NMBA is delighted to present our new website! Our web address remains the same—www.nmbook.org—but we have a remodeled appearance and enhanced functionality. As you browse the pages, new navigational tools will make your movement through the site fun, smooth, and efficient. You will encounter all the features that you have come to know and love about www.nmbook.org, with these new additions:
• An interactive, printable Calendar of Events, with views by the day, week, or month. Our calendar submission form has also been updated, and we hope you will let us know if we can make additional improvements here. As before, calendar submissions are not automatic; they will be batch posted at least weekly.
• New online forms and PayPal options to make your payments for Classifieds, dues, and workshops more convenient.
• A Classified Ads page, where members and others can advertise their skills, look for jobs, or sell an item. For book sales, we’ve included a separate category. The fee per submission is just $10 for the first month and $5 for each month thereafter. The “clock” on your monthly submission begins at the time of posting, not at the time of submission (Your submissions do not appear instantaneously.)
• Plus RSS feeds and social network sharing, and more to come...
Explore the new www.nmbook.org to see what the new site offers. If you have a good idea about improving future versions of the website, or experience any technical difficulties while viewing the site, please email Mary Neighbour: office@nmbook.org.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available at Amazon.com and from me right here.
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
New Mexico Book CoOp Gala
You have heard about our new website with updated functions, and you have heard about the June 11 Membership Meeting and Gala . . . combine the two and now you can pay online to attend the gala, as well as download a ballot to elect new board members.
The Gala is one of NMBA’s highlight events. This year we will be announcing the winners of the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards, as well as presenting the Book in Hand and Special Recognition Honors—all in the festive atmosphere of El Farol restaurant in the company of publishers, authors, book designers, publicists, journalists, book lovers, NMBA members and friends. Please join us; members and nonmembers are welcome!
Date/Time: Friday, June 11, from 11:30am to 2:00pm
Location: El Farol Restaurant, 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912
(municipal parking lot across the street)
Cost: $25/per person
Price includes 4 delicious tapas plates and iced tea or coffee
(self-pay for menu offerings and bar)
RSVP: Mary Neighbour, 505.660.6357; office@nmbook.org
NMBA June 2010 Calendar of Events
June 4
6th Annual Chama Book Fair, Chama
When: June 4 – 5, 2010
Description: 6th Annual Chama Book Fair, Chama. Features Rambo's dad, David Morrell and a list of authors. Find details about the workshop and book fair on the NM Book Co-op’s website, www.nmbookcoop.com.
Saturday, June 5
IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon
11:30am – 11:30am
Where: Location to be determined (map)
Description: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
Dr. Marcellin Simard and Malina Simard-Halm: Tell Me Your Dreams
2:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Author event; contact Garcia Street Books; (505) 986-0151; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Friday, June 11
NMBA Gala & Awards, Networking &Annual Membership Meeting
11:30am – 2:00pm
Where: El Farol Restaurant, 808 Canyon Road, Santa Fe (map)
Description: As featured at top of page.
Saturday, June 12
Santa Fe Writers Conference,
When: June 12-13, 2010
Where: Hotel Santa Fe (map)
Description: "Write, Thrive, Publish" in the Digital Age; $375 for both days; details and registration form at: www.santafewritersconference.com; (505) 982-9301.
Dan Flores: Canyon Visions: Photographs And Pastels of the Texas Plains
3:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Author event; contact (505) 986-0151 garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Sunday, June 13
Santa Fe Writers Conference, http://www.santafewritersconference.com/
Monday, June 14
Deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Award
When: Monday, June 14, 2010
Description: Deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Award, recognizing authors of children’s literature; www.fivestarpublications.com/dragonfly.
Tuesday, June 15
Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Los Alamos Historical Society
8:30am
Where: St. John's College, 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa FeLos Alamos Historical Society (map)
Description: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Los Alamos Historical Society, Workshop on the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos & Santa Fe, Los Alamos Historical Society. (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.losalamoshistory.org.
James McGrath Morris
7:00pm
Where: New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE, Albuquerque (map)
Description: I See Dead People: Researching Lives from the Past; contact SouthWest Writers, www.southwestwriters.com.
