Key West Literary Seminar
January 5-8, 2012
Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, Michael Cunningham, Jennifer Egan, Rivka Galchen, William Gibson, James Gleick, Robert Krulwich, Jonathan Lethem, Janna Levin, Valerie Martin, China Mieville, Joyce Carol Oates, Dexter Palmer, George Saunders, Gary Shteyngart, James Tate, Colson Whitehead, Charles Yu.

Writers' Workshop Program
January 8-12, 2012
Paulette Bates Alden, Margaret Atwood, Billy Collins, Valerie Martin, Mary Morris, Lee Smith, Robert Stone, Dara Wier.

The Key West Literary Seminar has attracted lovers of literature to Key West for more than a quarter of a century. Four days of readings, conversations, lectures, panel discussions, and parties add up to an event that is one of today's smartest and most high-spirited literary gatherings.

This year, for the first time, we explore food in literature. The Hungry Muse will present dozens of today's most compelling, thought-provoking, and funniest writers- memoirists, novelists, poets, historians, journalists, and all manner of lettered gastronome, gourmand, and epicure. It promises to be a mouthwatering and fascinating investigation not simply of the stuff we eat, but of all the things food stands for in our thoughts and words and stories.

Each of our writers' workshops has its own unique focus and eligibility requirements, and each class is limited to between 8 and 12 participants to ensure individual attention.

Through our Scholarship Program, we present three annual awards to emerging writers, and we provide financial assistance to teachers, librarians, students, and writers who would not otherwise be able to attend.