungruang on the “Lyric Essay”</li>
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Mark Powell on “Reading Like A Fiction Writer” </li>
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Take to the streets of beautiful historic St. Augustine to poetically
remap the nation’s oldest city with Terri Witek. Be sure to bring good
shoes, a camera, and a notebook for this one!</li>
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Lodging in Historic St. Augustine</h2>
For 2013, 24 Bed and Breakfast Inns are offering a discount to Other
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Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-59211156875291356812013-05-31T18:28:00.002-04:002013-05-31T18:28:24.833-04:00YellowJacket Press Submissions open for 2013 Meinke Prize<div class="">
<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>FLAC Member YellowJacket
Press is pleased to announce the 2013 Peter Meinke Prize for a poetry
chapbook by a Florida poet. Submissions must be postmarked June 20-July
5, 2013.
</b>The contest is <b>free,</b> but only one manuscript per contestant may be submitted. All entrants must be permanent adult residents of Florida.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Poetry
manuscripts for the Peter Meinke Prize should be no longer than 20
pages of poetry, along with a title page, table of contents and
acknowledgments.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Include
a brief bio, date you became a Florida resident, notice of previous
publications of specific poems, if applicable, and SASE.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Manuscripts will not be returned.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Long
considered a Florida treasure, Peter Meinke was the director of the
Writing Workshop at Eckerd College for over 20 years and is the author
of over a dozen poetry, fiction and nonfiction
books, including <i>The Contracted World: New and Selected Poems </i>(University of Pittsburgh Press) and
<i>The Shape of Poetry</i>, (The Writer, Inc.). In <span class="">2009,
Meinke was appointed the first ever Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg.
Currently, he teaches for the MFA program at The University of Tampa.
For more information about Peter Meinke, see
his website at </span></span><a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=ujwMS0F1DEOK5NknxnTrfbVCgXPkMdAIMMes8MbAtVwf41MedAkJIzBhRgFnwwe7_2r_jxPeOpM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpetermeinke.com%2f" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">http://petermeinke.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">YellowJacket
Press, Florida’s premier publisher of poetry chapbook manuscripts, and a
non-profit organization, established the Peter Meinke Prize in 2011.
Previous winners include Melissa Carroll
won for her chapbook <i>The Karma Machine, </i>and J.D. Scott for<i> Night Errands.</i>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">The
winner(s) of this year’s contest will be announced by August 20, 2013,
will receive $100, 30 copies of the book, and will be invited to read
with other YJP poets in September.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Members of the YJP Advisory Board will judge the manuscripts anonymously.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Send submissions to:
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YellowJacket Press is to support emerging and established poets in
Florida with an annual chapbook contest,
chapbook publications, and public readings. YellowJacket Press <span style="color: black;">
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Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-29498483689346467582013-04-13T15:15:00.004-04:002013-04-13T15:15:51.095-04:00Other Words Conference Update <div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;">
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Call for Proposals and Book Fair Participation</h1>
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The Other Words conference welcomes proposals for 1:15 minute panels on the theme of
<strong>"Writing Florida: The First 500 Years” </strong>for the 2013
Conference, to be held on the historic Flagler College campus. The
conference is open to all who are interested in the contemporary
practice of literary writing, and will offer a mixture of
panels, workshops and readings.<br />
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Proposal Themes</h2>
The theme can be a variety of topics: Fountains of Youth, Conquistadors
and Missionaries, Robber Barons, Land Scams, Mosquitoes, Hurricanes,
Hanging Chads, Spring Break, Retirement Villages—the Stuff of Life.<br />
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However we entertain all ideas—the conference includes panels and
readings on a variety of topics, from a special tribute to Edmund
Skellings, late poet laureate of Florida, to the nuts and bolts of
writing and publishing.<br />
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Details and Registration</h2>
<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.floridarts.org%2fother-words-conference%2f2013-conference-registration%2f" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Click
here</a> for details about registration, plus creative writing workshops, manuscript consultations and more.<br />
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Publishers and journals may sponsor readings by their authors—details to come on the
<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fflacnews.blogspot.com%2f" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">
FLAC/Other Words b</a><a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fflacnews.blogspot.com%2f" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">log</a>,
<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fpages%2fFlorida-Literary-Arts-Coalition-Other-Words-Conference%2f186896726391%3fsk%3dinfo" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">
Facebook page</a>, and <a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.floridarts.org%2f" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">
website</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fflacnews.blogspot.com%2f" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Stay tuned to the blog</a> for
updates about scheduling, participating writers, conference hotels, and more.<br />
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Enter Your Proposal Today</h2>
Please include:
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List of <strong>up to 4 participants</strong> with names, affiliation
(for example, which university, museum, press, etc.) and complete
contact information including e-mail addresses. <em>Please indicate if
you are conference sponsors or institutional members
of the Florida Literary Arts Coalition when you submit. Indicate which
participant will be the main contact; that person will hear from the
conference by mid-summer. Please submit early: we regret that the number
