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Membership Benefits

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We award FOUR semi-annual grants of $500 each!

One for Publishing and one for marketing, awarded in June and December. Any member can apply! 

Winners are selected by random drawing of all applicants for each grant.

Monthly Meetings, Guest Speakers & Critique Groups

Review our monthly meetings' itinerary of guest speakers, critique groups, and other events.

Authors Showcase Series A Virtual Experience

Join us for the monthly showcase of talented authors now held on Zoom.

ADELE ROYCE:

AUTHORS SHOWCASE SERIES ON JULY 20, 2024

By Evelyn Benson

     Do you enjoy thrillers that explore complex characters, dark secrets, and high-stakes intrigue? Then, watch the next South Florida Writers Authors Showcase Series - A Virtual Experience on Saturday, JULY 20, 2024, at 6:15 p.m. (EDT) on SFWA’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcl-Zf1T5TsDZTJtvPyb1Pg . 

     Spotlight will be on author ADELE ROYCE discussing her latest book, Summer’s Blood, a contemporary thriller that delves into secrets hidden in the shadows and explores the darkness of the criminal underworld. 

     Adele Royce holds a BA in English from Arizona State University, where she graduated magna cum laude. Her published novels include Camera Ready, Princess Smile, and For Position Only, which was a BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly Editor’s Pick. An advertising and PR executive, Adele spent most of her career on the Las Vegas Strip, an experience that gave color to her novel, Summer’s Blood.

It is available at https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Blood-Neon-Diaries-Book-ebook/dp/B0D4VZYCPX/ , and  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/summers-blood-adele-royce/1145664294?ean=9798990326903  

     She is currently working on the sequel to Summer's Blood featuring the next generation of the Keller/Van Ness family, as well as Deadly Sins, a collection of short stories.

     Adele owns a marketing consulting firm in San Diego, California, where she resides with her husband and two cats. Learn more at www.adeleroyce.com .

 Interested in participating in the Authors Showcase Series?

Please contact [email protected] . 

Introducing the Member Bulletin Board We can promote your local event right here! Click here to contact Don Daniels  

See Gladys Barrio and Regina Rayevsky Fisher  on May  6th at 7:00 PM

at Books&Books in Coral Gables

Featured Events: MEMBER READINGS!

​ Our next meeting will be at the Pinecrest Library 5835 SW 111th Street.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (But come earlier, at 9:30 for refreshments and mingling.)

July is our time for member reading, So, bring your best work to this month’s meeting. An opportunity not to be missed. Email Holly White, reserve a spot on the list. (Only current members can step up to the mike But you can join right here , right now, if you like.)

We’ll spotlight 20 Members, give them five minutes each.

So, not enough time for a lengthy speech. But share with us those words on your screen, You can even try out a new stand-up routine! A thousand words is likely the most you can do Or 800, to allow for a pause or two. So, show us your work, be it prose or verse. Don’t be shy, and don’t forget to rehearse.

If you can't get there in person, 

 Join us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83899718493 Meeting ID: 838 9971 8493

You can even   even Join by  mobile: +13017158592,,83899718493# US

JEANETTE STEPHENS-EL AND GIANCARLO DIAGO WIN PUBLISHING AND MARKETING GRANTS

The South  Florida Writers Association is proud to officially announce and congratulate the winners of its financial grants:

* JEANETTE STEPHENS-EL for the $500 Book Publishing Grant

* GIANCARLO DIAGO CEVALLOS for the $500 Author/Book Marketing Grant    

SFWA Lifetime members Dr. Dorothy Rider and Mark Bonaparte led the selection of winners picked by Guest Speaker Ellen Book on June 1, 2024 at the Pinecrest Library and on Zoom. 

Authors Stephens-El and Diago Cevallos join the roster of previous winners of the grants: 

1. Catherine Shields (2022 June/Publishing) 

2. Louis K. Lowy (2022 June/Marketing)

3. Dale Alan Young (2023 June/Publishing) 

4. Sara Shaw (2023 June/Marketing) 

6. Charles Robertson (2023 December/Marketing).

In addition to the financial incentives and members engagement, the grants program also provides information about the genres and book projects of members plus innovative marketing ideas and tools that other members can learn from. A win -win for all!  

The Board also approved the funding of the financial grants for the 2024-2025 term:  $500 for Book Publishing and $500 for Book/Author Marketing at the December 2024 and June 2025 SFWA meetings. To be eligible, be sure to renew your membership for the July 2024 to June 2025 period. Contact [email protected] for membership; or [email protected] for questions about the grants. 

KUDOS AND THANKS to ALL APPLICANTS --- we wish you the best in your writing projects and good luck at the December selection of winners!\

In addition to the financial incentives and member engagement, the grants program also provides information about the genres and book projects of members plus innovative marketing ideas and tools that other members can learn from. A win -win for all!  

KUDOS AND THANKS to ALL APPLICANTS --- we wish you the best in your writing projects and good luck at the December selection of winners!

  JEANETTE STEPHENS-EL a/k/a "Raining Deer" is an author, editor, freelance writer, and publicist.

She’s a 2019 inductee to the NJ Cumberland County Black Hall of Fame. A multi- title author and recipient of the Barack Obama Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. Author of several books:  On Eagles Wings: Prayers for the President; Rites of Passage for Breast Cancer Victors, 10 Tips to Avoid Breast Cancer (Unless it’s in the Genes); and T-Time: A Rites of Passage Manual for the Adolescent Female. Jeanette has an upcoming history book, Seeds of Awakening: The Creation of Oyotunji African Kingdom, which she edited and for which she designed a traveling exhibit titled Royal Robes. Following that will be a children’s book titled When Peacocks Fly, inspired by the Belafonte-Tacolcy Center in Miami's Liberty City.

“The funds will go towards an initial printing of books for the official presentation and/or East Coast book signing of Seeds of Awakening: The Creation of Oyotunji African Kingdom - 1970 – 1995, “ said Jeanette. “It’s a book about the founding of the first, and possibly the only -- authentic African village in the United States by a group of African Americans dedicated to restoring their cultural identity around the time of the American civil rights era. Established in the shadow of antebellum plantations in the South Carolina low country, Oyotunji became a center for students of 20th century Black America who sought and found a cultural kinship as it influenced self-awareness of Black Americans through the umbilical cord of ancestral history, planting a sense of pride in the minds of those who saw in their mirrored reflection a chief, a priest, a king or a queen. Genre is History/Ethnic Studies/African American Studies.”  

Hailing from New Jersey, Jeanette initially lived in Miami, Florida for 24 years, returned to the North to care for her mother and then headed back to the Sunshine State where she still resides. Her natural affinity for writing led her to pen headline stories for several newspapers before she took the helm as editor-in-chief of Southern Dawn Magazine. Prior and during that time, she co-founded the Imani Um Nommo Writers Workshop which led to Jeanette serving as founding Executive Director of    the African American Caribbean Cultural Arts Commission. Funded by the Dade County Cultural Affairs Council, it gave birth to the Annual Pan African Bookfest & Cultural Conference for which Jeanette was an eleven-year project coordinator. She also served as publicist for Philip Michael Thomas during and after MIAMI VICE. Together they produced Kickin' High - A musical; Space Puppets, a children’s play; and a live theatrical reading of Nameejie – a play at the Billie Holiday Theater in New York in 2017. Jeanette has delivered keynote addresses at major events, on radio, television and college campuses and addressed audiences at book fairs from Harlem to Atlanta and Miami. 

GIANCARLO DIAGO CEVALLOS is the Vice President of the South Florida Writer's Association.

He is currently attending Florida National University and expects to graduate in 2025 with a degree in Journalism. He considers himself an amateur at heart. Proud to wear the title, whether as a student, musician or in literature. The true meaning of the term "amateur" is about motivation, not quality. An amateur isn't in it for fame or fortune. An amateur pursues his art for the love of the art itself.

He loves animals, the ocean and sweets. He enjoys reading and writing books, too. His first book, Envoys, was published  in 2023. He is working on his second book, Tales of the Little Flame. Genre is Fantasy.

In Giancarlo's book, Taran is the Chief of his tribe, the Skulks. All his life, he's wanted to venture north across the sea to visit the closed-off island at the top of the world. Even though his tribe has been decimated by foreign disease, he can't resist the opportunity to visit the mythical island.

Lunate is the Crusader of his nation, Astria. It doesn't matter to him that Astria has become the joke and punching bag of its neighbors. On their travels, they are desperate to find anything that could give Astria an advantage, no matter what.

