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Events and Networking

January 2009

• January 15-Deadline for the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book Awards Entries
• January 31-Deadline for the Nautilus Book Awards Entries

February 2009

• February 1-Deadline  for the 19th Annual Midwest Book Awards Entries
• February 1-Deadline  for the Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards Entries
• February 7-Hooked on Books Festival, Chaska, MN

March 2009

• March 4-Beaver's Pond Author Meet-Up, "Book Buzz" with Nancy Manahan & Becky Bohan
• March 15-Deadline for the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Entries
• March 21-Deadline for the 2008 Independent Publishers Book Awards Entries
• March 21-Bloomington Art Center Writers' Festival and Book Fair
• March 31-Deadline for the National Indie Excellence Awards Entries

April 2009

• April 25-Minnesota Book Awards Gala
• April 22 -Minnesota Arboretum Earth Day Speech - Joe Shuster
• April 28-Beaver's Pond Author Meet-Up, "Internet Marketing" with Ashley and Jason Bird

May 2009

• May 1-Deadline for Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards Entries
• May 2-"Dear Chicago Q&A: An Insider's View of the Drama of Copyediting," Mayo Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
• May 13-Book Publisher's Roundtable Meeting, "Developmental Editing"
• May 13-MIPA (Minnesota Independent Publishers Association) Awards 
• May 16 - 17-Northeast Minnesota Book Awards-Book Fair, Duluth, MN
• May 27-Beaver's Pond Author Meet-Up, "Getting Into Media Outlets: Print, Radio, and Television" with Joe Shuster

June 2009

• June 6 - 7-Printer's Row Lit Fest, Chicago, Il

July 2009

August 2009

• August 7-Deadline for the Parent's Choice Book Awards Entries
• August 12-Annual Beaver's Pond Picnic, Braemar Golf Course Clubhouse, Edina, MN
• August 14 - 15-Mini Publishing University, Minneapolis, MN 
• August 22-Northwoods Art Festival & Book Fair, Hackensack, MN
• August 22-Deadline for the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Entries
• August 27-Deadline for the National Outdoor Book Awards Entries

September 2009

• September 2-Beaver's Pond Author Meet-Up, "Book Events and Tours" with Linda Strommer
• September 15-Deadline for the Axiom Business Book Awards Entries
• September 25 - 26-MBA (Midwest Bookseller's Association) Tradeshow, St. Paul RiverCentre

October 2009

• October 1-Deadline for Mom's Choice Awards Entries
• October 7-Beaver's Pond Author Meet-Up, "E-Books and the Future of Print Media" 
• October 14 - 16-MLA (Minnesota Library Association) Conference, St. Cloud, MN

November 2009

• November 4-Beaver's Pond Author Meet-Up, "Creative Marketing Tactics: Generating a Need For Your Book in Unconventional Locations"

December 2009

• December 11-Deadline for the Minnesota Book Awards Entries
• December 15-Deadline for Reader Views Annual Literary Awards
• December 31-Deadline for the American Library Association Awards Entries (Caldecott and Newbery Medals)  
• December 31-Deadline for the Benjamin Franklin Awards Entries