Thursday, June 17
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting-Opening Reception
4:00pm
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, NM (map)
Description: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting-Opening Reception. (800) 233-7587, officemanager@nmcl.org, www.nmcl.org. Authors are invited to the reception, 4-6pm. The meeting begins the following day (see below) and authors are invited to exhibit or to participate in the silent auction, donating books for a good cause. Call Virginia Pulver, (800) 233-7587 with questions or to RSVP for the reception.
Friday, June 18
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting
All day
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, NM (map)
Description: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting, Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, 8am-4pm, (800) 233-7587, officemanager@nmcl.org, www.nmcl.org.
Monday, June 21
Sallie Bingham: If In Darkness
5:30pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Garcia Street Books; (505) 986-0151; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Desiree Mays - Reading of John Luther Long's story, "Madame Butterfly"
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: Have you ever wondered what the original source of Puccini's Madame Butterfly was? Come to a reading by Desiree Mays of John Luther Long's story, Madame Butterfly. This free event is sponsored by Collected Works Bookstore and The Santa Fe Opera Guild. Contact Mary Wolf; 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
Tuesday, June 22
Shirley Raye Redmond, The Jersey Devil and Other Unsolved Mysteries, Croak and Dagger Chapter of Sisters in Crime
7:00pm
Where: James Dwyer Memorial Police Substation, 12700 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM (map)
Description: Shirley Raye Redmond, The Jersey Devil and Other Unsolved Mysteries, Croak and Dagger Chapter of Sisters in Crime, (505) 298-4823, www.croak-and-dagger.com.
Tuesday, June 23
Author Event: SWAIA 365: Native Literary Series - Readings by Jamie Figueroa & Santee Frazier
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: Jamie Figueroa is a creative writing student at The Institute of American Indian Arts. She identifies as Boricua from the island of Borinquen. Santee Frazier is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. He holds a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Syracuse University. Contact Mary Wolf 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
Thursday, June 24
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
When: June 24 – 28 2010
Description: The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference. Visit www.ala.org for details.
Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories
7:00pm
Where: Mesa Public Library, Authors Speak Series, 2400 Central Ave., Los Alamos
Description: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Mesa Public Library, Authors Speak Series, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.losalamosnm.us.
Friday, June 25
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference, www.ala.org
Deadline for the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival, Los Angeles, www.hollywoodbookfestival.com
Saturday, June 26
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day
Author event: Richard A. Barrett
2:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (map)
Description: Richard A. Barrett: Tales from a Spanish Village; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com; (505) 986-0151.
Sunday, June 27
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day
June 28
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day, last day.
Wednesday, June 30
SWAIA Presents Native Arts Authenticity Lecture Series
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: SWAIA presents a series of four informative lectures throughout June and July on Native Art and authenticity. The lectures, presented by local experts, will discuss the local economic and cultural impact of foreign-made "Native" jewelry and artwork. Contact Person Mary Wolf; 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
NMBA Is the Only Non-profit Serving
All New Mexico Book Professionals!
Visit our new site, www.nmbook.org
for continuing news and events.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available at Amazon.com and from me right here.
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.
The Gala is one of NMBA’s highlight events. This year we will be announcing the winners of the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards, as well as presenting the Book in Hand and Special Recognition Honors—all in the festive atmosphere of El Farol restaurant in the company of publishers, authors, book designers, publicists, journalists, book lovers, NMBA members and friends. Please join us; members and nonmembers are welcome!
Date/Time: Friday, June 11, from 11:30am to 2:00pm
Location: El Farol Restaurant, 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912
(municipal parking lot across the street)
Cost: $25/per person
Price includes 4 delicious tapas plates and iced tea or coffee
(self-pay for menu offerings and bar)
RSVP: Mary Neighbour, 505.660.6357; office@nmbook.org
NMBA June 2010 Calendar of Events
June 4
6th Annual Chama Book Fair, Chama
When: June 4 – 5, 2010
Description: 6th Annual Chama Book Fair, Chama. Features Rambo's dad, David Morrell and a list of authors. Find details about the workshop and book fair on the NM Book Co-op’s website, www.nmbookcoop.com.
Saturday, June 5
IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon
11:30am – 11:30am
Where: Location to be determined (map)
Description: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
Dr. Marcellin Simard and Malina Simard-Halm: Tell Me Your Dreams
2:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Author event; contact Garcia Street Books; (505) 986-0151; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Friday, June 11
NMBA Gala & Awards, Networking &Annual Membership Meeting
11:30am – 2:00pm
Where: El Farol Restaurant, 808 Canyon Road, Santa Fe (map)
Description: As featured at top of page.
