Housing Options for Rosemary Beach Area

Looking for a place to stay? Check out the following rentals in neighboring Sea Crest (Some are within walking distance) but act fast, May is a popular time at the beach!



Sea Crest #1



Village of South Walton #1




The Magnolia -- Village of South Walton


For more suggestions, please email me at kbradley@flagler.edu

John Dufresne Wins 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship!

Congratulations to John Dufresne!He is the receipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. John, co-director of the Rosemary Beach Conference for Writers, teaches the conference's morning writing exercises, flash fiction and novel writing. Join us at the May conference to celebrate!

Magpies Wins Florida Book Award

Congratulations to Lynne Barrett, winner of the Florida Book Awards General Fiction Prize for her collection of stories, "Magpies."

Lynne will teach a creative nonfiction class at the Rosemary Beach Foundation Conference for Writers.

Read the review from Publishers Weekly here.

John Dufresne and Django

"When I'm not teaching or writing, I'm reading, or I'm with friends talking about reading and writing and teaching," Dufresne says. "I'm working on a novel that I should be finished with, but it won't end — also a number of stories, screenplays, and am just taking notes for the novel to follow."

Read more here about Miami's Muse (and ours) in the Miami New Times.

The Rosemary Review

At the Rosemary Beach Foundation Conference for Writers, writing happens. And, here's the proof -- The Rosemary Review. This is a collection of our participants' essays, short stories, and poems. There's also a category for John Dufresne's morning writing exercises.

Many thanks to Chelsea Auld, Flagler College sophomore, for her technical wizardry!

Destin Writer to Read at Rosemary Beach Conference

Read about John Cottle, civil trial lawyer and award-winning short-fiction writer, in the Walton Sun.

Dufresne's Short-story, "Iffy," Now Available as a Download

He goes by the name Elvis Engdahl, writes Dufresne. He’s lost his wife, family, job, and future. He’s wanted by the police. So what’s a desperate man to do? What Elvis realizes is that when a man loses everything, he’s free to do anything.

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