A WINNAR IS ME

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So, you know the last letter here?

Well...
Dear Ms. Nugent:

Congratulations! Your letter has been awarded Honorable Mention in the Jane Austen Leigh Young Writers' Contest. Truly, you captured Austen's style in your creation. Thank you for participating in the J. David Grey Young Writers' Workshop this Saturday.

--the letter goes on to say that on the morning of Saturday, October 8, myself and the other eleven winners will be presented at the Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting, and afterwards are free to attend workshops of our choosing. In other words, I'm going to the JASNA convention! For free! Woot!

Saturday, October 8


Throughout the day
Regency Room display of period fashions and artifacts
Jane Austen Books, Travellers’ Tales Books, and Juvenilia Press
Regency Fair – mercantile from the JASNA Regions

7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Plenary: North American Scholar Lecture
Joan K. Ray,"The Woman Who Came to Dinner: Jane Austen and Country Houses in Visits and Letters"

10:10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Breakout Sessions B

11:15 a.m. to 12:05
Breakout Sessions C

Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own
Box lunches may be preordered
12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Regency Fashion Show

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Plenary: Joan Philosophos Lecture
Juliet McMaster, "Your Sincere Freind, the Author "
2:45 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.
Breakout Sessions D

3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
U.S. members business meeting

4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Canadian members business meeting

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Cocktail hour
Meet 2006 Tucson AGM committee

7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Banquet, toast to Jane, costume parade

8:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
Author book-signing, exhibits and cash bar

9:15 p.m. to midnight
Regency Ball

9:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
William Phillips and Victoria Hinshaw lecture: "'Expect to be very much amused': Art and Theater in Jane Austen’s Letters"

9:15 p.m. to midnight
Whist Room


I should thank Anne for getting stuck in my head.

Comments

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CONGRATS! THAT'S AMAZING, GIRLY.

i wanted to come to graduation, and see you walk.
but i don't think john wants me there.
because he'll be there.
he warned me
like, there is going to be a "rumble" or something. lol.
let me know if you want me there
mine is next sunday
1pm
elmbrook church.
AHHHH.