Saturday, June 12
Santa Fe Writers Conference,
When: June 12-13, 2010
Where: Hotel Santa Fe (map)
Description: "Write, Thrive, Publish" in the Digital Age; $375 for both days; details and registration form at: www.santafewritersconference.com; (505) 982-9301.
Dan Flores: Canyon Visions: Photographs And Pastels of the Texas Plains
3:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Author event; contact (505) 986-0151 garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Sunday, June 13
Santa Fe Writers Conference, http://www.santafewritersconference.com/
Monday, June 14
Deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Award
When: Monday, June 14, 2010
Description: Deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Award, recognizing authors of children’s literature; www.fivestarpublications.com/dragonfly.
Tuesday, June 15
Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Los Alamos Historical Society
8:30am
Where: St. John's College, 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa FeLos Alamos Historical Society (map)
Description: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Los Alamos Historical Society, Workshop on the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos & Santa Fe, Los Alamos Historical Society. (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.losalamoshistory.org.
James McGrath Morris
7:00pm
Where: New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE, Albuquerque (map)
Description: I See Dead People: Researching Lives from the Past; contact SouthWest Writers, www.southwestwriters.com.
Thursday, June 17
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting-Opening Reception
4:00pm
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, NM (map)
Description: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting-Opening Reception. (800) 233-7587, officemanager@nmcl.org, www.nmcl.org. Authors are invited to the reception, 4-6pm. The meeting begins the following day (see below) and authors are invited to exhibit or to participate in the silent auction, donating books for a good cause. Call Virginia Pulver, (800) 233-7587 with questions or to RSVP for the reception.
Friday, June 18
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting
All day
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, NM (map)
Description: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting, Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, 8am-4pm, (800) 233-7587, officemanager@nmcl.org, www.nmcl.org.
Monday, June 21
Sallie Bingham: If In Darkness
5:30pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Garcia Street Books; (505) 986-0151; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Desiree Mays - Reading of John Luther Long's story, "Madame Butterfly"
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: Have you ever wondered what the original source of Puccini's Madame Butterfly was? Come to a reading by Desiree Mays of John Luther Long's story, Madame Butterfly. This free event is sponsored by Collected Works Bookstore and The Santa Fe Opera Guild. Contact Mary Wolf; 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
Tuesday, June 22
Shirley Raye Redmond, The Jersey Devil and Other Unsolved Mysteries, Croak and Dagger Chapter of Sisters in Crime
7:00pm
Where: James Dwyer Memorial Police Substation, 12700 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM (map)
Description: Shirley Raye Redmond, The Jersey Devil and Other Unsolved Mysteries, Croak and Dagger Chapter of Sisters in Crime, (505) 298-4823, www.croak-and-dagger.com.
Tuesday, June 23
Author Event: SWAIA 365: Native Literary Series - Readings by Jamie Figueroa & Santee Frazier
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: Jamie Figueroa is a creative writing student at The Institute of American Indian Arts. She identifies as Boricua from the island of Borinquen. Santee Frazier is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. He holds a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Syracuse University. Contact Mary Wolf 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
Thursday, June 24
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
When: June 24 – 28 2010
Description: The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference. Visit www.ala.org for details.
Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories
7:00pm
Where: Mesa Public Library, Authors Speak Series, 2400 Central Ave., Los Alamos
Description: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Mesa Public Library, Authors Speak Series, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.losalamosnm.us.
Friday, June 25
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference, www.ala.org
Deadline for the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival, Los Angeles, www.hollywoodbookfestival.com
Saturday, June 26
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day
Author event: Richard A. Barrett
2:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (map)
Description: Richard A. Barrett: Tales from a Spanish Village; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com; (505) 986-0151.
Sunday, June 27
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day
June 28
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day, last day.
Wednesday, June 30
SWAIA Presents Native Arts Authenticity Lecture Series
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: SWAIA presents a series of four informative lectures throughout June and July on Native Art and authenticity. The lectures, presented by local experts, will discuss the local economic and cultural impact of foreign-made "Native" jewelry and artwork. Contact Person Mary Wolf; 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
NMBA Is the Only Non-profit Serving
All New Mexico Book Professionals!
