SOUTH FLORIDA WRITERS ASSOCIATION

SOUTH FLORIDA WRITERS ASSOCIATION
Webmaster: Margarita R. Pedrozo W
FL
United States

Welcome

The South Florida Writers Association is an association of independent and emerging writers.

Welcome to our website!

For more information about our association, please CLICK on any of the underlined links below.

About SFWA

Become A Member of SFWA

Membership Benefits

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SFWA OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30 2019

President: Beverly Melasi-Haag

Vice President: Jeff Dorn

(Effective November 3, 2018)

Treasurer: Evelyn Benson

Secretary: Dorothy Rider

Director-Program: Jonathan Rose

Director-Membership: Holly White

Director-Communications: Norma Chew

Director-Community Relations:

Connie Goodman-Milone

Director-Publication: Teresa Bendana

Director-Website:

Margarita R. Pedrozo-Walling

Director-Contests: Jeffrey Dorn

Director at Large: Steve Liebowitz

Director at Large: Anika Madison

We cordially invite you to our

9th Annual Mango Writers Conference

RSVP REQUIRED.

CONTACT PHYLLIS PTMIAMI113@GMAIL.COM

(305) 273-5741

Online payment for fees at:

http://southfloridawritersassn.org/eventsmembership_paypal_payments

Calling All SFWA Members:

Monthly Writing Contest

All generes accepted:

Poems, haiku, short stories, essays, personal essays, one chapter of a book.

Submissions must be received no later than one week prior to our monthly meeting. Late submissions will be held over for the next month. Winners will be announced at the meeting and will be presented with a beautiful certificate.

First place winner has access to $20 toward submission of the winning work to a national contest. Writer must show the contest director the contest submission form and claim the $20 from the treasurer within 60 days of award date.

Submission fees: One article $3, two articles $5, three articles $7. Fee is $5 for any piece of more than 10 pages.

Submit to JEFFREY DORN, Contest Director, dornjeffrey@gmail.com or provide in person at a meeting.

Online payment for fees at:

http://southfloridawritersassn.org/eventsmembership_paypal_payments

Need a second look?

Refine your work

If you would like to get feedback on your work before you send it out, feel free to attend one of our critique groups!

You will get group support from fellow writers.

For more information, please click HERE

IMPORTANT MEMBERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

The SFWA Board of Directors voted to change the membership dues to coincide with the Associations fiscal year.

As of July 1, 2018, all membership dues for 2019 will be payable on July 1, 2018. Those who have paid in the previous three months - April, May and June of 2018, are paid up until July 1, 2019.

Questions and concerns about this change may be brought to the next Board meeting.

OUR NEXT MEETING will be on MARCH 2, 2019

GUEST SPEAKER: DAVE BRICKER

Traditional or Self-Publishing?

Sell Books or Get Bookings?

Should you find an agent or

self-publish?”

Dave Bricker is a speaker, editor, MFA designer, and award-winning author of ten books that include both fiction and non-fiction offerings. After spending years sailing in search of stories, he now works with writers, speakers and professionals who want to craft authentic messages that connect and engage. Dave has presented at the 2018 National Speakers Association annual convention, given workshops on Storytelling and PowerPoint for Toastmasters Leadership Institute, and won trophies for speech evaluation and humorous speaking. He’s also a pretty good jazz guitarist.

The title of his presentation is “Traditional or Self-Publishing? Sell Books or Get Bookings? Should you find an agent or self-publish?” Each path has advantages and disadvantages. Speaker, author, and editor Dave Bricker offers practical advice for authors on finding opportunities in publishing.

Jonathan Rose, Program Director

10:30 A.M. TO 12:30 PM

PINECREST LIBRARY

5835 SW 111 STREET

PINECREST, FL 33156

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

RSVP TO:

CONNIE GOODMAN-MILONE

Director-Community Relations

cgmilone@gmail.com

We cordially invite you to the next Authors Showcase Series of the South Florida Writers Association in collaboration with Books & Books @ Suniland in Pinecrest featuring: