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Our conference in Fairhope, AL at the University of South Alabama's Baldwin Campus. Conference dates April 3 & 4, 2009.

Participating Presses & Journals

A preliminary list of the presses and journals that will be represented in the GCACWT Book Room:
Presses:
Anhinga Press
Excalibur Press
Kitsune Books
Livingston Press
River City Publishing
YellowJacket Press

Journals:
Apalachee Review
Bayou
Black Warrior Review
CaKe
Chattahoochie Review
The Florida Book Review
Gulf Stream Magazine
Juked
Louisiana Literature
Snake Nation Review
The Southern Review

Sponsors for the GCACWT Conference

We're grateful to our sponsors:
Alabama Writers Forum
Apalachee Review
The Florida Book Review
Florida State University
Department of Management, Florida State University
University of South Alabama

Special thanks to Dr. Cindy Wilson, Associate Director of U.S.A. Baldwin County Campus.

Want to become a sponsor? Email us.

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Contest Deadline March 7, 2009

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2009 Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference

Organization Information

President, Mary Jane Ryals, Florida State University
Vice-President, Michael Trammell, Florida State University
Publicity, Lynne Barrett, Florida International University
2009 Program Committee:
Jeanie Thompson, Alabama Writers Forum
Joanna Leake, University of New Orleans




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Student Writing Contest

2009 GCACWT STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION

GCACWT memebers may submit the work of students enrolled in their 2008-2009 classes.  Deadline is March 7th, 2009. Schools may use whatever internal procedure they like to determine entries. Each school is limited to nominating one student per award:

Fiction Award--Undergraduate
Fiction Award--Graduate
Poetry Award--Undergraduate
Poetry Award--Graduate
Creative Nonfiction Award--Undergraduate
Creative Nonfiction Award--Graduate

Winners will be announced at the GCACWT annual Conference, April 3 & 4, 2009.  Writers will receive free subscriptions to literary magazines published by member programs, among them Apalachee Review.

Entry Requirements:
Schools are limited to one entry per award.  Students' names and school affiliations should not appear on manuscript (please make sure not in header or footer, either), only on the cover sheet.
All submissions must be printed.
Prose entries are limited to 5,000 words and should be double-spaced.
Poetry entries should be limited to  no more than three poems (all by one poet) per category.

Each entry must be accompanied by a cover sheet stating category, the student's name, address, phone, e-mail, and status as a graduate or undergraduate, and the submitting teacher's name, address, phone number, and e-mail.

Judges will be announced after the competition.  No judges will be faculty from GCACWT member institutions.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
All contest entries must be received by March 7, 2009.
They should be sent to:

Mary Jane Ryals
Contest Entries
4144 Buttercup Way
Tallahassee, FL  32311