National Writers Workshop: Why wait and pay more???

Why wait and pay more???

Register now for the

2007 National Writers' Workshop

Sept. 29 & 30th

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Early Bird registration only $115 until August 10.

(And this year the registration includes lunch!)

For more information on speakers

and to register online go to: www.sun-sentinel.com/writers

All sessions will be held at the beautiful Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel and Resort

on the water in Fort Lauderdale. This four-star hotel is giving us an

incredible hotel price of $129/night plus tax.

Book now while the hotel still has space.

Questions? E-mail Gail Bulfin at gbulfin@sun-sentinel.com

A special Friday night networking party will be held under the stars

on the veranda of the Panorama Room of the hotel, 7-9 P.M.

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Dozens of award-winning journalists and authors will share their inspirational stories and practical tips for high-impact writing.

Topics covered will include landing a job as a writer, crafting story ideas, reporting from a war zone, getting published, and the new world of blogging.

Michael Isikoff, an investigative reporter with Newsweek magazine since 1994 and author of best-selling novel Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War.

Kelley Benham, deputy Florida editor for the St. Petersburg Times. She has won the Ernie Pyle award, the National Headliner award, the AASFE short feature-writing award and the Green Eyeshade Award.

Al Tompkins, broadcast chair at The Poynter Institute. He is the creator and editor of the popular Al's Morning Meeting site on poynter.org.

Sci-fi specialists Marc and Elaine Zicree, who have written over 90 dramatic screenplays for shows including Star Trek -The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Sliders.

Johnny Diaz, staff writer for The Boston Globe and a former Pulitzer Prize winner. MTV Real World fans will remember him as the “gay guy’s boyfriend” from the Miami season. In Boston Boys Club, his first novel, Johnny Diaz follows a trio of friends as they search for that perfect guy at the most happening bar in Boston, the Café Club.