2009 Pocataligo Poetry Contest
The deadline for Yemassee’s 2009 Pocataligo Poetry Contest is March 15th. The author of the winning poem will receive a $500 prize and publication in our fall 2009 issue.
Wondercon 2009 in San Francisco
The Moscone Center was full of comic book fans this weekend. Young, old, male, female – everyone loves superheroes.
It was interesting to see a photo of Jesus Christ on one of the tables…the ultimate superhero, right? He walks on water. He heals the sick. He doesn’t judge others. Villains can’t wait to kill him. Pretty [...]
Fly Her Apart Then! Cool Geeks in the Time of Trek
by Sean Scott Maguire
I went to see Start Trek VI, the Undiscovered Country, a few weekends ago. I dragged my wife along, but I got away with it this time, because it was my birthday weekend. I mean, come on, right? They were having a screening of Trek VI, and that’s how I want to [...]
Children’s Book Press needs your help
Children’s Book Press continues to receive national recognition and awards….and with that comes increased demand for our books. Our challenge is having the cash flow needed to reprint the books in order to meet that demand. It’s an interesting position and why I am asking for your help in order to make sure we continue [...]
Knight Arts Challenge Seeks Ideas for South Florida Arts Projects
On Feb. 1, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will launch the second round of the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest to fund the best art ideas in South Florida. The deadline for applications is 9 a.m. March 2. The Challenge, part of a five-year, $40 million initiative, aims to help transform [...]
Writers Networking Night
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 @ 7p.m.
Borders Bookstore
358 San Lorenzo Ave
Miami, FL 33146
Come and learn more about the Miami Writers Association and network with other fellow writers. This is our first event for 2009 and you will also find out more about what other events we are planning.
You will get a chance to share your writing [...]
Submit! So Fla SPJ Sunshine State Awards
Enter your outstanding work in the 15th annual Sunshine State Awards, the statewide competition for all media organized by the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Feb. 13: A Taste of Love Poetry at Bookstore in the Grove
Bring a poem to read or just enjoy 2 for 1 wine specials to the Bookstore in the Grove on the corner of Grand Avenue and Virginia Street in Coconut Grove.
7:30-9:30p.m.
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Dear My Ami,
Hi, how are you? It’s been about a month since I left and I’m already missing you. It’s cool here – I mean, [...]
A Preview of Shakespeare in the Park
Three Weekends of Performances
January 9, 10 & 11 at Flamingo Park in Miami Beach
January 15, 16, 17 & 18 at Peacock Park in Coconut Grove
January 22, 23, 24 & 25 at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens
14 shows total
The News on Monday, Jan. 5: South Beach Comedy Festival Try-Outs
Check out Marga Gomez at the Colony Theatre Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 @ 7:30pm
Will there be another comedy depression? We don’t think so…but it happened back in the 1940s!
by Chakra Girl
The 4th Annual South Beach Comedy Festival teamed up with the IMPROV Comedy Club to find the funniest talent in South Florida at the Festival’s [...]
Editorial Calendar 2009
January: Shakespeare in the Park, Key West Literary Seminar, South Beach Comedy Festival, Space Coast Writers’ Guild, Writers in Paradise
February: International Boat Show and South Beach Wine and Food Festival, Miami Beach
March: Winter Music Conference, Miami Beach, Miami Film Festival
April: Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
May: Writer’s Institute
June: Adtech, Miami Beach
July:
August:
September: National Writers Workshop, [...]
The News on Monday, Nov. 10: Write Out Loud @ Miami Book Fair
Tonight I am hosting Write Out Loud along with my writing comadre, Pluton, and El Presidente of the Miami Writers Association, Ruben Soto.
I am wondering if I should dress like a devil. Or an angel. Or both? Because I killed Kemila Velan on Friday. She was a devil on earth and became an angel in [...]
Open Mic Night at UVA69 at 6900 Biscayne Boulevard!
Open Mic Night at UVA69 at 6900 Biscayne Boulevard!
Join us for an evening of jazz and writing! UVA 69 is part Barcelonan bistro, part urban wine bar, nestled within a Mediterranean-style building from the 1920s in Miami’s Upper Eastside side, MIMO historical district, fuses the energy of Biscayne Boulevard and the serenity of nearby waters.
National Writers’ Workshop 2008
Sign up at www.sun-sentinel.com/writers
National Writers’ Workshop 2008
Hyatt Pier 66
Fort Lauderdale
Sept. 20-21
Seminars for journalists, authors, bloggers, students and aspiring writers.
Get inspired and take away practical tips to improve your writing.
Connect with published authors and award-winning reporters.
Featuring:
Dave Barry, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, The Miami Herald
Gene Weingarten, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and feature writer at [...]
Cozy Writing Circles
The Standard Hotel featuring Marcela Landres
Private Writing Coaching
Melanie Feliciano provides personalized critiques, editing services, blog tech help, yoga and meditation tips and job referrals to writers in South Florida, San Francisco, Denver, Ann Arbor, Chapel Hill and London. Membership is limited to 50 writers per year for unlimited advice via text and email (please allow 3-7 days for a response and if [...]
