SOUTH FLORIDA
writers association
Welcome to SFWA
The South Florida Writers Association conducts programs, activities and special events that are in accordance with its mission and purpose. Our monthly hybrid meetings are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC with educational presentations about writing, publishing, marketing or award-winning or best-selling authors, agents or publishers.
Membership Benefits
Among others boons, we award four semi-annual grants of $500: for marketing and publishing, awarded at our June meeting along with the installation of the new Board, another pair in December at our annual Holiday Party.
All members can apply and winners are selected by random lottery.
The next General Meeting of the South Florida Writers Association will be on
Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM at
Pinecrest Library
5811 SW 111th Street
You can also join us on Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83899718493
Meet & Greet with
SFWA Authors at Miami Book Fair!
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Download the 2025 MBF Fairgoer's Guide!
Check Out SFWA Featured Authors!
We’re thrilled to highlight SFWA talent joining the line-up at the this year’s Miami Book Fair. These authors bring imagination, speculative vision, and narrative power to the festival, and you’ll have multiple chances to meet them, hear their work, and take home signed books.
Among the stellar roster of authors at the fair (which features hundreds of writers from across genres) you’ll find voices who straddle the boundaries of science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, genre-bending narrative non-fiction, picture books and so much more!
Visit author signing table and booth!
Authors will be available to meet & greet, sign your copy of their book, engage in conversation, and/or take a photo with you! Books will also be available for sale at the author booths!
Buy books directly from festival booksellers or author tables!
One big advantage of book fairs is that many publishers and independent sellers bring inventory — often including pre-order, special editions, or signed copies. Buying directly from the authors (or at festival vendors) increases the chance of getting a signed copy, and you’ll avoid shipping wait times.
On Friday , Saturday, & Sunday 11/21-23 meet SFWA's authors!
(please check author's website/social media for their details & time slots)
C.V. Shaw
John Lincoln
Niurka Casteneda
Jo Avent
Susan Miller
Gladys Barrio
Carolyn McBride
Fifi Curtis
Pedro Ojeda
Forrest Jones
Kimberly Shannon
Regine Fisher
Timothy Schmand
Jasmine B. Sandoval, DNP, RN, NE-BC
SFWA Member Spotlight!
Lisa will be speaking at Miami Book Fair!
CHAOS, CULTS & CABERNET: WOMEN ON THE RUN – FICTION
Saturday, November 22 @ 1:00 pm
Lisa F. Rosenberg’s Fine, I’m a Terrible Person is a mother-daughter caper story starring overweight former beauty Aurora and her high-strung daughter, Leyla. Over the course of a weekend in LA, their two separate but intersecting quests will provoke hijinks, chaos, and yes, even some healing. Kate Woodworth‘s Little Great Island illustrates in microcosm the greatest changes of our time and the power of love. Fleeing from a cult, Mari McGavin takes her 6-year-old son to the tiny Maine island where she grew up – the one she swore she’d never return to. And when she runs into her old friend Harry Richardson, they set off a life-altering chain of events. In Margie Zable Fisher‘s The Cabernet Club: A Novel, 68-year-old Debbie finally decides to follow her longtime dream of retiring to Florida, but immediately hits a roadblock – helicopter daughter Lori, who begs her mom to come live with her in Delaware instead. The compromise: Debbie will give herself six months in the Sunshine State to make a go of it. Now she just needs to find herself a life. Written with Zable Fisher’s late mother, Rona S. Zable, it’s a story of mother-daughter relationships and finding yourself again after retirement.
APPLY NOW FOR SFWA FINANCIAL GRANTS:
DEADLINE IS DEC. 1, 2025
By Evelyn Benson
Who will be the next winners of the SFWA financial grants? If you haven’t joined SFWA or renewed your
membership, please do so now- and enjoy exclusive for-members- only benefits and programs, including the
semi-annual financial grants. Two (2) lucky SFWA members will be selected for the $500 for Book Publishing
Grant and $500 for Writer or Book Marketing Grant. APPLY ONLINE, before the DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 1,
2025 at this link
PRIZES:
• $500 BOOK PUBLISHING GRANT: to help with the cost of printing, book cover design, ISBN or book editing.·
• $500 WRITER OR BOOK MARKETING GRANT: to help cover marketing costs, e. g. professional headshot of writer,
photographs, book covers, website design/ maintenance/hosting, advertisement, conference or book fair fees,
bookmarks, business cards, publicity, podcast, book trailer or video production, other promotional or marketing
projects.
In addition to the financial incentives to members, the program provides information about the genres and books of SFWA
members plus innovative marketing ideas and tools that others can use- thereby, leveraging resources and learning
opportunities in accordance with the association’s mission of supporting literary arts and writers.
Rules and procedures:
1. Eligibility: Applicant must be a Member of the South Florida Writers Association at the time of drawing/for the current period
of July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2026.
2. FOR THE BOOK PUBLISHING GRANT: Applicant must submit the application form with a brief description of the book project
planned with the target date of publication (within 1 year of receiving the assistance). Printed books, e-books, chapbooks, audio
books of all genres are acceptable.
3. FOR THE WRITER OR BOOK MARKETING GRANT: Applicant must submit the application form with a brief description of the
marketing activity or activities that the grant will be used for. Open to freelance writers, journalists, bloggers, authors,
playwrights, etc.
4.Complete/Submit the Application form at this link
5. Previous winners of the grants will not be eligible, in order to provide opportunity for other members.
6. Members who applied for the June 2025 grants and did not win, BUT RENEWED their membership and are current for the
2025-2026 period, will be automatically included in the December 2025 round. Members who are renewed/current and wish
to re-submit or revise their applications due to new projects, may do so.
Watch Authors Showcase,
Interviews with our members,
on their writing
David Rolland hosts the Authors Showcase. He is a freelance journalist, filmmaker and author of novels "Yo-Yo" and "The End of the Century"
If you’re a member interested in being featured, contact Rolland.
Memories and photos
Poet Howard Camner reads his select works at the SFWA Poetry Month Celebration. 4/6/2019