Fresh from my inbox: Registration for the National Writers’ Workshop in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. is open!
The workshop, hosted by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, is part of a series by the Poynter Institute with six stops across the United States. The writers workshop is definitely one of the top conferences as far as bang for your buck goes. For a measly $110, you get to rub elbows for a day and a half with some of the best wordsmiths out there.
Here’s the info:
2007 National Writers’ Workshop
Sept 29 & 30, 2007
Fort Lauderdale, FL
For more information on speakers
and to register online go to: www.sun-sentinel.com/writers
Registration: $110 until July 31. Lunch included Saturday and Sunday. Student rate just $50.
All sessions will be held at the beautiful Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel and Resort
on the water in Fort Lauderdale. This four-star hotel is giving us the
bargain hotel price of $129/night plus tax.
Questions? Email Gail Bulfin at gbulfin@sun-sentinel.com
A special Friday night networking party will be held under the stars
on the veranda of the Panorama Room of the hotel, 7-9 P.M.
Dozens of award-winning journalists and authors including:
John Grogan, best-selling author of Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog. Former columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Philadelphia Inquirer.
Brad Meltzer, best-selling author of The Book of Fate, The Tenth Justice, Dead Even and more. Co-creator of the TV show Jack and Bobby. (NOTE: He’s also the writer behind DC Comics’ Identity Crisis)
Leslie Bennetts, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author of The Feminine Mistake, Are We Giving Up Too Much?
Paul Grabowicz, director of the New Media Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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