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Key West Literary Seminar
       
Website http://www.kwls.org/
Year Established 1983
Program Description 4-day seminar includes readings, conversations, lectures, panel discussions. 4-day writers' workshops feature AM writing sessions (limit 8-12/instructor) and PM individual consultations, talks, open readings.
Number of Programs/Year 1-3
Program Length Seminar: 4 days / Workshops: 4 days each
Group Size or S:T Ratio Seminar: 350-400 / Workshops: 12:1
Program Focus Autobiography/Memoir, Children's, Fiction, Humor, Journalism, Mystery, Nature, Non-fiction, Playwriting, Poetry, Publishing, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Screenwriting, Travel, Young Adult
Faculty 2011: Includes Roy Blount Jr., Frank Bruni, Kate Christensen, Billy Collins, Jonathan Gold, Adam Gopnik, Gael Greene, Madhur Jaffrey, Mark Kurlansky, Ruth Reichl, Michael Ruhlman, Calvin Trillin.
Costs Seminar $495; Workshops $450. Financial assistance is available to teachers, writers, & librarians.
U.S. Locations Key West, Florida
Months January
Sponsor's Calendar Link http://www.kwls.org/lit/2011/
Contact Miles Frieden
executive director
Key West Literary Seminar
718 Love Lane
Key West, FL 33040
United States
Phone: 1-888-293-9291
E-Mail:
for media requests, contact Arlo Haskell, media director: arlo@kwls.org
 
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