Upcoming Events Calendar

Conferences

Small Press Center Workshop
May 12
A workshop from The Small Press Center Workshop series titled, "selling your books: working with chain stores, distributors and wholesalers." The workshop will be followed by an informal reception.
The Small Press Center
20 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Pennwriters 11th Annual Conference
May 15-17
Multi-genre conference, including workshops for nonfiction writers. Speakers include S.L. Stebel, Margot Dalton, Warren Murphy, Paul Raymond Martin and others. Editor and agent appointements available with Ginger Buchanan, Sr. Executive Editor at Ace, Alice Orr and Jennifer Jackson. Fee is $160 before May 1, 1998, $175 after. Hotel discounts apply during conference.

BookExpo America '98
May 28 - June 2
The largest trade event in the United States serving the entire book publishing industry.
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

1998 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet
June 4-7
Horror Writers Association Annual Meeting. New York Marriott East Side. Toastmaster: Ed Bryant. Lifetime Achievement Award Co-recipients: William Blatty and Jack Williamson

Contests

-- There are only a few days left in Amazon's Doonesbury contest in which each day Amazon.com will post a new "panel" of the Doonesbury comic strip. To enter for a Daily Prize, write what you believe to be the best dialogue for that day's panel. The last day of the contest is May 15th.

-- AOL members can enter a Chicken Soup for the Soul competition. The first-place winner in each country will receive a signed copy of one of the current Chicken Soup for the Soul books. The grand prize winner of the international competition will receive $100 U.S. And any story that is included in the published book will receive at least $300 U.S. Details are available on America Online at Keyword: Chicken Soup Contest.

-- Mattel is looking for unusual and creative rules to its game, UNO, that build off the current rules and enhance game play, yet are simple enough to be easily adopted by UNO players everywhere. The grand prize is $5,000 dollars. The deadline for the UNO contest is May 15, 1998.