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Publishers & Publications

Alive Now
AMG
Baker/Revell
Beacon Hill
Bethany House Pub.
Bible Advocate
CBN.com
Christian Retailing
Christianity Today
Christianity Today International
Creation House
CWFI - Cross & Quill
DaySpring
Devo'zine
Focus on the Family
Harvest House
JourneyForth
Kyria.com
Lillenas
MarcherLord Press
MarriagePartnership.com
Mountainview Publishing
Oak Tara
On Course (AG)
Pockets
Regal Publishing Group
Standard Publishing
Strang  Book Group
Sundowners
The Upper Room
Treble Heart Books
Weavings
Wesleyan Pub.  House
WhoooDoo Mysteries
WinePress Pub. Group
Women's Resources


Agents

Creative Trust
Hartline Literary Agency
Glass Roads Pub. Relations
Les Stobbe Literary Agency
Penwell's Editorial
Robin Stanley Agent Advocate

The Florida Christian Writers Conference is celebrating 23 years as part of the Christian publishing industry. This is an annual conference held at the Lake Yale Conference Center near Leesburg in central Florida. The conference is designed to be inspirational, instructive, and provide marketing opportunities for every level of writing skill, beginner through advanced.  Our faculty and staff are eager to help you with your current writing projects - review manuscripts, make suggestions regarding marketability, give brief written cri­tiques and are available to registrants during the conference. Our attendance is usually 250+ with a faculty of 70 made up of freelance writers, editors and agents.

The Florida Christian Writers Conference offers:

  • Appointments with Agents and Editors
  • Manuscript Submission to Agents & Editors of your choice 
  • Continuing Classes (6 Hours of instruction in a genre)
    1. Bryan Davis - Teen Track - The Write Generation
    2. Jeanne Gowen Dennis - Beyond Words: Writing Great Prose
    3. Angela Elwell Hunt - Everything You Need to Know about Writing Novels
      • Nancy Rue - Co-teaching with Angela Hunt
    4. Lin Johnson - Writing and Selling Your Non Fiction Book
    5. Mary Lou Redding - Writing Basics Foundation
    6. Christine Harder Tangvald - Writing for Children
      • Carol Wedeven - Co-teaching with Christine Tangvald
    7. Karen H. Whiting - Marketing for Today's Publishing Industry
    8. Zena Dell Lowe - Screenwriting: Hollywood Story-Telling Tools
    9. Laura Christianson - Branding Yourself for Maximum Impact
  • Mentoring Tracks limited to 10 participants in each track
    1. Fiction Project - Ken Kulhken
    2. Fiction Project - Eva Marie Everson
    3. Non Fiction Project - Janis Whipple
  • 72 Elective Workshops
  • 12 “After Hours” Workshops
  • Plus 30 Freelance Authors

Manuscripts submitted are considered for an award in the following categories:  Poetry, Drama/Screenwriting, Children’s Book or Short Story, Curriculum , Short Story for Teens or Adults , Article, Devotional, Novel, Non-Fiction Book, Best Work for a First Time Conferee plus Writer of the Year Award of $200 from WinePress Publishing Group.

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