LITERARY AGENT

Anne Hawkins of the prestigious John Hawkins & Associates in New York

FICTION

Jeanne Leiby, author of the short story collection Downriver and editor of the prestigious Southern Review

Bob Morris, author of the Zach Chasteen series of Caribbean mysteries, including Bahamarama, Baja, Florida, and A Deadly Sliver Sea

Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp series of archaeological mysteries, including the Benjamin Franklin Award-winning Artifacts, Relics, and her latest in the series, Floodgates

POETRY

Peter Meinke, named Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg in 2009, NEA fellowship recipient, and author of fourteen volumes of poetry, including The Contracted World (2006)

Lola Haskins, author of Desire Lines, Extranjera and numerous other volumes of poetry, winner of the 1993 Iowa Poetry Prize

Rick Campbell, Pushcart Prize-winning poet, NEA fellowship recipient, and editor of the prestigious Anhinga Press and the Anhinga Prize for Poetry

Victor Bockris, celebrity biographer and poet, founder of the Telegraph Press for poetry, and often referred to as the “poet laureate of the New York Underground”

NONFICTION

Bob Morris, former newspaper columnist for the Orlando Sentinel and past editor of Caribbean Travel & Life magazine
Diana Tonnessen, award-winning feature writer, book author, and associate editor of Gainesville Magazine, a publication of the New York Times Regional News Media

Bev Browning, memoirist, celebrity ghostwriter and author of more than 50 books

Rosemary Daniell, writing coach and author of Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Changed Women’s Lives

SELF-PUBLISHING

Peter Bowerman, author of The Well-Fed Writer: Income-Boosting Resources for Commercial Writers, an award-winning guide to self-publishing selected for inclusion in the Book of the Month Club, Writer’s Digest Book Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club

• Custom-design your schedule to suit your needs. Choose an in-depth course of study in fiction, nonfiction or poetry, or mix and match for a learning experience that’s tailored to your needs.
• Meet with literary agents and editors.
• Submit your work-in-progress for a one-on-one consultation.
• Learn from the pros about the writing life and the business of writing.
• Relax, refresh and renew your creative spirit at the luxurious Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville, Florida.