Poets and Writers

Sanibel Island Writers Conference

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The 12th annual Sanibel Island Writers Conference, sponsored by Florida Gulf Coast University, will be held from November 2 to November 5 at the BIG ARTS center and the Sanibel Public Library on Sanibel Island, Florida. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as manuscript consultati­ons, readings, panels, concerts, and book signings. Faculty and visiting writers include poets Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, and Keith Kopka; fiction writers Lynne Barrett, Kevin Canty, John Dufresne, Linda Oatman High, Nathan Hill, Michelle Richman, Darin Strauss, Ann Kidd Taylor, and Robert Wilder; creative nonfiction

writers Steve Almond, M. K. Asante, Sloane Crosley, Beth Ann Fennelly,

Joyce Maynard, Susannah Meadows, and Megan Stielstra; agents Lisa Gallagher (DeFiore & Company), Christophe­r Schelling (Selectric Artists), and Nicole Tourtelot (DeFiore & Company); and editor Alicia Lynn Clancy (St. Martin’s Press). The keynote speaker is fiction writer Alice Hoffman. The cost of the conference is $500 ($400 for BIG ARTS members and $300 for full-time students). For a manuscript consultati­on or workshop, submit up to 10 pages of poetry or prose by September 30. The cost of an individual manuscript consultati­on is $100; the cost of a small-group workshop is $100. General registrati­on is first come, first served. Lodging is available at area inns and hotels for discounted rates. Visit the website for more informatio­n. Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Florida Gulf Coast University, Reed Hall 242, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965. (239) 590-7421. Tom DeMarchi, Director. tdemarch@fgcu.edu

www.fgcu.edu/siwc

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