Visit our new site, www.nmbook.org
for continuing news and events.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available at Amazon.com and from me right here.
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
New Mexico Book Association News
NMBA CALENDAR – FEBRUARY 2010
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE SOUTHWEST BOOK DESIGN AWARD
Attention all publishers, book designers and producers, editors, and authors: your entries may now be submitted until March 19, 2010 to be considered for the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence! Choose your best-looking books published in 2008 and 2009 and send them to us now; you don’t need to be an NMBA member to qualify! All details and the entry form are on the www.nmbook.org website. Contact Jim Mafchir with questions: (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net.
OTHER AWARDS DEADLINES ARE NEAR!
1. Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Early-Bird Entry deadline Feb. 13: Now is the time to enter your award-worthy children's book into the fourth annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, honoring the year's best children’s books, authors, and illustrators. The program accepts entries with 2009 or 2010 copyrights or with release dates between January 1, 2009 and August 21, 2010. Entry is open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English or Spanish and intended for the North American market. These awards bring an opportunity for recognition to independent authors and publishers who have a hard time breaking through to win library association awards like the Newbery and Caldecott.
Early-bird entry fee is $75 per title, per category (until Feb. 13), with increases to $85 and then $95 as the final deadline of August 21 approaches.
Online entry form: https://secure.independentpublisher.com/secure/moonbeam/entry.php.
Download a PDF of guidelines and entry form: http://www.moonbeamawards.com/MoonbeamGuidelines.pdf.
Questions? Contact Jim Barnes, Awards Director, 1-800-644-0133 x1011; email: jimb@bookpublishing.com.
2. MPIBA Regional Book Awards - call for nominations: The deadline for nominations for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Regional Book Awards is February 26. Eligible titles must have been published in calendar year 2009, and their content must deal substantially with the MPIBA region, i.e., Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming. (The authors' place of residence is immaterial for this award.) Booksellers, publishers, sales reps, wholesalers, and authors all may nominate titles. For details, visit: www.mountainsplains.org, or email: lisa@mountainsplains.org.
3. Border Book Festival. The 2010 dates are now April 8-11 and the theme is Shooting Stars. Our theme, Shooting Stars, celebrates the luminous beauty and spirit that is to be found in life, at once transitory, incandescent and meaningful. Our children, our youth and our elderly are the shooting stars of our lives illuminating the shimmering trajectory of our days. Our format for the event has changed, for further information: bbf@borderbookfestival.com
February 2010 Book Events in New Mexico
• Feb. 5: Annie McNaughton hosts Taos area High School poets, SOMOS, Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 6: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed, place to be determined, 11:30am, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
• Feb. 7: Bookworks Author Fair—Nancy King's The Stones Speak, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, 3pm-5pm, (505) 344-8139, events@bkwrks.com, www.bkwrks.com.
• Feb. 12: NMBA Networking Luncheon, at the Book Forum, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am. Free, bring a friend! Paula Lozar, lozarpaula@cs.com. Board meeting follows at 1:15pm.
.• Feb. 12: Sean Murphy/Mirabai Starr/Jenny Bird, Time of New Weather/Love Poems between St. Teresa of Avila & St. John of the Cross/CD Mystic Muse, SOMOS, MDL Meeting Room, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 19: Carolyn Gage/James Stevens, Parmachene Belle (one act play/poetry), SOMOS, MDL Meeting Room, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 20: Winter Storytelling with Joe Hayes, Clear Light Book Gallery, 851 W. San Mateo, Santa Fe, NM, 10am -4pm, (505) 989-9590, harmon@clearlightbooks.com, www.clearlightbooks.com/events.
• Feb. 26: dg nanouk Okpik (poetry)/Catherine Strisik (poetry), SOMOS, Caffe Tazza, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
Author Signings & Readings
• Feb. 4: Anne Hillerman and Don Strel, Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn, Free presentation sponsored by Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, El Dorado, Santa Fe, 7pm, (505) 466-7323, anne@annehillerman.com, www.annehillerman.com.
• Feb. 8: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, 10am, (505) 476-5200, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.nmhistorymuseum.org/contacts.php.
• Feb. 12: Jennifer Kitchell, Girl with Skirt of Stars, Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM, 6-8pm, (505) 988-4226, ethosah@charter.net, www.collectedworksbookstore.com.
