The Tallahassee Writers Conference strives to bring you quality presenters on stimulating topics that will hone your writing skills and motivate you to Write Now!
Recent TWA conferences brought such notables to Tallahassee as:
- Leonard Pitts, Pulitzer-Prize winning Miami Herald columnist
- David Morrell, novelist of Rambo First Blood fame
- Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist
- Philip Gerard, creative nonfiction guru
- Donald Maass, renowned New York agent
- Lucia Robson, Jeff Shaara, and Don Yaeger, New York Times bestsellers
- James Scott Bell, author of Plot and Structure and numerous thrillers
- Chuck Sambuchino, editor of the annual Writers Guide to Literary Agents
- Cassandra King, author of The Same Sweet Girls and The Sunday Wife
Acclaim from those attending past conferences:
“a first class event”
“the best conference I have been to, ever!!!”
“ a wonderful conference and quite a bargain for the price”
“I learned so much, and got inspired. Couldn't have asked for more.”
“informative, varied, well managed and entertaining”
“reignited my passion for writing”
“All the suggestions and techniques I heard are spinning in my head, and the ideas they
are generating are so exciting.”
“an ambitious, thorough, and helpful event for all of us writers”
“a very impressive event”
“fantastic event with a wide variety of great speakers”
“I belong to several different groups here in St. Pete and have been e-mailing all of them
about what a great time I had.”
“Donald Maass' Sunday session was especially valuable to me.”
“Can't wait to see what you have in mind for next year.”