of available slots means only the most competitive
proposals will be considered.</em></h4>
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List any <strong>AV or other special requests</strong> for your panel. </h4>
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<strong>Deadline: June 1, 2013</strong><br />
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Submit proposals to:<br />
<a href="https://exchange.flagler.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=-9rBvAmO-EajeuFz6a7oBVRT5yoODNAIjyCAkyQq3chfPxBdqzXx5-u7KTgHj7das2wU29_7zaI.&URL=mailto%3arick%40floridarts.org%3fsubject%3d2013%2520Other%2520Words%2520Proposal" style="color: #34b1b4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Rick
Campbell, FLAC</a></div>
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Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-29003242505912228462013-02-10T08:44:00.000-05:002013-02-10T08:44:10.195-05:00Congrats to Terri Witek and Lola HaskinsFlorida Literary Arts Coalition members Terri Witek and Lola Haskins won silver and bronze respectively in the 2012 Florida Book Awards. Witek and Haskins won for their poetry collections, <i>Exit Island</i> and <i>Grace to Leave</i>. Click <a href="http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/winners/all.html" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more about Florida authors who were honored.<br />
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The Florida Book Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes, honors and celebrates the best Florida literature and books about Florida published in the previous year. Click <a href="http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/about.html" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more about this program.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-21515184446340438222013-02-08T17:10:00.003-05:002013-02-08T17:13:11.887-05:00Finishing Line Press poetry competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">The deadline for the Finishing Line Press
chapbook-length poetry collection competition is February 15th. The contest is open to
women who have never before published a full-length poetry collection. Click <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/guidelines.php?osCsid=akon9aln6tfh5cta12sis8shb6" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-75748846901359929282013-02-03T07:38:00.000-05:002013-02-03T07:40:17.140-05:00National Poetry Series Deadline Approaching<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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February 15. Those interested can read the contest guidelines <a href="http://nationalpoetryseries.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Good luck!<br />
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The National Poetry<b> </b>Series was established in 1978 to ensure the
publication of five books of poetry each year. Winning manuscripts are selected
through an annual open competition, judged by five distinguished poets. Each
winning poet receives a $1,000 cash award in addition to having his or her
manuscript published by a participating trade, university, or small press
publisher. Publishers currently include HarperCollins Publishers, Fence Books,
University of Georgia Press, Penguin Books, and Milkweed Editions.
Recent judges have included John Ashbery, Patricia Smith, Nikky Finney, Dean
Young, Campbell McGrath, D. Nurkse, and D.A. Powell. Among the list of
more than 150 esteemed NPS winners are award-winning poets Billy Collins,
Stephen Dunn, Mark Doty, Marie Howe, Nathaniel Mackey, Naomi Shihab Nye, Eleni
Sikelianos, and Terrance Hayes.<br />
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<![endif]-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-34263261633525806332013-01-09T10:52:00.000-05:002013-01-09T10:53:35.952-05:00Amina Gautier's Florida Writer's Circuit dates announced<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Amina Gautier's Florida Writer's Circuit dates announced:<br /> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> Miami Dade College, Miami, Monday, Feb 11<br /> Valencia College, Orlando, Tuesday, Feb 12<br /> College of Central Florida Wednesday, Feb 13<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> University of South Florida, Tampa, Thursday, Feb 14<br /> St. Leo University, St. Leo, Friday, Feb 15<br /> University of Tampa, Tampa, Tuesday, Feb 19<br /> Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Wednesday, Feb 20<br /> Edison College, Port Charlotte, Thursday, Feb 21<br /> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floridarts.org%2Fwriter-s-circuit%2F&h=sAQF2ft4gAQFDcv0tFYE_k5ooUF4gN2WuiERQVGCBZpTD0Q&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.floridarts.org/<wbr></wbr>writer-s-circuit/</a></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="color: black;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9370376831699322" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Amina Gautier
is the winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for her short story collection</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At-Risk.
S</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">eventy-five of
her stories have been published, appearing in</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Glimmer Train,
Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, North American Review,</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and</span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Southern
Review</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">among
other
places. Her stories have won awards from the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize,
Zoetrope—All Story Fiction Contest, Glimmer Train Fiction Open, Jack
Dyer Prize, William Richey Award, Danahy Prize, and
Schlafly Microfiction Award as well as scholarships and fellowships from
Breadloaf, Ucross, and Sewanee Writer’s Conference and a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
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Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564131257456699035.post-43007131175946052262013-01-09T08:37:00.003-05:002013-01-09T08:37:43.861-05:00NPR picks Enid Shomer's novel as one of the year's bestNPR chooses Enid Shomer's "The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile" as one of the best historical novels of 2012: <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/12/06/166481809/time-passages-the-years-best-historical-fiction">http://www.npr.org/2012/12/06/166481809/time-passages-the-years-best-historical-fiction</a><img alt="Historical Fiction1" class="img" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/12/05/historical-fiction_custom-48a155cf7878555f19eb486d364e2ce377b70fc6-s4.jpg" style="display: block;" title="Historical Fiction1" />Jim Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976077254970028917noreply@blogger.com0