• Southwest Book Design & Production Awards
This is new! Learn the criteria for entering your book in this exciting new NMBA awards competition by downloading the brochure PDF (CLICK HERE). Books published in 2008 & 2009 are eligible. Several categories for your books and publications. For more information call Jim Mafchir at 988-7214 or email to info@nmbook.org.

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NMBA Mission Statement

New Mexico Book Association is the statewide non-profit organization serving all book professionals — publishers, authors, editors, illustrators, booksellers, librarians, designers, writers, typesetters, printers, service bureaus, literacy advocates, agents, and reviewers. Founded in 1994, NMBA provides services including professional development workshops, our Libro Newsletter, monthly networking luncheons, New Mexico's Book World (the resource guide to the state's book community), a monthly online events calendar, opportunities to show and sell books at major book festivals and trade shows, and more!

You will find details about our mission, history and membership by viewing New Mexico's Book World (the PDF may take half a minute to load).

HOW TO BECOME A NEW MEXICO BOOK ASSOCIATION MEMBER:
Initiation and first year membership is just $50. All who are involved in books, personally or professionally, are invited to join NMBA. Voting members must live in New Mexico, but we also welcome out-of-state members with an interest in the book arts in New Mexico. Include your phone, fax and e-mail, and a short description of your activity or profession.You may reach the senior advisor by telephone, (505) 231-1755 or mail@nmbook.org.

Yearly RENEWAL dues are $62. You will be asked to renew by the first of September of each year. (Send $62 to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe, NM 87504 or to NMBA, c/o Barbara Beasley Murphy, NMBA Treasurer, 486 Circle Drive, Santa Fe NM 87501.)

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NEW Please submit your Calendar and FLASHnews Events listings using our new convenient form. Just click on the graphic above and the Submission Form will open. Choose the category for your listing, and fill in the blanks. Please double-check your submission before submitting it. Thank you.

PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE FOR FLASHnews submissions is the 17th of each month. Our Libro Newsletter PRINT edition comes out bi-monthly. Our next edition is March/April 2010 and the submission due date for it is Feb. 17, 2009. Submit your entries through the above Calendar Submission Form. FLASHnews entries (which are emailed several times a month) ARE INCLUDED in the print edition.

• Call for Volunteers
At the upcoming NMLA Convention to be held in Ruidoso, April 7-9, 2010, NMBA has reserved a table for member authors and publishers (details on participation will be forthcoming). We need member volunteers to oversee sales and distribute information. Call NMBA to become a volunteer: (505) 231-1755 .
lozarpaula@cs.com.

Good News from our Publishing Colleagues
SEVERAL AWARDS DEADLINES APPROACHING!

1. MPIBA Regional Book Awards — call for nominations: The deadline for nominations for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Regional Book Awards is Feb. 26. Eligible titles must have been published in calendar year 2009 and their content must deal substantially with the MPIBA region, i.e., Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming. (The authors' place of residence is immaterial for this award.) Booksellers, publishers, sales reps, wholesalers, and authors all may nominate titles. For details, visit: www.mountainsplains.org, or email: lisa@mountainsplains.org

2. Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Early-Bird Entry deadline Feb. 13: Now is the time to enter your award-worthy children's book into the fourth annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, honoring the year's best children’s books, authors and illustrators. The program accepts entries with 2009 or 2010 copyrights or with release dates between January 1, 2009 and August 21, 2010. Entry is open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English or Spanish and intended for the North American market. These awards bring an opportunity for recognition to independent authors and publishers who have a hard time breaking through to win library association awards like the Newbery and Caldecott.
Early-bird entry fee is $75 per title, per category (until Feb. 13), with increases to $85 and then $95 as the final deadline of August 21 approaches. Online entry form: https://secure.independentpublisher.com/secure/moonbeam/entry.php
Download a PDF of guidelines and entry form: http://www.moonbeamawards.com/MoonbeamGuidelines.pdf
Questions? Contact Jim Barnes, Awards Director, 1-800-644-0133 x1011; email: jimb@bookpublishing.com

Author Signings & Readings:
• Feb. 4: Anne Hillerman and Don Strel, Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn, Free presentation sponsored by Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, El Dorado, Santa Fe, 7pm, (505) 466-7323, anne@annehillerman.com, www.annehillerman.com
• Feb. 8: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, 10am, (505) 476-5200, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.nmhistorymuseum.org/contacts.php.
• Feb. 12: Jennifer Kitchell, Girl with Skirt of Stars, Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM, 6-8pm, (505) 988-4226, ethosah@charter.net, www.collectedworksbookstore.com
• Feb. 20: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Authors for Literacy Series, Moriarity; Public Library, 202 S. Broadway, Moriarity, NM, 9am, (505) 832-2513 , moriartylibrary@yahoo.com, www.moriartylibrary.us.
• Feb. 20: Eve Ensler, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, Garcia Street Books, Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, 7:30pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com
• • Feb. 25: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Volcano Vista High School, 12:30pm,  (505) 890-0343 Ext 37274, nathan.sokol@aps.edu, www.NancyBartlit.com.
• Feb. 25: Jon Turk, The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, A Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 5pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com

January/February Book Events:
• Feb. 5: Annie McNaughton hosts Taos area High School poets, SOMOS, Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, 7pm-9:pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 6: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed, place to be determined, 11:30am,  (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
• Feb. 7: "Bookworks Author Fair—Nancy King's The Stones Speak," Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, 3pm-5pm, (505) 344-8139, events@bkwrks.com, www.bkwrks.com
• Feb. 12: NMBA Networking Luncheon, at the Book Forum, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am. Free, bring a friend! Paula Lozar, lozarpaula@cs.com. Board meeting follows at 1:15pm.
.• Feb. 12: Sean Murphy/Mirabai Starr/Jenny Bird, Time of New Weather/Love Poems between St. Teresa of Avila & St. John of the Cross/CD Mystic Muse, SOMOS, MDL Meeting Room, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 19: Carolyn Gage/James Stevens, Parmachene Belle (one act play)/poetry, SOMOS, MDL Meeting Room, Taos, 7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.
• Feb. 20: Winter Storytelling with Joe Hayes, Clear Light Book Gallery, 851 W. San Mateo, Santa Fe, NM, 10am -4pm,  (505) 989-9590, harmon@clearlightbooks.com, www.clearlightbooks.com/events.
• Feb. 21: New Mexico Poetry Out Loud State Finals. Nine New Mexico high school students compete to become the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest state champion. NM Museum of Art, St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, 1pm, (505) 827-6492, jenicee.gharib@state.nm.us, www.nmarts.org
• • Feb. 26: dg nanouk Okpik (poetry)/Catherine Strisik (poetry), SOMOS, Caffe Tazza, Taos,  7pm-9pm, (575) 758-0081, somos@somostaos.org, www.somostaos.org.