Happy New Year

Something Larry & Lisa Thomas wanted to share with all of us:

https://sites.google.com/site/larrydthomasfar/

Merry Christmas

Publishing opportunity

Donna Munch shared the following information with us.

LAST TEN DAYS FOR SUBMISSIONS

December 2011 Competition ends on the 31st
December 2011 23:59 BST

Would you please make this known to members of your writing circle?

UNPUBLISHED FICTION AUTHORS PRINT READY
COMPETITION

This competition starts December
2011. The closing date for this competition is the
31st December 2011 23:59 BST.

DECEMBER 2011 - YOUNG ADULT & TEEN FICTION

This is a genuine, no fee competition that
stretches over 12 months.

Each month a different genre; each month a winner. Winners are offered a 
contract, paid royalties, and receive full promotion and marketing strategies.

This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee. 
Only Print Ready novels of genuine merit will be chosen.

Your book could be a winner. 
Full details of rules, genres and how to submit, 
on our website, http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions.php

BRAG ALERT:

This is "Life in the Rearview Mirror" a selection from the memoir class of Nancy Natalicio!

It is an amazing book and will soon be available at the UTEP Book Store!Congratulations to Nancy and all her talented students!

December 10, 2011 EPWL Minutes

On December 10, 2011, members of the El Paso Writers’ League gathered at the Sunland Park Holiday Inn to participate in the League’s annual awards banquet.

Program:

• Call to Order: Janice Brooks
• Pledge of Allegiance: Janice Brooks
• Invocation: Janice Brooks
• Introduction of Guests Janice Brooks
• President’s Report: Janice Brooks
• Lois Hobart Award: given to Janice Brooks by Mike Grunsten
• Contest Awards: Mike Grunsten
• Installation of 2012 Officers:

President-Robert Sanchez; Vice President-Sally Spener; Secretary-Richard

Schwein; Treasurer-Isaiah Barrett

• New President’s Remarks: Robert Sanchez
• Announcements

The meeting was adjourned.

2011 Audit

On December 14, 2011, an audit committee met to review the EPWL's finances. In attendance were:

--Janice Brooks, outgoing president and audit chair
--Bob Sanchez, incoming president
--Sarah Purcell, outgoing treasurer
--Isaiah Barrett, incoming treasurer

Janice hosted the meeting, which was held on her initiative. The committee agreed that an audit should be performed every year.

December annual banquet

Here are some of the members who attended the December 2011 meeting.

2011 Contest winners:

Bob Sanchez	Fiction	Theater/Screen Play	Dead Heat	2nd Place
Bob Sanchez	Fiction	Book Chapter	Confession	HM
Christine Susany	Fiction	Children's/Young Adult	Water Pump Friends	1st Place
Christine Susany	Fiction	Flash - Adult	Papa's Demise	1st Place
Christine Susany	Fiction	Theater/Screen Play	Second Hand Angels	1st Place, Best of Best
Christine Susany	Nonfiction	Character Profile	Mimi	1st Place, Best of Best
Christine Susany	Poetry	Closed Form	A Fence	1st Place
Christine Susany	Fiction	Flash - Adult	Mama Says	2nd Place
Christine Susany	Nonfiction	Inspirational	CouldaShouldaWoulda	2nd Place
Christine Susany	Nonfiction	Pers Essay/Op-Ed/Feature	Like It or Not	2nd Place
Christine Susany	Poetry	Closed Form	Blest be the Ties	2nd Place
Christine Susany	Nonfiction	Southwest/Travel	Amish Country	3rd Place
Christine Susany	Poetry	Children's/Young Adult	What Would You Be	3rd Place
Christine Susany	Poetry	Traditional	Beware the Piper's Call	3rd Place
Christine Susany	Nonfiction	Inspirational	Thank You, Maya	HM
Christine Susany	Poetry	Children's/Young Adult	A Child of God	HM
Christine Susany	Poetry	Traditional	Family Trees	HM
Cindy Alvarez	Fiction	Book Chapter	Pandora	2nd Place
Dalinda Braun	Fiction	Adult Short Story	Pinecone Compost	1st Place
Dalinda Braun	Nonfiction	Reminiscence	Words	HM
Deen Underwood	Poetry	Children's/Young Adult	Crimson Days	1st Place
Deen Underwood	Nonfiction	Southwest/Travel	That First Day in Paris	2nd Place
Deen Underwood	Poetry	Traditional	Junk Mail	2nd Place
Deen Underwood	Nonfiction	Character Profile	Lotta Crabtree, Fair Star	3rd Place
Deen Underwood	Nonfiction	Inspirational	How to Outsmart Your Kids on Holidays	3rd Place
Dick Schwein	Fiction	Book Chapter	Hostages Taken	HM
Dick Schwein	Fiction	Book Chapter	Shots Fired - Officer Down	HM
Don Moss	Fiction	Book Chapter	Phoenix of the Mind (Nonfiction)	1st Place
Donna Munch	Poetry	Children's/Young Adult	The Sub From Down Below	HM
Jan Brooks	Fiction	Adult Short Story	The Accident	2nd Place
Jan Brooks	Fiction	Children's/Young Adult	First Dance	2nd Place
Jan Brooks	Poetry	Open Form	The Middle of Me	3rd Place
Kathryn Forest	Nonfiction	Reminiscence	Winter Hike	2nd Place
Kathryn Forest	Nonfiction	Reminiscence	Frieda	HM
Mike Grunsten	Nonfiction	Pers Essay/Op-Ed/Feature	Toto, I Have a Feeling We're Not In Kansas Any More	3rd Place
Ruth Wren	Nonfiction	Character Profile	Remembering Edward	2nd Place
Sally Spener	Nonfiction	Pers Essay/Op-Ed/Feature	Wildfires Hurt Us All	1st Place
Sally Spener	Nonfiction	Southwest/Travel	One Day In Bolivia	1st Place
Sally Spener	Poetry	Haiku, Tanka, and other forms	Smokey Bare Hillside	1st Place
Sally Spener	Fiction	Book Chapter	Swamped	3rd Place
Sally Spener	Fiction	Theater/Screen Play	Desert Secrets	3rd Place
Sarah Purcell	Fiction	Adult Short Story	The Last Flight of the U.S.S. Freedom	3rd Place
Shirley Fouts	Nonfiction	Inspirational	Centered in the Light	1st Place
Shirley Fouts	Poetry	Traditional	Alaskan Centerpiece	1st Place
Shirley Fouts	Poetry	Open Form	In the Encaustic Artist's Studio	2nd Place
Sulta Bonner	Poetry	Children's/Young Adult	Not to Blame	2nd Place
Sulta Bonner	Poetry	Closed Form	Tabby Magic (Villanelle)	3rd Place
Sulta Bonner	Poetry	Haiku, Tanka, and other forms	dew-splashed dandelion (untitled/first line)	3rd Place
Sulta Bonner	Poetry	Haiku, Tanka, and other forms	organ pipe hoodoos (untitled/first line)	HM
Tina Dwyer	Fiction	Children's/Young Adult	A Friend for Life	3rd Place
Vonda Frampton	Nonfiction	Reminiscence	Millie	1st Place
Vonda Frampton	Poetry	Open Form	She Came Undone	1st Place, Best of Best
Vonda Frampton	Poetry	Haiku, Tanka, and other forms	Tears Sleep On My Tongue	2nd Place
Vonda Frampton	Fiction	Flash - Adult	Crazy Sally	3rd Place
Vonda Frampton	Nonfiction	Reminiscence	Never Cheat the Blind Man	3rd Place
Vonda Frampton	Poetry	Open Form	West Texas Drought	HM