In February of 2008, Dr. Alexey Root spoke on selecting a non-fiction topic that fits your interests or specialty. In May of 2009, Dr. Root will explain how to think your way from topic to magazine query or book proposal. She will provide examples from her fourth manuscript, which is under contract with Libraries Unlimited.

Dr. Alexey Root has a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. Root has been a tournament chess player since she was nine years old. Her most notable chess accomplishment was winning the U.S. Women’s championship in 1989. Her work history includes full-time public high school teaching (social studies and English). Since the fall of 1999, Root has been a senior lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She has taught UTD education classes, tutored prospective teachers for certification exams, and supervised student teachers. Root’s current assignment for UTD is to teach education courses that explore the uses of chess in classrooms. These Chess in Education Certificate courses are available worldwide, via the UT TeleCampus online platform. Her books are Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators (2006), Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving (2008), and Read, Write, Checkmate: Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities (2009).

The first shipment of books came in the week of the April meeting. If authors featured in the anthology have not picked up their two free copies and will not be attending the May meeting, please e-mail and let me know if you need me to mail them to you. Also, you are able to buy three copies at a special "author's cost," contact me for the amount. If you would like more than three copies, they can be ordered but you will need to pre-pay so that that Kelly can order them.

I am planning to launch the anthology in July at Hastings. We have the date booked due to the library meeting room being in use that day so I thought we could turn into a book launch. We figure that we'll need balloons, some type of give-a-way, refreshments, etc. Please think about it so we can discuss it at the May and June meetings.

Time must figure prominently in each story. For example, the story could be about time travel. Or it might concern a wizard who uses spells that affect time in some way. It might be about people or things that have been displaced to a time other than their own. The story could even be about someone who’s time is running out, perhaps from a deadly disease or poison.

Stories that explore parallel events in time, the nature of time or in some other way are centered around time will all fit in this anthology.

Along with TIME as the central focus of the story, it must also fit in one of the following genres:

Hard Science Fiction
Soft Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Western

The above genres can be mixed with each other if desired but stories that fall outside of these will not be considered. For example, a story that is Space Western/Fantasy would be perfectly fine but a story that was Horror would not. The only exception would be minor elements. A fantasy could have some horror elements as long as they weren’t so heavy as to turn the story into a Horror or Horror/Fantasy mix.

If you have questions whether your story idea qualifies, feel free to email and ask.

Stories may be set in any time period from prehistory to the far future.

Word count must be between 3000 and 6500. Stories that are too short or too long will be sent back to the author to revise and resubmit.

Submissions open on Nov. 1, 2008 and close on May 1, 2009.  Submissions received before Nov. 1, or after May 1, will not be considered.

Send submissions as an attached .doc or .rtf file to:
timeantho@gmail.com

Submissions in other formats, or pasted into the body of the email, will be returned to the author with a request to resubmit in the correct format.

Those authors whose work is accepted will be offered the standard CWP anthology contract. Those terms are:

10 dollar flat fee to acquire the right to publish, and 1 free copy of the book. 5 year, non-exclusive contract for print format, paperback.

In addition, all contributors will have the right to buy as many copies as they would like for the base cost of printing and shipping, then keep the profit from any copies they personally sell.

2009 Agents and Editors Conference

The 2009 Agents and Editors Conference will be held June 26-28, 2009, at the Austin Sheraton Hotel. Check back often for new information.

Register Early and Save!
October 1 - December 31, 2008: $309 Members / $369 Nonmembers
January 1 - May 25, 2009: $329 Members / $389 Nonmembers
May 26 - June 26, 2009: $379 Members / $439 Nonmembers

Refund Policy:
August 1 - December 23: 100% refund available.
December 24 - February 29: 50% refund available.
March 1 - June 26: No refunds made.

The Benefits of Early Registration Because private consultations with literary agents are scheduled based on registration date, registering early increases your chances of meeting with your top choice (agents will be announced in the fall as they are confirmed). Registrants will receive advance notice and special discounts for the League's upcoming agents workshop series, "The Secrets of the Agents." Four literary agents will present half-day workshops in the fall and spring to lead in to the 2009 conference.

Registration: http://store.writersleague.org/2008agentsandeditorsconference-1.aspx

POETRY CORNER

Poetry Group
3rd Saturday
10:00 am
Emily Fowler Library
502 Oakland St
Denton, TX

Open Mic Night
4th Wednesday
7:00 pm
Recycled Books
200 N Locust St
Denton, TX

CONVENTIONS

Convention                   Month    Place                    URL             

ConDFW                   Feb     Dallas, TX       http://www.condfw.org/
AggieCon                 March   Bryan, TX        http://aggiecon.tamu.edu/
Dreamin' in Dallas       April   Dallas, TX       http://www.dallasromanceauthors.com/conferences/
Texas Frightmare         May     Dallas, TX       http://www.texasfrightmareweekend.com/lifetype/
ApolloCon                June    Houston, TX      http://www.apollocon.org/
Conestoga                July    Tulsa, OK        http://www.sftulsa.org/conestoga/
Armadillo Con            August  Austin, TX       http://www.fact.org/dillo/
Mythcon                  August  Norman, OK       http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon37.html
Bubonicon                August  Albuquerque, NM  http://www.bubonicon.com/
Fencon                   Sept    Dallas, TX       http://www.fencon.org/
     A comprehensive list of other conventions    http://www.fencon.org/links.html#calendar
World Fantasy Con        Nov     Austin, TX       http://www.worldfantasy.org/ 

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