The 11th annual Institute for Travel Writing & Photography will take place Jan. 27-29, 2006 for the seventh consecutive year in Orlando…
The 11th annual Institute for Travel Writing & Photography will take place Jan. 27-29, 2006 for the seventh consecutive year in Orlando. Sponsor is the not-for-profit Society of American Travel Writers. Host site for the Institute is the Courtyard at Lake Lucerne, a historic inn in downtown Orlando.
The Institute will provide 15 hours of instruction for writers, experienced travelers and others considering careers in print and online article writing, guidebook work and travel photography.
A faculty of seven senior writers, photographers and editors will focus on topics that include a survey of travel and guidebook writing, article queries and book proposals, contracts and negotiations, editor-publisher relations, how the work gets done, webzines and e-guidebooks, self publishing, marketing and photography. Institute registrants can also have their writing and photography critiqued at no extra cost.
Instructors and their major credits include:
- Steve Blount (editorial director, World Publications, Inc.; Caribbean Travel & Life, Florida Travel & Life, Islands, Saveur, Sport Diver, etc.)
- John Byram (editor-in-chief, University Press of Florida)
- Tom Brosnahan (TurkeyTravelPlanner.com, TravelWebsitePlanner.com, Lonely Planet)
- Lee Foster (Globe-Pequot, Hunter, fostertravel.com)
- Herb Hiller (University Press of Florida, Pineapple Press)
- M. Timothy O`Keefe, Ph.D. (former head of the journalism division, Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central
- Bruce Whipperman (Moon Handbooks)
Florida; six self-published guidebooks; CaribbeanTravelPlanner.com)
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.
A registration fee of $345 covers course materials, all meals, breaks and social events.
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