Welcome to the Main Guide of the Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative. SELTI is a project that was launched in 2009 as a vehicle to combine tourism attractions and fiction in innovative ways. SELTI has published two tourism tourism novels, Blind Fate and This Side of Paradise: Interactive Tourism Edition. SELTI has also conducted the nation’s […]
Read More SouthEastern Literary Tourism InitiativeLaurel Falls in DeSoto State Park, the inspirational setting for Natalie Cone’s tourism short story “The Totem,” winner of the Lookout Alabama SELTI Writing Contest. Story By: Natalie Cone Tourism Attractions: DeSoto State Park, The Bookshelf Etc. Location: Fort Payne, Alabama Photos By: Randy Grider, Lookout Alabama Magazine. Click any photo to enlarge! Natalie Cone, […]
Read More Natalie Cone’s Story “The Totem” Wins Lookout Alabama SELTI Writing ContestSenator Clay Scofield presents writer Kathryn Lang with the 2012 SELTI Tourism Fiction Award for her story that promoted Moundville Archaeological Park. Now the Alabama Senate is asking writers across the state to follow up with more tourism stories. Write it, and they will come! That is the concept behind Alabama Senate Resolution SJR25, “Expressing support […]
Read More Alabama Legislature Passes Resolution Inviting Authors To Write Tourism Fiction Set In Real Alabama AttractionsSen. Clay Scofield presents Kathryn Lang with the 2012 SELTI Tourism Fiction Awardat the Moundville Native American Festival. Many thanks to Sen. Clay Scofield for presenting the 2012 SELTI Tourism Fiction Award to Kathryn Lang at the Moundville Native American Festival on October 10. As Chairman of the Alabama Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee, Sen. […]
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