Welcome to the Florida Literary Arts Coalition, Florida's voice for independent literary magazines, publishers, & writers. Founded in 2004 by Anhinga Press, Fiction Collective 2, and the University of Tampa Press, the Florida Literary Arts Coalition works to advance new writing and independent publishing throughout the state and region.
Be sure to check NEWS for recent announcements, conference photos, and an up-to-date list of literary writers touring the state on our Florida Writers’ Circuit.
Last Updated ( Sep 09, 2006 at 03:43 PM )
OTHER WORDS 2008
Written by Administrator
Jan 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM
CONFERENCE
2008: November 6-8
The fourth annual OTHER WORDS: A Conference of Literary Magazines, Independent Publishers, and Writers, will be sponsored by the Florida Literary Arts Coalition and Flagler College this year at Flagler College in Saint Augustine, Florida, Nov. 6-8, 2008. The conference will begin with a Thursday night reading on November 6, 2008. Panels, readings, and workshops will be held all day Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8. For more information, see the full story under the "News" link.
Panel proposals relating to writing, publishing, and literary arts are being accepted now and should be sent to Jim Wilson at
Last Updated ( Apr 22, 2008 at 01:27 PM )
FLAC Co-Sponsors New Annual Florida Book Awards
Written by Richard Mathews
Nov 19, 2006 at 01:25 PM
The Florida Literary Arts Coalition is a founding co-sponsor for an important new initiative on behalf of literary arts and reading in Florida. This fall it has helped to launch the First Annual Florida Book Awards, the most comprehensive competition of its kind ever undertaken in the state and an all-around celebration of the year's best books by Sunshine State authors.
Coordinated by the Florida State University Program in American and Florida Studies, the first-of-its-kind contest is co-sponsored by more than a dozen high-profile humanities organizations from around the state. It seeks submissions penned by new and established authors alike in seven categories ranging from poetry to popular fiction to young adult literature. The distinguished judges are scholars and literary luminaries from FSU and other Florida universities and from co-sponsors including FLAC, Florida Center for the Book, State Library and Archives of Florida and Florida Humanities Council.
John Cole, director of the Center for the Book at the U.S. Library of Congress, calls the Florida Book Awards the most comprehensive initiative of its kind in the country.
Contest guidelines, entry forms, and lists of sponsors, jury members and key contacts on the Florida Book Awards, are available through the FSU Program in American & Florida Studies website, http://www.fsu.edu/~ams
