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The UNF Writers Conference began in 2009 and was created by the University of North Florida Division of Continuing Education to provide workshops and critique sessions to writers of fiction, non-fiction and screenplays.
The Florida Writers Association is a co-sponsor of the annual conference held the first weekend in August on the University of North Florida campus in Jacksonville, Florida.
The 3-day conference is organized by Sharon Y. Cobb, with assistance from Victor DiGenti, who represents the Florida Writers Association.
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Sharon Y. Cobb,
UNF Writers Conference Director |
| Sharon Y. Cobb is creator of the comedy video website FunnyFixx.com and writer/director of the comedy web show Thurapy, which has an international fan base. She is a member of Writers Guild of America and has sold a dozen projects to Hollywood including Return of the Sweet Birds to Fox 2000 (producers: Danny Glover and Babyface Edmonds). Her British romantic comedy Lighthouse Hill was released on DVD in the U.S. March 2009 after premiering at film festivals and being broadcast by SkyTV worldwide. Easter Bunny Super Hero, a short film she wrote and was executive produced won Best of Jacksonville, Best Screenplay and five other awards in the 2007 48 Hour Film Project. She is author of Touched By An Angel, A Christmas Miracle and has lectured on writing in the U.S. and abroad. She owns Mad Gator Films, Inc. and the Writers Pitch Book. She is also director of the University of North Florida Writers Conference and The Florida Times-Union/Jacksonville.com’s Cinemania. Visit www.FunnyFixx.com |
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Victor DiGenti, Florida Writers Association Regional Director |
| After a career in broadcasting working as a public affairs and documentary producer, reporter, fundraiser, and producer of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival for eight years, Victor DiGenti turned to his first love—writing. He found inspiration in his household of feline critters and wrote three adventure/fantasies with a feline protagonist. His novels — Windrusher, Windrusher and the Cave of Tho-hoth, and Windrusher and the Trail of Fire (Ocean Publishing) — have won multiple awards and attracted readers of all ages. Vic’s unpublished manuscript, Matanzas Bay, a mystery/suspense novel set in St. Augustine, won the 2007 Josiah W. Bancroft, Sr. Award, and was named a Book of the Year in the 2009 Royal Palm Literary Awards Competition. He’s currently working on the sequel to Matanzas Bay. Vic is a frequent speaker at libraries, book festivals and conferences, as well as leading workshops on the craft of writing. He’s a regional director of the Florida Writers Association and on the Board of the Friends of the Library–Ponte Vedra Beach, where he lives with his wife and their rescued cats. |
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