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
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Beautiful Sunsets
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast
22 Workshops + 5 Special Programs
Attendance limited to 120
Early bird: $150 for 5 sessions
One-on-One sessions: $25 ea. (5 max)
Contact: writerpllevin@gmail.com
Rooms provided by
IP Casino Resort & Spa
Distinguished Speakers include...
- Keynote Speakers -
Neil White III Author of "In the Sanctuary of the Outcasts"
Carolyn Haines Author of the Sarah Booth Series, Harper Lee Award
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Tom Sawyer, Head screenwriter for “Murder She Wrote”
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Allen Kates, Memoirs, Self-editing. Book Editor, Writing Coach, Ghostwriter, Publisher
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John Floyd, 850 publishing credits, including Alfred Hitchcock, Woman's World
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Geri Spieler, Journalist, Investigative reporter for LA Times, WSJ, Forbes. Research Dir. for Gartner Group. Author “Taking Aim at the President”
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Helen Zimmerman, AAR Literary agent
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Darden North, Jackson MS OB Gyn. Promoter of his highly successful mystery novels
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Lynn Wiese Sneyd, LWS Literary Services, specializing in Internet promotion
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Dallas Woodburn, Founder “Write On!” for teens, published in Family Circle, Cicada, Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Anthony Dalton, Canadian author of nine nonfiction books, CAA national President
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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
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Robyn Conley, “The Book Doc,” Editor, Published in Scholastic and Writer’s Digest
- Special Speakers -
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Ken Davies, Award winning composer and song writer
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Bruce Keyes, International Photographer
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Philip Levin, MS Roster Speaker; Editor of MQ, RWA 1st place winner
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Sammie Gonzo Mays, Mayor of Key West FL, Free-lance writer
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Matthew Pitt, Author "Attention Please Now," Autumn House Prize Winner
In association with
The Peter Anderson Art Festival:
November 6 - 7, 2010
