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January Meeting Minutes 2015

Hello Everyone,

Today we held our January meeting. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Bella Caffe in Park Rapids MN from 12:30 to 3 PM.

PRESENT:

Jan, Mike, Sharon, Mary, Ryan

TALKING STICK 24:

The call for submissions for the next Talking Stick book has gone out and submissions are arriving every day. Remember—the deadline is March 1, 2015. We have selected some of the judges for the book—still working on one.

WRITING EVENTS:

MN Northwoods 2015 Writers Conference at Bemidji State University, June 20-26, 2015. More info, www.northwoodswriters.org. Always excellent.

The Great Novel contest, Columbus Creative Cooperative. Jan.1-31, 2015. Email msowash@macalester.edu for more info. Molly Sowash.

Glimmer Train. www.glimmertrain.com. Five submission categories for 2015.

Bloomington Writers Festival and Book Fair, March 28, 2015 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts in Bloomington MN. Lpettit@gowebway.com Kate Pettit.

Listening Point Foundation in Ely. A weekend in September 2015 on nature writing. More information coming on this later.

Almost all the writers brought things to read. We enjoyed listening and critiquing each other’s work.

Hope to see you next time!