Writing Below Sea Level's The Cedar Key Project
Conference Application
Your application must include:
1. An original manuscript no longer than twenty pages (see manuscript guidelines below).
2. A $20 application/processing fee made out to Writing Below Sea Level.
3. A single sheet containing the following information:
a. Your full name.
b. Your E-mail address.
c. Your phone number.
d. The best time of day to call.
e. What workshop you are applying for (you must choose one):
*Fiction workshop with Connie May Fowler
*Creative non-fiction workshop with Zilpha Underwood.
f. Indicate which conference you are applying for:
* October 1-4, 2009
* November 5-8, 2009
* Either
* Both
4. Mail your application packet--postmarked no later than July 15--to
Writing Below Sea Level
PO Box 98
Panacea, Florida 32346
MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES:
1. You may submit up to twenty pages of fiction or creative non-fiction. Please indicate which genre you are applying for (the manuscript should be written in the genre of the workshop you wish to attend).
2. The material should be unpublished works in progress.
3. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, with one-inch margins, rendered in 12-point Times Roman font.
4. Each page must be numbered and your name should appear on each page.
5. Please do not print double-sided pages.
6. If your manuscript submission is part of a longer work, please indicate this. A one-page (rendered in manuscript style) synopsis is acceptable for such submissions.
We’re sorry, but we are unable to return submitted manuscripts. Remember, all application packets must be postmarked by July 15, 2009. If accepted, you may submit for the workshop critique material other than your application manuscript. 