Friday, February 23, 2007

Writers Institute in Miami

This entry is more for our Society's membership in Miami:

Writers Institute, Miami, FL: 3/28-3/31

WHAT: Marcela Landres will present "Publishing for Latinos" lecture, provide one-on-one manuscript consultations, and participate in the Pitch-o-rama panel at the Writers Institute sponsored by the Florida Center for the Arts. The Writers Institute offers four days of intense creative writing workshops on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, travel writing and the art of revision, as well as manuscript consultations, publishing advice, readings and celebrations. In English and Spanish. Plus two workshops for teenage writers only. *Please note: the deadline for submitting manuscripts for the one-on-ones is March 1st.*

WHEN: March 28-31

WHERE: Wolfson Campus, Miami Dade College, 300 N.E., 2nd Avenue, Miami, Fl 33132

WHO: Marcela Landres is an editorial consultant who was formerly an editor at Simon & Schuster and is the creator of Latinidad, which was chosen as one of the 101 Best Web Sites for Writers by Writer's Digest Magazine. A member of the Women's Media Group, she has acted as a judge for the PEN/Beyond Margins Award and speaks frequently for organizations such as the Romance Writers of America.

TO REGISTER AND FOR MORE INFO: Please visit http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/index_2.htm

QUESTIONS: Contact Lissette Mendez at 305-237-3940 or Nick Garnett at 305-237-3298