Thank you for your patience. Authors selected for Best Of and Honorable Mention will be receiving their complimentary copies very soon. A complimentary copy will also be mailed to the Best Of from the 2011 conference as well.

If you would like to order a copy (or additional copies), please email the conference coordinator: cayacr at eckerd.edu

You can read John’s winning story here: http://www.arizonamysterywriters.com/wp-content/uploads/Rat-Baiting.pdf

Enjoy!

Workshops, Faculty, Readings will be announced soon!

We will open the application process later this summer and our application deadline will be November 25, 2013.

Stay Tuned!

From the Saints and Sinners Festival website:

All of the finalist stories will be included in the anthology Saints & Sinners: New Fiction from the Festival 2013 to be published by Bold Strokes Books and released at the Book Launch Party on May 23 to launch the 10^th anniversary festival. Tickets are available for the Book Launch Party with an evening of (complimentary) cocktails and readings from the anthology Saints and Sinners 2013: New Fiction from the Festival. All guests receive a copy of the book.

CONGRATS, SANDRA!!

From the Publisher:

THE GIFTS OF GRIEF: FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS OF LOSS

by  Therèse Tappouni

At some point in our lives, we all experience grief:

The death of a loved one, a financial catastrophe, a debilitating illness, or the ending of a marriage. In the dark moments that follow these losses, life can seem hopeless and unbearable.

Author Therèse Tappouni knows this journey all too well.

After suffering the devastating loss of her eleven-year-old son, she ultimately came to the realization that it is possible to not only heal from grief, but to find gifts from the deepest places of despair.

The Gifts of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness of Loss explores the grieving process and examines new ways to heal from the inside out. Couched in Tappouni’s warm and comforting prose, and steeped in examples from her own experiences with deep loss, Therèse is able to walk the reader through the grieving process, while keeping in mind that the journey will be different for every person.

Complete with guided audio mediations and journaling exercises, The Gifts of Grief offers a compassionate path from loss and emptiness into wholeness, teaching not only how to survive grief, but also adapt and evolve new blessings from it as well.

About the Author:

While the road has been difficult and dark at times, Therèse Tappouni’s experiences with grief and loss have nurtured her passions for counseling, writing, teaching, and speaking about the human connection and the need for a new kind of understanding around grief. She is a licensed HeartMath® Provider, a board-certified hypnotherapist, Somatic Intuitive Training Practitioner, counselor, teacher, and most importantly, a mother.

CONGRATS, THERESE!

Lori will be doing a book tour for her new novel, so be sure to check in on her newly redesigned website for the latest news and events.

Here are some of her upcoming events:

Saturday April 20 – Riverview Public Library
10509 Riverview Dr. Riverview, FL 33578-4367
2:00p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Discuss and Sign BENT ROAD

Wednesday May 8th – Shorecrest Spring Luncheon (Ticketed event)
Feather Sound Country Club
2201 Feather Sound Dr Clearwater, FL 33762

Saturday June 15 – Haslam’s Book Store
2025 Central Ave St Petersburg, FL 33713
3:00 p.m.
Discuss and Sign UNTIL SHE COMES HOME
(727) 822-8616

Saturday June 22 – Barnes and Noble Clearwater
23654 US 19 North, Clearwater, FL 33765
1:00 p.m.
Discuss and Sign UNTIL SHE COMES HOME
727-669-1688

Thursday June 27 – Inkwood Books
216 S Armenia Ave Tampa, FL 33609
7:00 p.m.
Discuss and Sign UNTIL SHE COMES HOME
(813) 253-2638

Saturday June 29 – Bookstore 1 Sarasota
1359 Main Street, Sarasota FL 34236
11:00 a.m.
Discuss and Sign UNTIL SHE COMES HOME
(941) 365-7900

Congrats, Lori!!

Congrats, Aaron!

AndWeWereHungry, a new online arts & literary magazine, Call for Entries—The Flying Elephants Short-Story Prize :: Judge: Author Edwidge Danticat | Grand Prize ($2000) • Three Finalists ($1000 each) :: Sponsor:  “Ashes & Snow” Artist Gregory Colbert | Theme or Prompt: “And We Were Hungry….,” or “Hunger.” • For isn’t it, to quote the late Ray Bradbury, “lack that gives us inspiration?” | No-Entry-Fee • Deadline: April 30, 2013. | www.andwewerehungry.org

GENERAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

AndWeWereHungry, a new online arts & literary magazine, Call For Submissions—Debut Issue ::  Fiction • Nonfiction • Essay • Poetry • Art • Photo • Film | Theme or Prompt: “And We Were Hungry….,” or “Hunger.” • For isn’t it, to quote the late Ray Bradbury, “lack that gives us inspiration?” | No-Reading-Fee • NonPaying Market • Deadline: April 30, 2013. | www.andwewerehungry.org

Congrats, Sam!