Both travelers hope to change the world, albeit in different, sometimes conflicting ways.

“I plan to use the grant money to hire a publicist in addition to other marketing activities to boost sales of my books,“ declared Giancarlo.  

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The 2019-2020 SFWA Board of Directors.

SFWA President Beverly Melasi Haag is ready to emcee the installation ceremony of the 2019-2020 board of directors. (6-1-19)

Poet Howard Camner reads his select works at the SFWA Poetry Month's Celebration on 4-6-19.

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5 Best Creative Writing Classes in Miami

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Writer's Workshop

This workshop offers an opportunity for writers to create and share first-person or fictional pieces in a supportive communal setting. It focuses on constructive criticism and improvement, with two students submitting a piece each week for class discussion. The instructor, Ms. Jeannie DeQuine, also provides guidance on common writing issues.

Website: https://continue.miami.edu/CourseDetail.aspx?c=899

Categories: Memoir

Start date:

October, 2023

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Improv Acting 1 - Improve Scenework

Just the Funny

Join our 7-week introductory class on improvisational acting in Miami, renowned for its popularity and effectiveness. Learn techniques for improvising scenes and characters in a supportive environment. The course culminates in a student performance, showcasing the skills learned.

Website: http://www.justthefunny.com/classes

Categories: Comedy

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Sketch Writing

In this 7-week course, you'll learn the art of writing effective and humorous sketches. Covering everything from commercial parodies to full-length scenes, the course offers insights into starting sketches, crafting punchlines, and creating strong endings. Students will write at least six sketches and see them brought to life in class performances.

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Stand-Up Comedy

Dive into the world of stand-up comedy with a course that teaches the fundamentals of joke writing and routine development. It focuses on discovering and harnessing your unique sense of humor to create a personalized stand-up comedy set.

Poetry Club Meetup!

Miami Poetry Club

The Miami Poetry Club provides bi-monthly writing workshops every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 PM. Located at The LAB Miami in Wynwood, it aims to cultivate the next generation of Miami writers by offering space, education, and community. The club's programming includes these workshops, the Spoken Waves poetry reading series, and publication opportunities for local writers. They are currently fundraising for a central Clubhouse to host these and more events.

Website: https://www.miamipoetryclub.org/

Categories: Poetry and Free

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This directory of the best writing courses in Miami is meant to help you locate the right one for yourself.  We’ve included filters for price and genre so that you can quickly sort through the writing classes. And before you commit to any one writing class, consider the following questions:

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• What is the price of the writing course?
• How far away is the writing course in Miami? Is there a remote alternative?
• How long could the course last?

Got any questions about finding the right writing class in Miami for you? Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] . Good luck!

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MAST Creative Writing Club

The​ ​Creative​ ​Writing​ ​Club​ ​is​ ​an​ ​association​ ​of​ ​students​ ​devoted​ ​to​ ​sharing​ ​their​ ​writing,​ ​art,​ ​and photography ​and​ ​expressing​ ​themselves​ ​in​ ​a​ ​safe​ ​place.​ ​

We​ send our writing to competition and ​connect​ ​writers,​ ​artists​ ​and​ ​photographers​ ​with​ ​Spilt​ ​Milk,​ ​the​ ​literary​ ​magazine​ ​of​ ​MAST Academy. 

Club​ ​Meeting​ ​dates​: Last Wednesday of every month

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Club​ ​Sponsor :​ ​Otto​ ​Zequeira

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Lighthouse connects kids and teens to words, new friends, and a writing community. We offer workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, and many other genres and topics. Our classes are taught by published authors and are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing.

Summer Writing Camps

Lighthouse's Young Writers Camps are led by published and award-winning writers, and each workshop is designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing in young writers aged 8 to 18. Registration for half-day camp and applications for full-day camp will open on January 1, 2019.

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The Young Writers Program offers creative writing workshops in public and private schools as well as juvenile residential treatment centers throughout the Denver metro area. Led by working, published writers with a passion for sharing their craft, our outreach workshops provide access to our innovative creative writing programming for young people who cannot come to Lighthouse.

The Young Authors Collective, or YAC, is a group of talented, word-obsessed high school writers dedicated to experimenting with new creative forms, collaborating with other arts organizations, and writing a ton. We meet once a week at Lighthouse to generate new pieces, give friendly feedback, and work towards publication.

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