Deep Carnivale 2009
- When
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10am to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 12-13, 2009 - Where
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The Performing Arts Building
Hillsborough Community College, Ybor Campus Tampa Florida
- What
- Readings by authors and poets, songs sung by songwriters, child-friendly performances, games, activites, food and non-alcoholic beverages
- Who
- Children and families, teens, adults and tribal elders
- Admission
- Free and open to the public
- More Information
- Contact Festival Director David Audet at daudet@hccfl.edu or 813-253-7000 x5179
Write Now Workshop
Where: HCC-Ybor
When: 1:00 - 4:00 pm Sunday September 28 2008
Admission: $20
How to Register: Fill out, print and mail the registration form below.
This unique bootcamp workshop will guide writers through the entire process of writing, editing and marketing a new piece of fiction. Attendees will go beyond just putting words down on paper, and will be well on their way to producing marketable stories and sharing them with the world.
Sessions
1:00 - 1:45pm: Brainstorming Your Story: Where Do Ideas Come From? - Lynne Hansen, Sally Bosco, and G. Neri
Hear first-hand where authors "get their ideas". Brainstorm and evaluate story concepts, and select one to work on for the workshop.
1:45 - 2:30pm: Planning Your Story - Sally Bosco
Learn how to plan your entire story from start to finish using the "quickie plot outline" process.
2:30 - 2:45pm: Break
2:45 - 3:30pm: Making Your Story The Best It Can Be: Editing - Sally Bosco
Make your story sparkle with this four-part editing workshop.
3:30 - 4:00pm: Selling Your Story - Lynne Hansen
Uncover the business side of being a writer and learn how to submit your story for publication.
About the Instructors
Sally Bosco is the co-author of the young adult novel AltDeath.com, which she wrote with Lynne Hansen. She received a Master of Arts degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and her short fiction has appeared in an assortment of literary magazines and anthologies. Phaze published her first adult novel, Shadow Cat, in August and the book received a four-star review from Romantic Times. You can learn more about Sally at SallyBosco.com.
Lynne Hansen is the author of seven novels for teens, including three dark time-travel historicals (A Time for Witches, Shades of Blue and Gray, and Reckless Revolution), two historical horror novels (The Return and The Change), and an SAT vocabulary novel (Rave New World) that contains over 1,000 vocabulary words and definitions. Her bestselling novels have won the Dream Realm Award and the EPPIE Award for Best Young Adult Novel. For more info about Lynne and her books, visit LynneHansen.com.
G. Neri is the author of the newly released middle-grade novella Chess Rumble, and the upcoming teen books Yummy and Surf Mules. He writes provocative, edgy stories, using conversational free-verse and hybrid graphic novels to tell urban stories that appeal to reluctant readers. Chess Rumble was named an American Library Association Notable Book for 2008. For more info about G. Neri and his books, visit GNeri.com.
Registration Form
Please fill out and print the following form and mail it, along with a check for $20 payable to Artists and Writers Group, Inc., to the address below.
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Fill out and print the above form and mail it to:
Artists and Writers Group, Inc.
c/o Hampton Dohrman
attn: Write Now Registration
1813 E. 18th Ave.
Tampa, FL 33605
Enclose a check for $20.00 payable to: Artists and Writers Group, Inc.
Note: Registrations, if the event is not sold out, will also be accepted at the door. However, registering in advance is the only way to guarantee your space.
Intelligence Respected
Editor David Warner of Creative Loafing said some kind and encouraging words on page 26 of the August 26, 2009, issue. Partial quote, "At a moment when ignorance is being aggressively defended, Deep Carnivale still respects our intelligence. Imagine that."
A Different Sort of Ybor Celebration
Esther Martinez, in a story at The Florida Book Review" says she knows "Deep Carnivale will be 'A Celebration of Words' and not a Bourbon Street bacchanal."
"But logophile that I am, I reason I'll get drunk on language. With over 70 writers and artists scheduled [for the 2008 Carnivale] to perform or read from their works, my beaded necklaces will be strung with verse. I imagine haiku shooters..."
"It is just before 10am when I arrive at the corner of Palm Avenue and 14th Street—Deep Carnivale ground zero. About a dozen vendor tables are lined up around the Hillsborough Community College courtyard where a band of teenagers [Next Exit] are setting up their instruments.
"The vendor tables sell books by local writers, HCC publications and baked goods. I grab a Cuban favorite, papa rellena, a potato stuffed with savory ground beef. Belly satisfied, I cross the street and enter the historic Circulo Cubano. A nearly 100 year old neo-classical building of ionic columns and marble staircases, it served as the Cuban Social Club and remains the oldest building of its kind in the country."Comments From Our Fans
"When I look back over 2008, my visit to the second edition of Deep Carnivale was a
highlight. You and your staff did a great job and I loved being part of it, again.
I am sure there will be bigger festivals to come. But maybe not better!!!"
– Darrell House,
children's book author and 2008 Deep Carnivale presenter.