The MS Gulf Coast Writers Association presents

Southern Expressions

Authors Conference '10

Sponsored by the IP Casino Resort & Spa

November

5 - 7, 2010

Location:
Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts & Education
1600 Government Street
Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564

Ocean Springs,

Mississippi

22 Workshops + 5 Special Programs

Attendance limited to 120

Early bird: $150 for 5 sessions

Contact: writerpllevin@gmail.com

Distinguished Speakers include...

- Keynote Speakers -

Neil White III Author of "In the Sanctuary of the Outcasts"

Kathleen Koch CNN Reporter, Author "Rising From Katrina

Carolyn Haines Author of the Sarah Booth Series, Harper Lee Award

• Tom Sawyer, Head screenwriter for “Murder She Wrote”

• Allen Kates, Memoirs, Self-editing. Book Editor, Writing Coach, Ghostwriter, Publisher

• John Floyd, 850 publishing credits, including Alfred Hitchcock, Woman's World

• Geri Spieler, Journalist, Investigative reporter for LA Times, WSJ, Forbes. Research Dir. for Gartner Group. Author “Taking Aim at the President”

• Helen Zimmerman, AAR Literary agent

• Darden North, Jackson MS OB Gyn. Promoter of his highly successful mystery novels

• Lynn Wiese Sneyd, LWS Literary Services, specializing in Internet promotion

• Dallas Woodburn, Founder “Write On!” for teens, published in Family Circle, Cicada, Chicken Soup for the Soul

• Anthony Dalton, Canadian author of nine nonfiction books, CAA national President

• Peter Meinke, Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg, FL -- Two O'Henry Awards. His book of short stories, The Piano Tuner, won the 1986 Flannery O’Connor Award

• Robyn Conley, “The Book Doc,” Editor, Published in Scholastic and Writer’s Digest

- Special Speakers -

• Ken Davies, Award winning composer and song writer

• Bruce Keyes, International Photographer

• Philip Levin, MS Roster Speaker; Editor of MQ, RWA 1^st place winner

• Sammie Gonzo Mays, Mayor of Key West FL, Free-lance writer

• Hester Bass, Children's book author "Secret Life of Walter Anderson"

• Matthew Pitt, Author "Attention Please Now," Autumn House Prize Winner

In association with
The Peter Anderson Art Festival: November 6 - 7, 2010

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