Eminent Guidebook Writer Joins Faculty at 13th Annual SATW Institute for Travel Writing & Photography
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The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Institute for Travel Writing & Photography, one of the longest established courses in travel writing and photography in the nation, will hold its 13th annual session January 25-27, 2008, in Orlando, Florida.
The Institute (ITWAP) provides 15 hours of instruction for writers, experienced travelers and others considering careers in print and online article writing, guidebook work and travel photography. A registration fee of $345 USD covers course materials, all meals, breaks and social events. Host hotel is the Courtyard at Lake Lucerne, a historic inn in downtown Orlando. Rooms are $99 per night. For more information, visit OrlandoHistoricInn.com.
Joining the faculty for the first time is Christopher P. Baker, author of the award-winning literary travelogue, Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba, and more than a dozen guidebooks for Lonely Planet, the National Geographic Society, and others.
Primary sponsor is the not-for-profit Society of American Travel Writers, a non-profit professional association of writers, editors, photographers, electronic media journalists and public relations professionals in its 52nd year. Other sponsors are the Orlando Downtown Development Board and the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Other leading Orlando participants include Darlyn Finch, who emcees a public Friday evening program during the institute, and whose online site "Scribbles" networks Central Florida writers; the downtown Orlando Public Library; Orange County Regional History Center and Urban Think Bookstore.
ITWAP's faculty of nationally published writers, photographers and editors focus on travel and guidebook writing, web publishing, article queries and book proposals, contracts and negotiations, independent publishing, marketing and photography. Institute registrants can also have their writing and photography critiqued at no extra cost. A complete rundown of the weekend events is at satwinstitute.org.
Instructors and their major credits include:
• Christopher P. Baker, www.travelguidebooks.com
• Steve Blount, decade-long editorial consultant to more than a dozen magazines including Caribbean Travel & Life, Saveur, Islands; currently publishing director, Conceive Magazine
• John Byram, editor-in-chief, University Press of Florida
• Lee Foster, Globe-Pequot, www.fostertravel.com, www.lonelyplanetimages.com
• Herb Hiller, University Press of Florida, Pineapple Press
• M. Timothy O'Keefe, Ph.D., former head of the journalism division, University of Central Florida; 6 independently published guidebooks; GuideToCaribbeanVacations.com
• Veronica Stoddart, Deputy Managing Editor for Travel, USA Today
• Bruce Whipperman, Moon Handbooks
"Instruction is intense, the ambiance collegial. Relationships extend for years after," says Institute chair Herb Hiller. "Graduates tell me what they especially value is our realistic approach that debunks the glamour and targets careers. Goals get set, projects unearthed. Articles and books result."
For more information, contact Institute chair Herb Hiller at hiller@funport.net, (386) 467-8223. |
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