About

Our mission: The Naples Writers’ Workshop seeks to cultivate the literary arts by working with writers to develop their craft and by broadening opportunities for literary culture.

Kristine Gill founded the Naples Writers' Workshop in 2014, and we have since had a continuously running short-story workshop for local writers in Naples, Florida. J. C. Bronsted joined the workshop in 2015 and continues to mentor the Naples workshop, while in 2022 Kristine began a second workshop in Willoughby, Ohio. In addition to these free workshops, over the years we've provided writing instruction and mentorship to many writers through our various programs, as well as public readings and our podcast.

Kristine Gill is the Founder and Executive Director of the Naples Writers' Workshop. She is an Ohio native who majored in journalism at Kent State University. She spent 10 years in the Sunshine State, working first as a journalist and later in media relations for the Collier County Sheriff's Office. Now, back in Ohio, she works as a full-time freelance writer and editor. Kristine has been published in Every Day Fiction and won the Florida Weekly 2017 writing contest. She founded the Naples Writers' Workshop in July 2014.

J. C. Bronsted is the Associate Director of the Naples Writers’ Workshop. Since earning his PhD at Florida Atlantic University, his work on the philosophy of literary cognition has appeared in Philosophy and Literature. He and his wife are raising twin daughters in Naples, FL. He joined the Naples Writers' Workshop in July 2015.