Agenda

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Time Event & Writer Featured Writers UCF Location
7:00 PM Reading, Q&A, book signing. Anthony Swofford Pegasus Ballroom Student Union

Friday, February 17, 2012

Time Event & Writer Featured Writers UCF Location
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Individual Manuscript Consultation Option As scheduled individually As scheduled individually
1:00 PM How to write crime fiction. Bob Morris Sand Key Room, 220 Student Union
  How to find good literary presses. Joe David Bellamy Pensacola Board Room, 222 Student Union
2:30 PM How to create ebooks Bob Morris Sand Key Room, 220 Student Union
  How to create literary comics (graphic narrative) Nathan Holic Pensacola Board Room, 222 Student Union
4:00 PM Writing for comics and graphic narrative Robert Venditti Sand Key Room, 220 Student Union
  Reading, Q&A, book signing. Joe David Bellamy and Rick Campbell Pensacola Board Room, 222 Student Union
5:30 PM Reception (by invitation) Most visiting writers Burnett Honors College Atrium
7:00 PM Reading, Q&A, book signing Bob Shacochis Visual Arts Building Auditorium (VAB 132)

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Time Event & Writer Featured Writers UCF Location
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast.   Visual Arts Building Atrium
9:00 AM How to launch a writing career. Jamie Poissant, Ilyse Kusnetz, and Vanessa Blakeslee Visual Arts Building, Rm. 109
  Prize-winning journalism in the era of austerity. Paige St. John Visual Arts Building, Rm. 111
  The book publishing process and trying to publish in a recession economy. Amy Gorelick, University Press of Florida Visual Arts Building, Rm. 113
10:30 AM How to start a literary journal. Ira Sukungruang and Katherine Reigel, Sweet: A Literary Confection Visual Arts Building, Rm. 109
  How to write about food and make it your career. Scott Joseph Visual Arts Building, Rm. 111
  How to create chapbooks. Ryan Rivas, Burrow Press Visual Arts Building, Rm. 113
Noon Boxed lunch   Visual Arts Atrium
1:00 PM How to write screenplays. Pat Rushin Visual Arts Building, Rm. 109
  How to create a web presence as a writer. Scott Joseph Visual Arts Building, Rm. 111
  How to prepare and format your poetry collection for contests. Rick Campbell, Anhinga Press Visual Arts Building, Rm. 113
2:30 PM Editors’ Round-table: How to get published and noticed by agents. Editors from The Florida Review, Sweet, SPECS, and other journals. Visual Arts Building, Rm. 109
  The Making of a Video Star: Making the newsroom multimedia transition Ihosvani “Geo” Rodriguez and Jonathan Busdeker. Moderated by Antonio Fins, Editorial Page Editor, Sun Sentinel Visual Arts Building, Rm. 111
4:00 PM Reading, Q&A, book signing Writers from The Florida Review, including Ira Sukungruang and others TBA Visual Arts Building, Rm. 111
  Individual manuscript consultation option As scheduled As scheduled
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Open reception   Visual Arts Building Lobby
7:00 PM Reading, Q&A, book signing Jacki Lyden Visual Arts Building Auditorium (VAB 132)
For this year, we've completed the schedule and do not have room to add additional events. However, writers, editors, and publishers who wish to participate this year have the option of securing a display table. To register for a table, see our Registration page.
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