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UNF 2009 Writers Conference
 
 
 

Accommodations
Conference Dates: Friday, August 5
through Sunday, August 7, 2011

 


Conference Host Hotels in Jacksonville, Florida
Homewood Suites   Holiday Inn

HILTON HOMEWOOD SUITES
Jacksonville – South/St. Johns
Town Center
10434 Midtown Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32246
Phone (904) 641-7988
Fax (904) 641-8488

Located at the beautiful St. Johns Town Center featuring over 150 shops and dozens of great restaurants
Beautifully appointed studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites
Full-sized kitchens
Complimentary hot breakfast
Complimentary reception with light meal and beverage served Monday – Thursday evenings
Complimentary high-speed Internet
Expanded cable including HBO
Outdoor pool and whirlpool
Fitness center
Pets accepted (fee applies)

CONFERENCE RATES:
Studio $129
One-bedroom $139

Click here to reserve your room at HILTON HOMEWOOD SUITES at this low group rate. Please note, there is a limited number of rooms set aside for the conference, so please reserve early.

Note: You may possibly find lower rates at online travel websites. We encourage you to research the best rates for you. If you book Homewood Suites through any other website or link, please email us to say you’ll be staying at Homewood Suites (sharon.y.cobb@unf.edu) so there will be a Welcome Package upon check-in at the hotel. We appreciate your help with this since your stay in Jacksonville assists the conference when applying for funds through our Tourist Development Council.

GROUP RATES: The conference has been assigned 10 rooms at these special rates, 5 studio suites and 5 1-bedroom suites. Please reserve your room early to take advantage of  the conference group rates. Two-bedroom suites are also available.

RATES EFFECTIVE FOR STAY: Thursday, August 4 through Sunday, August 7, 2011.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW:
Call Barbara Garrison, Sales & Service Coordinator, 904-641-7988, or email Barbara at Barbara.garrison@hilton.com

Hilton Homewood Suites, St. Johns Town Center Website

Download Homewood Suites,
St. Johns Town Center Brochure

St. Johns Town Center

Town Center

St. Johns Town Center is Jacksonville’s newest and most talked about shopping destination with over 10 million visitors each year. Shop, dine, live and entertain in a beautifully designed lifestyle center that offers 1.1 million square feet of unique shopping and dining including many new stores you won’t find anywhere else in Jacksonville.

The St. Johns Town Center features 11 anchor stores such as Dillard’s, Target, Barnes & Noble, Dick’s Sporting Goods, DSW, Ashley Furniture, plus more than 150 brand name specialty stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie , Apple, Banana Republic, Bare Escentuals, Brooks Brothers, Buckle, Carlyle & Co., Coach, Coldwater Creek, Express, Gap, Guess, J. Crew, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, lululemon athletica, MetroPark, Kate Spade, Sephora, Pottery Barn, White House Black Market, and Williams-Sonoma.

Relax and enjoy the Park Green and Town Square, attend community events, or dine at one of our fine restaurants such as Cantina Laredo, The Capital Grille, Mitchell’s Fish Market, J. Alexander’s, P.F. Chang’s, The Cheesecake Factory, Ted's Montana Grill, Maggiano’s Little Italy, and much more.


 

HOLIDAY INN
JACKSONVILLE SOUTH

9A & Baymeadows
11083 Nurseryfields Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Phone (904) 854-8000
Fax (904) 854-8001

Full hot breakfast buffet in hotel restaurant
Free shuttle from hotel (and return) to conference at UNF University Center Aug. 5-7
Only 4 miles from the UNF Writers Conference
Complimentary high-speed wireless Internet
32” HD flat screen TV with cable and HBO
Microwave & fridge
Pool and hot tub
Exercise room
Business center
Many great restaurant within 5 minute drive

CONFERENCE RATE: $69
RATES EFFECTIVE:
August 2 through August 10, 2011

Click here to register now at the Holiday Inn at this low, low group rate: The conference has been assigned 20 rooms at these special rates. Please reserve your room early to take advantage of the conference group rates.

Holiday Inn Baymeadows Website


BRING THE FAMILY!
There's lots to do in Jacksonville:
Shop at St. Johns Town Center (1 minute from Homewood Suites or 5 minutes from Holiday Inn)
Go to the beach - sand, sun and great night life. (15 minutes from the hotels)
Have a blast at the Museum of Science and History in downtown Jacksonville (20 minutes from the hotels)
Visit the Jacksonville Zoo (20 minutes from the hotels)
Visit historic St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S. (45 minutes from the hotels)
Visit historic Fernandina Beach and beautiful Amelia Island (60 minutes from the hotels)

 
BRING YOUR WRITER FRIENDS!
Make it a writers’ holiday and bring your writer friends.
Stay at Homewood Suites. Write and learn at the conference during the day. Shop, dine and have a blast at St. Johns Town Center at night.
Stay longer
Go to the beach
Treat yourselves to a spa package at Ponte Vedra Inn Spa
Explore story settings and meet interesting characters for your next novel in St. Augustine, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island or Kingsley Plantation.
   

 


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Get The Details

- WELCOME
- UNF WRITERS CONFERENCE BLOG
   (Find the latest information here)
- SCHEDULE
- FEES & REGISTRATION
- FRIDAY ONLY PASS
- FRIDAY WORKSHOPS
- CRITIQUE WORKSHOPS
- TEEN FICTION WRITERS ONLY
- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- SUNDAY E-PUBLISHING SEMINAR
- WRITERS PITCH BOOK
- AGENTS, EDITORS & PRODUCERS
- CONFERENCE LOCATION INFORMATION
- ACCOMMODATIONS
- VIDEOS
- ABOUT US
- PRESS ROOM
- CONTACT US
- LINKS


Meet the Faculty

- GLYNN MARSH ALAM
- CHRIS BERMAN
- JOHN BOLES
- LAURA PARKER CASTORO
- SHARON Y. COBB
- VICTOR DIGENTI
- DIANE FAULKNER
- ADRIAN FOGELIN
- SOHRAB HOMI FRACIS
- LYNN SKAPYAK HARLIN
- KRISTIN HARMEL
- DEBORRAH HOAG

- FRANCES KEISER
- SANDRA McDONALD
- JENNIFER NELSON
- CAROL O'DELL
- LIZ ROBBINS
- SONJA ROCHA
- ELIZABETH SINCLAIR
- TONY TIMBOL
- JAMIE WILLIAMS
- JAMES M. WILSON
- JANE R. WOOD

 


 
 
 
 


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