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Join us for our next Chapter
Meeting! September
11, 1:00pm
CSI: Plants A look
at plant-based evidence
used in solving crimes, including an exploration of actual cases. Presented
by Steve Carroll,
Director of Public Programs at the State Arboretum of Virginia. No
charge to attend; please download the meeting
flyer to RSVP. ... And mark your calendars for our next meeting: October 2, 2010
Tickle Their Funny Bones -- and Grab Their Wallets
(a.k.a. "How to Write Humor")
Presented by Donna Andrews and Joanna Campbell Slan
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Chesapeake Crimes
Chesapeake Crimes 5 now open for submissions!
Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime invites all published and unpublished chapter members to submit a short story for possible inclusion in the fifth volume of the Chesapeake Crimes series, to be published by Wildside Press.
All entries are welcome and will be read and considered. The theme for this anthology will be: This Job is Murder.
Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley will serve as coordinating editors for this volume, and the editorial panel will be Ellen Crosby, Sandy Parshall and Dan Stashower.
DEADLINES:
Potential contributors must submit stories by December 31, 2010.
Publication is expected in March 2012.
For full submission guidelines and directions, please email Barb Goffman.
Please consult the Chesapeake Crime Style Guide before submitting to help ensure your submission meets our specifications.
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Now Available: Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'!
Published April 1, 2010, by Wildside Press and available from the publisher, as well as from:
- Mystery Loves Company Booksellers - Oxford, MD-- Barnesandnoble.com
-- Amazon.com
Previous titles in the series, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES I, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES II, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES 3 are also available. More information and how to order.
The Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, like its national parent organization, was created to help promote women mystery writers.
Membership is open to anyone, men and women, readers and writers, who love mysteries and want to help promote the advancement of women mystery writers. Chapter members typically come from D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Chesapeake Chapter Officers for 2010
President: C.
Ellett Logan
Vice President: Becky
Hutchison
Secretary: Erin N. Bush
Treasurer: Meriah
Crawford
Program Chairs: Donna
Andrews and Kathie
Felix
Membership Chairs: C.
Ellett Logan and Donna
Andrews
Newsletter Editor: Kathie
Felix
Library Liaison: Sandy
Parshall
Author Events Chair: Barb
Goffman
Publicity Chair: Kathie
Felix
Publications: Marcia Talley
Hospitality: Sandy
Balintfy
Website and listserve coordinator: Erin Bush
Member at Large: Smita
H.
Jain