• Feb. 20: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Authors for Literacy Series, Moriarty Public Library, 202 S. Broadway, Moriarty, NM, 9am, (505) 832-2513, moriartylibrary@yahoo.com, www.moriartylibrary.us.
• Feb. 25: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Volcano Vista High School, 12:30pm, (505) 890-0343/Ext. 37274, nathan.sokol@aps.edu, www.NancyBartlit.com.
Please visit NMBA at: www.nmbook.org
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com Belle’s Star (tween novel age 9-12) Artemesia Publishers apbooks.net Winner Mom's Choice Award 2010 Finalist New mexico Book Awards 2010
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE SOUTHWEST BOOK DESIGN AWARD
Attention all publishers, book designers and producers, editors, and authors: your entries may now be submitted until March 19, 2010 to be considered for the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence! Choose your best-looking books published in 2008 and 2009 and send them to us now; you don’t need to be an NMBA member to qualify! All details and the entry form are on the www.nmbook.org website. Contact Jim Mafchir with questions: (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net.
OTHER AWARDS DEADLINES ARE NEAR!
1. Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Early-Bird Entry deadline Feb. 13: Now is the time to enter your award-worthy children's book into the fourth annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, honoring the year's best children’s books, authors, and illustrators. The program accepts entries with 2009 or 2010 copyrights or with release dates between January 1, 2009 and August 21, 2010. Entry is open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English or Spanish and intended for the North American market. These awards bring an opportunity for recognition to independent authors and publishers who have a hard time breaking through to win library association awards like the Newbery and Caldecott.
Early-bird entry fee is $75 per title, per category (until Feb. 13), with increases to $85 and then $95 as the final deadline of August 21 approaches.
Online entry form: https://secure.independentpublisher.com/secure/moonbeam/entry.php.
Download a PDF of guidelines and entry form: http://www.moonbeamawards.com/MoonbeamGuidelines.pdf.
Questions? Contact Jim Barnes, Awards Director, 1-800-644-0133 x1011; email: jimb@bookpublishing.com.
2. MPIBA Regional Book Awards - call for nominations: The deadline for nominations for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Regional Book Awards is February 26. Eligible titles must have been published in calendar year 2009, and their content must deal substantially with the MPIBA region, i.e., Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming. (The authors' place of residence is immaterial for this award.) Booksellers, publishers, sales reps, wholesalers, and authors all may nominate titles. For details, visit: www.mountainsplains.org, or email: lisa@mountainsplains.org.
3. Border Book Festival. The 2010 dates are now April 8-11 and the theme is Shooting Stars. Our theme, Shooting Stars, celebrates the luminous beauty and spirit that is to be found in life, at once transitory, incandescent and meaningful. Our children, our youth and our elderly are the shooting stars of our lives illuminating the shimmering trajectory of our days. Our format for the event has changed, for further information: bbf@borderbookfestival.com
February 2010 Book Events in New Mexico
• Feb. 5: Annie McNaughton hosts Taos area High School poets, SOMOS, Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 6: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed, place to be determined, 11:30am, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
• Feb. 7: Bookworks Author Fair—Nancy King's The Stones Speak, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, 3pm-5pm, (505) 344-8139, events@bkwrks.com, www.bkwrks.com.
• Feb. 12: NMBA Networking Luncheon, at the Book Forum, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am. Free, bring a friend! Paula Lozar, lozarpaula@cs.com. Board meeting follows at 1:15pm.
.• Feb. 12: Sean Murphy/Mirabai Starr/Jenny Bird, Time of New Weather/Love Poems between St. Teresa of Avila & St. John of the Cross/CD Mystic Muse, SOMOS, MDL Meeting Room, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 19: Carolyn Gage/James Stevens, Parmachene Belle (one act play/poetry), SOMOS, MDL Meeting Room, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 20: Winter Storytelling with Joe Hayes, Clear Light Book Gallery, 851 W. San Mateo, Santa Fe, NM, 10am -4pm, (505) 989-9590, harmon@clearlightbooks.com, www.clearlightbooks.com/events.
• Feb. 26: dg nanouk Okpik (poetry)/Catherine Strisik (poetry), SOMOS, Caffe Tazza, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
Author Signings & Readings
• Feb. 4: Anne Hillerman and Don Strel, Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn, Free presentation sponsored by Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, El Dorado, Santa Fe, 7pm, (505) 466-7323, anne@annehillerman.com, www.annehillerman.com.
