By October 5, 2007, 
submit a 100-200 word abstract including a title, your name, your institution, an email and a postal address (by USPS mail only) to:
 April Van Camp, Department of English, Indian River Community College,
3209 Virginia Ave., Ft. Pierce, FL, 34981.
All further correspondence will be conducted by email. 
(Please include all information!)  

Select papers in Florida studies will be published in the third annual
Florida Studies Proceedings of the FCEA.

Call for Poets and Musicians

The journal Florida English, along with FCEA, is sponsoring a two-hour afternoon coffeehouse on Thursday at the 2007 conference, complete with complimentary soft drinks, very light snacks, and of course coffee.  Some short acoustic performances will be included as well. We are in need of a few good poets to read their work at this event.  Selected poets will get a ten to fifteen minute spot and their names in the conference program.  Submit your work to Jeff Grieneisen via email:  grienej@mccfl.edu   We are also looking for an acoustic guitarist or two to perform short sets.  Send a brief audio sample to Rich McKee, 1339 Brookside Drive, Venice, FL 34285, or mckeer@comcast.net
Submission Deadline: May 4, 2007

FCEA Glassman-O’Sullivan Florida Studies Award

The Florida College English Association proudly announces a new prize for the best paper on Florida Studies by a rising scholar. This $500 prize, established by Florida scholars Steve Glassman and Socky O’Sullivan, will go to the essay judged best among those submitted for consideration to the 2007 edition of Florida Studies: Proceedings of the FCEA Annual Conference. The Glassman-O’Sullivan Prize, intended to nurture scholarship about Florida literature and related fields, will be awarded to an essay submitted by an FCEA member- scholar of the Assistant Professor rank or below, including adjuncts and graduate students. Details concerning submissions for the prize will be included in the 2007 conference program; only revised versions of papers presented at the conference and submitted for publication in Florida Studies will be considered.

Thursday luncheon provided compliments of IRCC
Reservations are necessary.
Thursday evening reception compliments of IRCC Foundation
Closing Session on Friday includes a Luncheon
Featured Speaker:  Bob Morris
novelist, freelance writer and editor 

 Hotel Accommodations
The conference rate is $89.00 and  includes a complimentary full breakfast. 
Reservations should be made by November 2, 2007. 
Be sure to mention the FCEA Conference.

All Florida college professionals including graduate students, adjuncts, and lecturers in English and allied departments are cordially invited to become members of FCEA, submit abstracts, and attend the annual meeting.