Sanibel Island Writers Conference
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