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

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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 

 

   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.



Left to right: Evelyn Beson, Connie Googman-Moline & Margarita R. Pedrozo-Walling

  OUR NEXT MEETING will be on JANUARY 5, 2019

This year will begin with a member reading in January instead of February, since our last-minute-called-out-of-town-speaker for November, Nils Kastberg, will be with us on Feburary 2, 2019 (I'll update the column next month).  So, get ready to present your best in 5 minutes to those gathered.  For those who missed the outstanding fashion show/poetry reading at CHICO'S on December 15, those women who purchased 

items there may wish to model them for the association.  Also, poets who read there may wish to repeat (with half the time allotted) their poetry.

Other than that, everyone (with paid-up dues) should be prepared to "knock us out" with their poetry and/or prose!  This is your chance to 

wow us with words, preparing for your next reading, be it at Books & Books, Capital Bank (in the works), Famous Last Fridays (January 25th),

the Poetry Soiree (January 2), or something in between. 

Try practicing at home, in front of a mirror, in front of your spouse/partner or friends, or (only for the brave) in front of your parents or children.

Try to get to where you are confident in what you read/recite (keeping your time just under 5 minutes).  Time is important in all slam events/contests

and even in reading/recitations, so as to obviate the need for the timekeeper to remind you.  Choose wisely and don't forget the "wow" factor!

Jonathan Rose, Program Director

South Florida Writers Association



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

GLENN PATRON

Author, The Accidental Captain

January 19, 2019, 6 pm to 8 pm 

FREE &  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Books & Books -Suniland

11297 South Dixie Highway, Pinecrest, FL 33156

THANK YOU

to our members and friends for your GENEROUS DONATION to the South Florida Writers Association (SFWA)