North Carolina Writers’ Network’s Annual Fall Conference

 North Carolina Writers’ Network’s Annual Fall Conference November 18-20, 2011 Asheville, NC     The NCWN Fall Conference, first held in 1985, has grown into one of the nation’s largest and most inclusive writers’ conferences.   Registration for the 2011 Fall Conference is now open at www.ncwriters.org.

Sanibel Island Writers Conference

Sixth Annual Sanibel Island Writers Conference November 3-6, 2011 Sanibel Island, Florida Keynote Speaker: American film director, screenwriter, and author, John Sayles Plus A Night of Spoken Word with the Henry Rollins, and an amazing lineup of authors including Steve Almond, John Dufresne, and many more. For more information, visit: http://www.fgcu.edu/SIWC/index.html

Southern Expressions Authors Conference 2011

The MS Gulf Coast Writers Association presents Southern Expressions Authors Conference 2011 October 14-16 Ocean Springs, MS Featuring guest speaker Curtis Wilkie, author of The Fall of the House of Zeus. Visit website for more details: www.gcwriters.org/se11.html

Margie Lawson Workshop: Empowering Characters’ Emotions

     Do you want to create characters with solid psychological foundations? Learn how to show emotion in fresh ways through body language?      Psychotherapist and writer Margie Lawson will present an all-day workshop, “Empowering Characters’ Emotions,” Saturday, October 1, at the Holiday Inn on Graves Rd. in Tallahassee, Florida. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear […]

The 38th Annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference

The 38th Annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference  FAULKNER’S GEOGRAPHIES SOUTHERN LITERARY GEOGRAPHIES July 17–21, 2011 Oxford, MS      The 2011 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference will examine the topic “Faulkner’s Geographies/Southern Literary Geographies” through five days of lectures and discussion by literary scholars and critics. In addition to formal lectures, there will be several shorter panel […]

Tallahassee Writers Association Seven Hills and Penumbra Contests

       The Tallahassee Writers Association is accepting submissions for its 2011 Seven Hills contest: up to 2,500 word short stories, creative nonfiction, or children’s picture books; and 500 word flash fiction. Fee: $17 nonmembers, $12 TWA members with paid dues. $100 first place winners; $75 second; and $50 third; honorable mention, plus publication in […]