2012 Florida Writers Conference
The Florida Review is pleased to announce our first annual conference, The Florida Writers Conference February 16-18 2012. The theme is Story Makes the World. Events include readings and workshops on beginning a writing career; creating a web presence for your writing, screenwriting, writing graphic narrative (comics), and more.
Featured writers are Anthony Swofford (Jarhead), NPR Correspondent Jacki Lyden (Daughter of the Queen of Sheba), National Book Award Winner Bob Shacochis (The Immaculate Invasion, Swimming in the Volcano), Robert Venditti (The Surrogates), and more.
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Welcome to The Florida Review, the literary journal published twice yearly by the University of Central Florida. Our artistic mission is to publish the best poetry and prose written by the world's most exciting emerging and established writers. Our thanks to all those who have submitted, subscribed, donated, read and supported FR.
Contest Deadlines
Entries for the following contests will be accepted up until these dates.
- 2013 Editors' Awards - March 17, 2013
- Jeanne L. Leiby Chapbook Award - December 1, 2013
Visit the contest page for submission guidelines.
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2013 Editors’ Awards
The Florida Review is currently accepting entries for the 2013 Editors' Awards. . .
2012 Editors’ Awards
The Florida Review is pleased to announce the winners and finalists in our 2012 Editors’ Awards Competition. Their work will appear in the Winter 2012 issue of The Florida Review.
- Essay Prize: Jean Harper, “Colic”
- Essay Finalist: Mike Smith, “Some Thoughts on LeeAnne”
- Fiction Prize: Randolph Thomas, “Dispensations”
- Fiction Finalist: Christine Nicolai, “Thank You, Jesus”
- Poetry Prize: Mike Schneider, “Skin,” “Flight to Yucatan,” and “Sleeplessness”
- Poetry Finalist: Jane Satterfield, “Her Familiars” and “Why I Won't Attend My Sister-in-Law's 'For Your Pleasure' Party”
Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award Judge
The judge for this year's Chapbook Award is Lex Williford, author of the novel Macauley's Thumb, and coeditor of the Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Fiction. His work has appeared in American Literary Review, Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
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