#GulfCoast Writers--I wonder who will be this year’s Gulf Coast Writers Association writing #ContestWinners? Gulf Coast Writers Association winners are being announced this Saturday morning. #Books, #Florida #Author #Fort_Myers

#GulfCoast Writers --There will be 12 winners of Gulf Coast Writers Association’s annual writing contest. Gulf Coast Writers Association #ContestWinners will be announced this Saturday morning at a meeting open to the public. #Books #Florida #Author #Fort_Myers

#GulfCoast Writers --This year’s Gulf Coast Writers Assn.’s writing contest entries come from #Collier, #Lee, other counties. #ContestWwinners will be announced this Sat. a.m. at a Gulf Coast Writers Association mtg in south Fort Myers. Open to the public. #Books #Florida #Author #Fort_Myers

The Poetry Foundation is accepting grant applications from US-based nonprofit organizations through September 1. Learn about our funding priorities, eligibility guidelines, and how to apply: poetryfoundation.org/grants

Poets: Take a chance with your manuscript and send it to the Howling Bird Press poetry prize. The winner receives $2500 and book publication. Deadline: Aug 21. Learn more: at.pw.org/Howl

I'm going to miss this place. #TheButterflyEstates butterfly house closed its doors for good today. Here's why it happened, and what's next for all those butterflies. #fortmyers #butterflyestates #butterflies news-press.com/story/news/loc…

Robert N. Macomber, the well-known author of naval historical fiction, has written the foreword to Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian, an anthology of stories, poems, and photos to be published this September recalling personal experiences during Hurricane Ian. #writerscommunity

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Looking forward to attending tomorrow’s @GCWA_SWFLbook launch for GCWA’s new anthology Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian. The event at the Alliance for the Arts in #Fort_Myers is sold out. #GCWA_BookLaunch bit.ly/stormstories-I… #bookstoread #bookshelf

Good dress rehearsal today for the live-streamed sold-out book launch on 9/9/23 evening at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. Tamiami Tale Tellers will be reading selections from all 83 stories in the book. #GCWA_BookLaunch Gulf Coast Writers Association bit.ly/stormstories-I… #bookshelf

Both ABC7 TV and NBC2 TV carried stories about GCWA’s new anthology Storm Stories Hurricane Ian this week. #GCWA_BookLaunch Gulf Coast Writers Association. bit.ly/stormstories-I…

Good news: Gulf Coast Writers Association’s sold-out book launch for Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian tomorrow will be live-streamed and recorded. Watch it on Instagram and on FB at fb.me/e/1gVHWyffg . GCWA_BookLaunch Gulf Coast Writers Association bit.ly/stormstories-I…

Though #GCWA_BookLaunch is sold out tonite, the public can still meet the 79 writers contributing to the anthology at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, FL from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Gulf Coast Writers Association bit.ly/stormstories-I… Alliance forthe Arts #Fort_Myers

NBC2 TV host Sean Martinelli will emcee tonite’s live-streamed soldout #GCWA_BookLaunch of Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian. Gulf Coast Writers Association Alliance forthe Arts bit.ly/stormstories-I… BookBub

Noted maritime author and Pine Island resident Robert Macomber will read his preface to “Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian” at tonite’s live-streamed soldout #GCWA_Book_Launch. Gulf Coast Writers Association Alliance forthe Arts #Fort_Myers Renee Garrison

Contemporary artist and Fort Myers resident Leoma Lovegrove, who contributed the artwork for Gulf Coast Writers Association's "Storm_Stories-Hurricane-Ian" book cover, will speak at tonite’s live-streamed, soldout #GCWA_Book_Launch. Gulf Coast Writers Association Alliance forthe Arts bit.ly/stormstories-I…

Saturday nite’s book launch at the Alliance for the Arts in #Fort_Myers for “Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian”--attended by a sellout audience nearly one year after the storm devastated a large section of Florida’s southwest coast--was a smashing success. #GCWA_BookLaunch Gulf Coast Writers Association

True Stories--The #GCWA_BookLaunch featured selections from each of the book’s 83 stories. These true stories of “survival, heroism and humanity” were contributed by residents of Southwest_FL coastal communities from #Marco_Island all the way to #Tampa. Gulf Coast Writers Association

Good interview this morning on ABC7 TV between host Greg Parker and Gulf Coast Writers Association Vice President Mary Charles about GCWA's new #book "Storm Stories-Hurricane Ian." See it on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=-f9yLy… Gulf Coast Writers Association #Fort_Myers

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