• Feb. 8: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, 10am, (505) 476-5200, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.nmhistorymuseum.org/contacts.php.
• Feb. 12: Jennifer Kitchell, Girl with Skirt of Stars, Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM, 6-8pm, (505) 988-4226, ethosah@charter.net, www.collectedworksbookstore.com.
• Feb. 20: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Authors for Literacy Series, Moriarty Public Library, 202 S. Broadway, Moriarty, NM, 9am, (505) 832-2513, moriartylibrary@yahoo.com, www.moriartylibrary.us.
• Feb. 25: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Volcano Vista High School, 12:30pm, (505) 890-0343/Ext. 37274, nathan.sokol@aps.edu, www.NancyBartlit.com.
Please visit NMBA at: www.nmbook.org
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com Belle’s Star (tween novel age 9-12) Artemesia Publishers apbooks.net Winner Mom's Choice Award 2010 Finalist New mexico Book Awards 2010
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Southwest Book Design Contest
Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence
Jim Mafchir, President, New Mexico Book Association:
(505) 988-7214, e-mail: westernedge@santa-fe.net.
Mail: Post Office Box 1285, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
Office PH: (505) 231-1755, Fax: (505) 983-0899
NMBA Website: www.nmbook.org
________________________________________________________________________
Calling all Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and
West Texas Publishers, Book Designers, and Authors!
Santa Fe, NM. October, 2009 -- Many contests judge books by content; few credit the look of a book. The First Annual “Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence” is looking for a few good books.
Hoping to raise the bar and set standards of book excellence, this new contest will recognize creativity and quality of book design, and production. A panel of long-standing professionals in the industry will judge the entries.
Books must be published, designed or produced in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah or West Texas.
Entry fee is $30 first category and $15 for each additional category for NMBA members; $45 first category and $20 for each additional category for non-members—send two copies of each title submitted. There are ten categories (see brochure attached). Deadline for receipt of books, entry form and check, no later than February 15, 2010. Early Bird discount if mailed by October 31, 2009.
This contest takes to task the old adage “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” How a book looks and feels is what captures potential buyers. Having a book recognized for an award helps establish credibility among industry professionals.
Download our brochure and entry form (attached in this email), or go to www.nmbook.org. Finalists to be announced April 30, 2010.
Wouldn’t “Winner, Best Cover and Jacket Design, 2008-2009” be a nice addition to the accolades for your book?
Send books, form and fees to:
Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence
New Mexico Book Association
PO Box 1285
Santa Fe NM 87504
www.nmbook.org
NEW MEXICO BOOK ASSOCIATION
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.
Jim Mafchir, President, New Mexico Book Association:
(505) 988-7214, e-mail: westernedge@santa-fe.net.
Mail: Post Office Box 1285, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
Office PH: (505) 231-1755, Fax: (505) 983-0899
NMBA Website: www.nmbook.org
________________________________________________________________________
Calling all Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and
West Texas Publishers, Book Designers, and Authors!
Santa Fe, NM. October, 2009 -- Many contests judge books by content; few credit the look of a book. The First Annual “Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence” is looking for a few good books.
Hoping to raise the bar and set standards of book excellence, this new contest will recognize creativity and quality of book design, and production. A panel of long-standing professionals in the industry will judge the entries.
Books must be published, designed or produced in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah or West Texas.
Entry fee is $30 first category and $15 for each additional category for NMBA members; $45 first category and $20 for each additional category for non-members—send two copies of each title submitted. There are ten categories (see brochure attached). Deadline for receipt of books, entry form and check, no later than February 15, 2010. Early Bird discount if mailed by October 31, 2009.
This contest takes to task the old adage “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” How a book looks and feels is what captures potential buyers. Having a book recognized for an award helps establish credibility among industry professionals.
Download our brochure and entry form (attached in this email), or go to www.nmbook.org. Finalists to be announced April 30, 2010.
Wouldn’t “Winner, Best Cover and Jacket Design, 2008-2009” be a nice addition to the accolades for your book?
Send books, form and fees to:
Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence
New Mexico Book Association
PO Box 1285
Santa Fe NM 87504
www.nmbook.org
NEW MEXICO BOOK ASSOCIATION
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.
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