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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Congratulations to Sigma Tau Delta member Donna Finney!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Donna has had not just one, but TWO of her works selected for publication in the New Writer’s Anthology of Fiction by Lamar University Press. Her short story, "The Ragman's
Daughter," and her poem, "Nake nula waun welo," will published sometime in 2016, and the anthology will available from amazon.com and barnesandnoble. We are very proud and excited for her success.!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Angela W. Williams<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas Review Press author, Angela Williams is visiting Huntsville next week on October 28! She’ll be giving a public reading of her novel, Hush Now, Baby at the Huntsville Public Library at 2:00.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NaNoWriMo Contest<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s simple, register at <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/">http://nanowrimo.org/</a> and email
<a href="mailto:jek014@shsu.edu">jek014@shsu.edu</a> with a link to your author page and your student ID number. Start writing your novel November first and the first three participants to cap 50K get to go to the Houston Writer’s Guild’s annual Writer’s Conference
in April and the first two get to meet with a literary agent. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Take the challenge!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sigma Tau Delta National Conference<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Story and Paper submissions for the conference are due OCTOBER 26—right around the corner! Hurry up and get yours in!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Writer’s Circle<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every Wednesday evening at 5:30 in Evans 460—join your literary-inclined peers for free coffee and stories. Even if you don’t have anything to bring, your feedback and contribution to the conversation is appreciated. Bring multiple copies
of up to 10 double spaced pages of creative work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>English Matters<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.english.org/sigmatd/englishmatters/index.shtml?utm_source=Sigma+Tau+Delta&utm_campaign=22a64f447a-EnglishMatters_Launch_for_Alumni_10_12_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f387237b54-22a64f447a-102007073">http://www.english.org/sigmatd/englishmatters/index.shtml?utm_source=Sigma+Tau+Delta&utm_campaign=22a64f447a-EnglishMatters_Launch_for_Alumni_10_12_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f387237b54-22a64f447a-102007073</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Sigma Tau Delta is excited to announce the launch of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://english.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f1c2d70846da7d063bf307046&id=02e10e9815&e=d148ebded3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#A30234">EnglishMatters</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">,
the Society's very own social networking site for Alumni, members, and Sponsors. Housed through<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://english.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f1c2d70846da7d063bf307046&id=501a270450&e=d148ebded3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#A30234">VineUp</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">,
this multi-faceted online community is interactive, convenient, and fun, and offers a completely new Sigma Tau Delta experience.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://glimmertrainpressinc.submittable.com/submit">https://glimmertrainpressinc.submittable.com/submit</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The target: One short story of no more than 3K words. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline: October 31. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Prize: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">1) $1,500 and publication<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">2) $500 or $700 if selected for publication<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">3) $300 or $700 is selected for publication
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<p class="MsoNormal">How Scene Listing can help your writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://thewritepractice.com/scene-list/">http://thewritepractice.com/scene-list/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">The Place in the Mist</div>
<div>http://www.amazon.com/Place-Mist-Skies-Grey-Part-ebook/dp/B00SGG22MY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1423777870&sr=8-2&keywords=julian+kindred</div>
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<div>Under the Mountain: Book 2 of the Hawkridge Chronicles</div>
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