Two Exclusive, Three-day, Workshop-Intensive Writing Conferences with Connie May Fowler (fiction) and Zilpha Underwood (creative non-fiction)
Each manuscript-intensive workshop is limited to six people and will be held in beautiful, historic Cedar Key, Florida.
Tuition: $500.
Admission: by application only.
February applicants will be notified as to the status of their application by January 12, 2010.
March applicants will be notified by February 2010.
Conference Application
Your application must include:
1. An original manuscript no longer than twenty pages (see manuscript guidelines below).
2. A $40 application/processing fee made out to Below Sea Level. Past participants need
to apply again. If you attended the workshop in 2009, the application fee is waived.
3. A single sheet containing the following information:
-- Your full name.
-- Your E-mail address.
-- Your phone number.
-- The best time of day to call.
-- What workshop you are applying for (you must choose one):
----*Fiction workshop with Connie May Fowler
----*Creative non-fiction workshop with Zilpha Underwood.
-- Indicate which conference you are applying for:
----*February 25—28, 2010
----*March 25—28, 2010
----*Either (note your preference)
----*Both
4. Mail your application packet—postmarked no later than January 5, 2010—to
Writing Below Sea Level
PO Box 98
Panacea, Florida 32346
Manuscript Guidelines:
1. You may submit up to twenty pages of fiction or creative non-fiction. Please indicate which genre you are applying for (the manuscript should be written in the genre of the workshop you wish to attend).
2. The material should be unpublished works in progress.
3. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, with one-inch margins, rendered in 12-point Times Roman font.
4. Each page must be numbered and your name should appear on each page.
5. Please do not print double-sided pages.
6. If your manuscript submission is part of a longer work, please indicate this. A one page
(rendered in manuscript style) synopsis is acceptable for such submissions.
They are unable to return submitted manuscripts. Application packets must be postmarked by January 5, 2010. If accepted, you may submit for the workshop critique material other than your application manuscript.
"Below Sea Level was the most transformative event of my creative writing career. The manuscripts were simply amazing, as were the women who wrote them. I feel certain I developed friendships and relationships that will last a very long time. The faculty offered advice and encouragement both personal and professional, and made sure each one of us left the workshop with a clear plan of how to move forward with our writing careers. I returned home happily exhausted, but with a renewed commitment to myself and my future, and with high hopes of continuing to work with such talented, extraordinary women." Tricia Booker, 2008 St. Augustine Project Participant
“I can say sincerely: Cedar Key wasn't just valuable for my writing. It was fun!” Geri Throne, 2009 Cedar Key Project Participant
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