Nov. 10, 2008: Write Out Loud
The Miami Writers Association is doing it again this year. We’ve got our own tent, all we need is you to come and read your poetry, sing your song, or make us laugh with the latest chapter of your novel.
Alejandra Fernandez reads erotica-meets-spirituality…
Kiro, Kemila, Claudia, Marcos and Alejandra.
Claudia Forestieri reads about her friendly neighbors in [...]
Fall 2008 Writing Workshops
This fall, the Florida Center for the Literary Arts will once again offer a series of streamlined, non-credit, creative writing courses that coach students writing development from beginning to end and include genres ranging from memoir and screenwriting to advanced fiction and poetry. The Center’s fall 2008 workshops, which begin the week of Sept. 14, [...]
Brikolodge: A Co-Working Space in Wynwood
by Ali
Coworking is designed to be social, creative and welcoming. It’s a café-like atmosphere combined with the collaboration and community of an office/workspace. Brikolodge was formed with the intention of
bringing South Florida’s design, development, freelance, and consultant population together under one roof.
Many of these types of professionals are a part of start-up dot coms, students [...]
The Brikolodge Facility is Miami’s first coworking space, located in the heart of the Wynwood Design District
by Ali
Coworking is designed to be social, creative and welcoming. It’s a café-like atmosphere combined with the collaboration and community of an office/workspace. Brikolodge was formed with the intention of bringing South Florida’s design, development, freelance, and consultant population together under one roof.
Many of these types of professionals are a part of start-up dot coms, [...]
Guitar Lessons
Rock – Blues – Classical – Bossanova – Flamenco
305-310-3664
Miami Book Fair
Miami Book Fair International is a premier program of the Florida Center of the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College.
Over eight days each November, downtown Miami becomes the center of the literary world when Miami Book Fair International welcomes hundreds of [...]
National Writers’ Workshop 2008
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Sign up at www.sun-sentinel.com/writers
National Writers’ Workshop 2008
Hyatt Pier 66
Fort Lauderdale
Sept. 20-21
Seminars for journalists, authors, bloggers, students and aspiring writers.
Get inspired and take away practical tips to improve your writing.
Connect with published authors and award-winning reporters.
Featuring:
Dave Barry, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, The Miami Herald
Gene [...]
Miami Book Fair International 2008
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Miami Book Fair International is a premier program of the Florida Center of the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College.
Over eight days each November, downtown Miami becomes the center of the literary world when Miami Book Fair International [...]
Social Networking Rules SXSW 2008
On March 12, 2008, the big B-O-Yz (and GURL) convened at the Austin Convention Center to discuss the phenomenon of social networking web sites and how musicians were using them to find fans, distribution channels and, well…FAME. Apparently Gen Y is obsessed with the idea of fame and we are using the Internet to get [...]
Writing Workshops Guidelines for Feedback
by Linda Elkin
Editor’s Note: I took an 8-week writing workshop with Linda Elkin in San Francisco, circa 1999, and wrote my first online short story, “Angela’s Lair.” She was a superb workshop leader and I’ll never forget the guidelines she gave.
Linda received an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, and [...]
The Writers Institute
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
May 7-10, 2008
Four days of writing and publishing workshops in the heart of Downtown Miami.
• Playwriting with Che’Rae Adams
• Fiction with T Cooper, Felicia Luna Lemus and Vicki Hendricks
• Writing for Young Adults with Micol Ostow
• Poetry with Kevin Young
• Nonfiction with Nick Flynn
• Advanced Fiction with Connie May Fowler
• Revision [...]
Writing Retreat in France
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
The Brouzils Seminars 2008.
Enrollment is limited. Space and accommodations by individual arrangement are provided once admissions requirements have been met. An accommodation list will be sent to all applicants.
Programs.
JULY :: The 2008 Creative Arts Workshops. The major seminars: Poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and screenwriting. Additional discussion groups for travel, wine [...]
The National Latino Writers Conference
Monday, January 7th, 2008
6th Annual National Latino Writers Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 21 – 24, 2008
Call (505) 246-2261
The National Latino Writers Conference is an exciting three-day event for aspiring writers where nationally known authors, agents and editors present in workshops and panel discussions. The goal of this event is to provide a forum [...]
Tate’s Comics
This is a writer’s dream come true. You may spend hours upon hours looking at the comic books, pop culture novelties, photographs and more at this huge warehouse.
Check ‘em out:
http://www.tatescomics.com/
Tate’s Comics, Toys, Videos and More
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
This is a writer’s dream come true. You may spend hours upon hours looking at the comic books, pop culture novelties, photographs and more at this huge warehouse.
Check ‘em out:
http://www.tatescomics.com/
“Write Out Loud” Miami Book Fair International Nov. 7, 2007
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Alejandra Fernandez reads erotica-meets-spirituality…
Kiro, Kemila, Claudia, Marcos and Alejandra.
Claudia Forestieri reads about her friendly neighbors in the West Design District.
Jessee Jackson performs in the “Write Out Loud” tent.
Gysela, queen of the Bi-Universe, and Pluton, princess of the Underworld, introduce writers at “Write [...]
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