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Address:

1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

Dates:

Ongoing. See website

Tuition:

$850 residency fee, Financial Aid is available

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Children's Literature

Description:

Since 1982, Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three week residencies. More information...

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Address:

Creative Writing Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Dates:

Late May-Early June 2008

Tuition:

To be announced

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction

Description:

To be announced More information...

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Creative Writing Program, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181

Dates:

Oct. 22-25, 2008
Application Deadline: May 1, 2008; May 2-Sept. 1, 2008; After Sept. 1, 2008

Tuition:

$375 (early bird); $400 (5/2-9/1/08); $425 (after 9/1/08)

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

Our program offers intensive, friendly, hands-on workshops and discussions intended to help writers at all stages of development: you can enroll in up to 3 different 4-day class sessions, and enjoy agent/editor roundtables, freelancing seminars, nightly seminars and more. More information...

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Executive Director, 718 Love Lane, Key West, FL 33040

Dates:

January 11 - 14, 2007; January 10 - 20, 2008

Tuition:

$450 Seminar; $450 workshops

Genres:

N/A

Description:

25th Annual Key West Literary Seminar, January 11 - 14, 2007
WONDROUS STRANGE: Mystery, Intrigue & Psychological Drama
26th Annual Key West Literary Seminar, January 10 - 20, 2008
NEW VOICES: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?
Significant financial assistance will be available for new writers for seminar and workshop costs, as well as for lodging. More information...

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Address:

P. O. Box 1027, St. Augustine, FL 32085

Dates:

November 6-8, 2008

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

This will be the fifth annual FLAC conference. The goal of the conference is to bring together writers, editors, agents, publishers, book sellers, grant administrators, directors of writers' festivals and retreats, creative writing studetns and other interested folk in one place. We'll be talking about the how to of the literary arts: how to write it, make it, sell it, fund it, and nurture it. More information...

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Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444
3199 B-3 Lake Worth Rd., Lake Worth, FL 33461

Dates:

January 21-26, 2008
Application Deadline: October 31, 2007

Tuition:

Advanced Poetry Workshops $695, Intermediate Poetry Workshops $495

Genres:

Poetry

Description:

The eight workshops, six advanced and two intermediate, are limited to 12 qualified participants. Workshops are 12 total hours over four days and include a 20 minute individual conference with the workshop leader. More information...

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Department of Language & Literature, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL, 33965-6565

Dates:

October 4-7, 2007 (Application deadline: October 1, 2007)

Tuition:

Varies- See website

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

Four-day writers conference on Sanibel Island off the coast of Fort Myers Florida. Workshops, Afternoon Panels, Nightly Readings, and Individual Meetings with Authors and Editors. More information...

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Seven Hills Writers' Retreat, P. O. Box 3428, Tallahassee, FL, 32315-3428

Dates:

April 2-6, 2008
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008 for reduced rate

Tuition:

$295 (late registration add $50)

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

Morning seminars by faculty, afternoon retreat for writing, evening gatherings for discussion and critique. More information...

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Sewanee Writers' Conference, 735 University Ave., Sewanee, TN 37383-1000

Dates:

July 15-27, 2008
Application season: Feb. 1 - May 1, if spaces remain

Tuition:

$1,600

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Playwriting

Description:

2008 will see the nineteenth session of the Sewanee Writers' Conference on Sewanee's mountaintop campus. The Conference is supported by the Walter E. Dakin Memorial Fund established through the estate of the late Tennessee Williams. More information...

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Address:

600 White Street, Key West, FL 33040

Dates:

November 07 -April 08

Tuition:

$65-$500

Genres:

Description:

A wide range of 2-5 day workshops exploring fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction and the culinary memoir. More information...

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Cruise: Port Canaveral, Florida
Retreat: Star Island off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire

Dates:

Cruise: February 10-13, 2008; Application: October 13, 2007
Retreat: September 10-12, 2007; Deadline: September 9, 2007

Tuition:

Cruise: $526+
Retreat: $425+

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Cruise: During a four-day writing cruise to the Bahamas, we will meet daily to write to prompts provided by the workshop leader and to write on topics of our own choosing.
Retreat: Attendees write to prompts provided by workshop leader. More information...

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Eckerd College - Special Programs, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33711

Dates:

January 19-27, 2008
Application deadline: December 3, 2007

Tuition:

$675

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

This intensive eight-day experience of intimate workshop classes, panel discussions, readings, book signings, cocktail receptions and dinners is designed for those who are passionate about writing. More information...