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SATW Travel Writing and Photography Institute
December 4, 2008 |
| January 9, 2009 12:00 am | to | January 11, 2009 12:00 am |
Thanks to Karen Misuraca for forwarding this information:
Plan to register for the next SATW Travel Writing and Photography Institute session in January 2009! (open to non-members). The faculty is comprised of a variety of individuals that have proven themselves in the marketplace, whether that be in writing, photography, video or website delivery.
Want to learn how to be a better travel writer-photographer? The Institute’s intensive one-weekend travel writing course is the way to jump-start a career or to accelerate one, and to make valuable professional contacts.
There is still some room in the 14th annual SATW Institute for Travel Writing and Photography that will take place from January 9-11, 2009, in Orlando, Florida, presented by the Society of American Travel Writers in cooperation with the Orlando Downtown Development Board and the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The one-weekend institute (Friday-Sunday) is for writers, travel writers, photographers and experienced travelers who want to learn travel writing and photography for articles and guidebooks or who already are travel writers and photographers and who want to improve their performance. This course teaches how to prepare article and photo queries and book proposals, how to negotiate contracts, how to work with editors, how to organize your time, how to self-publish your own work, and how to develop all Internet opportunities.
The aim of the institute is to prepare authors and photographers to make a good living writing quality travel articles and guidebooks that serve the public well. The institute also serves active travelers who want to travel more authoritatively and keep better journals, and travel photographers, amateur and professional, who want to take better photos and earn more money from them.
For the complete program and schedule here.
http://www.satwinstitute.org/program/index.html
The institute is limited to 60 registrants, first-come, first-served.
Tuition fee for the January 2009 Institute is $395 for the general public, or $295 for members of the Society of American Travel Writers current on their dues.
The fee includes:
- 15 hours of instruction (approximately) during workshop sessions on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday
- Personal interactions with faculty that start upon registration and continue after the program concludes
- Four meals: two lunches and two dinners
Lodging and transportation are not included in the tuition fee, and are the responsibility of registrants on their own.
Lodging at the host hotel is encouraged for the sake of convenience, but is not required.
The Institute’s headquarters hotel, The Courtyard by Marriott, 730 N. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803 (Tel 407/996-1000) is within walking distance of everything downtown. Rooms at the special SATW Institute rate cost $99 + tax, single or double, and include parking and free high-speed Internet. Make your reservation directly with the hotel.
Please see the Institute’s website for further information about faculty and registration.