Join us in historic Salt Lake City, Utah, in April 2005 for the Historical Novel Society's first North American conference! The conference will be held on April 15-17, 2005, at the University Park Marriott in Salt Lake City. We hope to provide a stimulating, thought-provoking program that touches on many aspects of historical fiction.
May 2004 update: Over the past three months, we have received over 100 proposals from many qualified individuals. We are now in the process of developing a program of events and will begin contacting speakers/panelists shortly. Although our slate of speakers/panelists is full for 2005, we encourage you to fill out this form - or contact us directly - if you would like to schedule a book-signing or reading, offer your books for sale at the conference, moderate a session, volunteer, or attend as an audience member. We will also consider additional speaker/panel ideas for future conferences. Thanks for your interest! Conference registration information will be available in June 2004. In the meantime, should you have any questions about the conference, or if you have problems with this form, please contact either of the conference coordinators: Ann Chamberlin (setzers@msn.com) or Sarah Johnson (sarah.johnson@historicalnovelsociety.org, or 217-581-7538).
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Full name (required): Street Address: City: State or Province: Postal code: Country: Email Address (required so that we can contact you):
A. SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF:
I am... (check all that apply):
Published author. 1. Please name house/s: 2. Historical Fiction or other genre? Please name: 3. Be sure to take special note of section D below.
Aspiring author Editor: 1. Please name house 2. I am / am not willing to give appointments to aspiring authors, singly or in small groups Agent: 1. Please name agency 2. I am / am not willing to give appointments to aspiring authors, singly or in small groups Historical fiction reader Book doctor Bookseller. Please name store/company: Librarian Academic in an historic field Other (please specify):
B. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: I'm interested in helping out at the HNS conference. Yes No If so, please check all that apply. Registration: On site Beforehand Panel moderator / emcee Conference publicity HNS membership recruitment (ongoing)
C. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: If you are interested in speaking or sitting on a panel, please submit a brief biographical statement. This may appear in the conference program and will help us choose the best qualified participants.
D. INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS: Are you a published author? Or will you be presenting a workshop in which you will recommend research/writing craft books? This section's for you. Others, please pass on to the next section. We will have a bookseller on site selling books. If you would like to have copies of your books available for purchase, you will need to contact this bookseller yourself so she can either order copies or make arrangements for you to bring some to sell. She will not, however, be ready to make these arrangements until August 2004. For the moment, check this box and we'll be certain to forward her information to you when the time is closer. Even if you can't come to Salt Lake, you may ship us publicity items to offer our attendees. These may include flyers, bookmarks, other promotional items. Free books are welcome as door prizes and give-aways. You may ship such items to: HNS Conference Publicity PO Box 711114 Salt Lake City, UT 84171-1114 If you plan to attend, you may wish to ship such items early, too, so we have time to see them to their proper place--to arrive in Salt Lake by April 6, 2005. Please check here so we can get in touch with you with further details as the time nears.
E. CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP: As an author, publisher, or other party, would you be interested in being a conference sponsor? Check here and we can offer you a display ad or other special mention in the conference program.
F. PRESENTATION POSSIBILITIES:
1. Single speakers. Are you willing to present a talk or prepare a workshop at the conference, either by yourself or in tandem? If so, please tell us. (Speakers and panelists will receive discounted registration rates.) Topic (list as many as you wish):
Previous presenter experience:
Time frame (check one, or both if your topic can expand, or contact us with more details)
75-minute (one hour and 15 minute) presentation, single speaker 30-minute presentation, sharing the time with another presenter and leaving 15 minutes for questions at the end
2. Panels. We are thinking of having panels where up to five authors or other specialists speak of their experience and answer questions in many different areas. Please check all that interest you. (Speakers and panelists will receive discounted registration rates.)
Subgenre Panels:
As a panelist
As an audience member
Favorite Time Period Panels:
f. Non-European/other (specify):
Other Possible Panel Topics:
j. Other (please specify)
G. ADDITIONAL EVENTS: Would you attend a workshop by experts on: period dance/music swordplay/armor Ogden, Utah was the home of John Browning, holder of hundreds of patents for repeating guns. Would you like an expert from this museum? Costuming--maybe folks from the Utah Shakespearean Festival or SCA Blacksmith/horsemanship Theatre props Salt Lake City is the home of the Latter Day Saint genealogical library. Would you attend a workshop presented by a professional research genealogist? Native American culture Topaz/WWII Japanese-American internment camp The Manhattan Project/other nuclear testing and the Tooele army chemical dump
H. OTHER COMMENTS:
If you have any other thoughts or comments you'd like to send to the conference coordinators, please do so here:
Thanks for your help and suggestions. We'll be in touch with you as soon as possible. Should you have any questions or problems with this form, please contact either Ann at setzers@msn.com or Sarah at sarah.johnson@historicalnovelsociety.org. (Please note that your full name and email will not appear on the following page, but they will come through to us. Thanks!)