Eckerd College Writers' Conference: Writers in Paradise 2011
7th Annual Eckerd College Writers' Conference - January 15-23, 2011 - Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida

Announcing the 2009 "Best Of" The Writers in Paradise Workshops

We, the co-directors of the 2009 Writers in Paradise Writers' Conference, are pleased to present the best of our conference in a journal entitled, Sabal. From each workshop, instructors have picked a first choice, to be published in Sabal, Volume 4, and an honorable mention, to receive notation in the magazine. Each student selected for this honor will receive a certificate of merit, two copies of the issue in which his or her work appears, and a subscription to next year's Sabal. These works reflect a variety of voices, experience, and styles, but all have excellence in common. We thank all of our students for their hard work, talent, commitment, and the generosity of spirit that led them to us and made them our colleagues for a wonderful week. We hope they are as proud of themselves as we are of them.

Sincerely,
Dennis Lehane and Sterling Watson

The 2009 "Best Of"

Nonfiction I
Faculty: Ann Hood

Best of Workshop: Susan Orion, HEAR YOU ME

Honorable Mention: Gail Ramsey, FOR MY SISTER'S SAKE

Nonfiction II

Faculty: Michael Koryta

Best of Workshop: Terese Schlachter, GOLDEN RULE

TIE

Honorable Mention: Beth Druhot, CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES

Honorable Mention: Terry Foote, LIFE IN THE RAIN SHADOW

Novel I

Faculty: Dennis Lehane

TIE

Best of Workshop: Karina Berg Johansson, DEATH; A STORY ABOUT LOVE

Best of Workshop:Dorothee Kocks, THE GLASS HARMONICA

Honorable Mention: Lori Roy, LUNCH HOUR ON WILLINGHAM AVENUE

Novel II

Faculty: Laura Lippman

Best of Workshop: Jack Vanek, DEROS

Honorable Mention: Xenia Lane, BLOOD BORN

Novel III

Faculty: Tom Perrotta

Best of Workshop: Joanna Powell, DIVINE DAMAGE

Honorable Mention: Christine Ankerstjerne, LITTLE SHE WOLF

Novel IV

Faculty: Sterling Watson

Best of Workshop: Sharon Ruth Tucci, REMODELING HELEN

Honorable Mention: Martha George, GOOD-BYE, MISS EMILY

Poetry

Faculty: Peter Meinke

Best of Workshop: Kim Garcia, LIFTING HEAVEN FROM ITS SHELF

Honorable Mention: Mike Odom, LAZARUS THE POSSUM: THE OLDEST LIVING CONFEDERATE MARSUPIAL TELLS ALL

How to Order

Find out what the faculty had to say about the works selected for the "Best Of" by ordering your copy of Sabal today!

Sabal issue pricing
Title Cost Per Issue
Sabal, Volume 1 (2006) $10
Sabal, Volume 2 (2007) $10
Sabal, Volume 3 (2008) $10
Sabal, Volume 4 (2009)* $10

*Available starting late summer 2009. Pre-orders accepted.

Order pricing including shipping and tax (where applicable)
No. of Copies
(Same issue or mix & match)
Tax
(residents of FL must include sales tax)
Shipping & Handling Total
(FL residents)
Total
(non FL)
1 $.70 $2.25 $12.95 $12.25
2 $1.40 $2.25 $23.65 $22.25
3 $2.10 $2.75 $34.85 $32.75
4 $2.80 $3.00 $45.80 $43.00
5 $3.50 $3.00 $56.50 $53.00

To order, please make check or money order payable to Eckerd College and mail to:

Christine Caya
Writers in Paradise - Sabal
Eckerd College - Special Programs
4200 54th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33711

Include your name, the address where you would like to receive the issue, an email address for contact purposes, which issue(s) you would like, and how many copies. Please use the chart to determine payment due. If you have any questions or would like to order more than 5 copies, please contact Christine Caya at cayacr@eckerd.edu or 727-864-7994.

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