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Now Accepting Applications for Writers in Paradise 2008 — Apply Now!

Join best-selling authors Ann Hood (The Knitting Circle), Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), Laura Lippman (What the Dead Know), and Richard Price (The Wanderers, Clockers and Freedomland) for the Fourth Annual Writers in Paradise Writers’ Conference, which will take place on the shores of Boca Ciega Bay at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, January 19-27, 2008.

This intensive eight-day experience of intimate workshop classes, panel discussions, readings, book signings, cocktail receptions and dinners is designed for those who are passionate about writing.  Our award-winning faculty and guest speakers will also include Beth Ann Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Peter Meinke, Roland Merullo, Thisbe Nissen, Les Standiford and Sterling Watson.

“The Best Of” this year’s conference selected from student manuscripts will be recognized on the last night of our Evening Reading Series.  These works will be published in Sabal — A Literary Review Featuring the Best Writing of the Writers in Paradise Conference at Eckerd College.  Participants will also have the opportunity to have individual manuscript consultations with noted author and teacher Les Standiford.

To learn more about Writers in Paradise and to help us continue the success of a conference committed to teaching the craft of fine writing, please visit the website and download your application materials today.

Visit www.writersinparadise.com for more info.