You are invited to join us on this website for a visit down on the farm. I'll introduce you to our
lives and my writing.
You are invited....
To the next meeting of Southern Illinois Writers Guild
on Thursday, May 15, at 7 p.m. at John A. Logan College. Angie Wyatt of Channel 3 TV
will be speaking. The public is always welcome. If we happen to have bad weather again causing this
meeting to be cancelled as our February meeting was, we will meet one week later on May 22.
You are also invited on Sunday, May 18, to attend the next
2008 meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association at 2:30 p.m. at the Vienna Public Library
on the square in Vienna. The Johnson County Genealogical and Historical Society will be hosting the meeting.
Gary Hacker will be the presenter.
Anyone with a story to tell about ancestors who dropped off the
Trail of Tears is encouraged to share their story with the TOTA. The Illinois Chapter has an ongoing oral history
project trying to capture and preserve these fascinating stories. Let us know if you have a story and we will be certain
you know the next time we have a program to collect more stories.
The purpose of the Illinois TOTA is to discover and share information about the 1838-39 Trail of Tears through Southern
Illinois and to encourage the development and preservation of the Trail. The public is always invited
to the meetings.
2oo8 Southern Illinois Writers Guild Writing Contest
Prizes: 1st Place $100; 2nd Place $50; 3rd Place $25, in each category (Fiction,
Nonfiction, Poetry). Honorable Mentions as determined by judges. Winners will be published in the Writer's Voice, Volume VII,
the SIWG anthology, unless authors request otherwise.
Entry Fee: $5 per entry, maximum of three entries per author. Check or money order
payable to: John A. Logan College. Do not send cash. Entries not enclosing the fee or following the rules will be discarded.
Contest Rules:
1. Fiction - Any subject or genre.
Nonfiction - Biography, memoir, article,
or essay on any topic.
Poetry - Any style or topic.
(Please, no explicit sex or excessive violence.)
2. Original work of the entrant; unpublished at time of submission.
3. Page limit - Up to 8 pages for Fiction and Nonfiction, 1 or 2 pages for
Poetry.
4. Format - Standard manuscript format (8-1/2" x 11" paper, typed and double-spaced,
1" margins, 12-point Times New Roman, page number and title of entry on every page). Poetry may vary margins and spacing as
needed.
5. Two copies of each entry.
6. Cover sheet for each entry, with name, address, category (Fiction, Nonfiction,
or Poetry) and title. Author's name only on the cover sheet, not the manuscript.
7. Optional - Provide an SAS postcard for verification that your entry was
received; email address for winner notification; brief bio to include with publication.
8. Winners will be notified in September '08. Winners must provide social
security numbers in order to collect a cash prize. Please do not supply your SSN until you are notified that you have won
a cash prize. No exceptions to this rule.
9. Entrants must be over 18 years old or enrolled in post-secondary education.
Mailing Instructions:
1. Mail flat, not folded, with sufficient postage, postmarked no later than
May 1, 2008. Do not send by certified mail.
2. Mail to:
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John A. Logan
College
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Attn: Student
Activities C109
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SIWG Contest Entry
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700 Logan College
Rd.
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Carterville, IL
62918
Additional information
at: www.jalc.edu/activities/siwg/contests
PARADISE ALLEY PLAYERS SPONSOR OPEN SUBMISSIONS PLAYWRIGHT COMPETITION
Once again the Paradise Alley Players are offering prizes for original plays with family oriented material with simple
set design and limited scene changes and props. Plays should run 15 to 30 minutes. First place prize is $100, second
place $50, and $25 for third. There is separate category with $10 prize for writers 8 to 18 years of age. Selected plays
will be performed in the PAP summer lab theater. News releases instruct playwrights to mail three copies
of play to PAP in care of Joyce Hope, 1105 N. Court, Marion, IL 62959.
To read my journal, click here on http://sueglasco.blogspot.com.
To read my blog on Amazon.com, click here.
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| At Woodsong where Sue compiled the book for her children |
You can buy Down on the Farm: One American Family's Dream locally from Country Cupboard in
Anna, Waldenbooks at the Illinois Centre Mall, Wolf Creek Antiques in Goreville, the Rose Hotel at Elizabethtown, Herrin
Drug Store in Herrin, or in Carbondale at Book Worm. Or just drop by the farm, and I will autograph one for you.
To order the book Down on the Farm: One American Family's Dream, go to Amazon.com by clicking here, and then search for Sue
Glasco.
Click here to go to Woodsong Notes, my journal.
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Upcoming Book Signings and Appearances--I'd love to meet you
there!
Saturday, February 2, 2008--Third Annual Winter Book Fair
at Illinois Centre Mall.
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"Sure enjoyed your book...didn't want it to end. When is the sequel?"
"We have enjoyed reading your book, Sue."
"Sue, I enjoyed the book. I read it three times. I loaned it to ...."
"Sue, have enjoyed reading your book."
"We both read Sue's book and we can relate to a lot of the stories."
"Enjoying your book."
"Sue, I am really enjoying your book."
"I got your book from ---. When I started reading it, I did not want to put it down."
"Enjoyed your book. I let both girls read it and sent a copy to ----."
"I had to write and let you know how much we both enjoyed your book. ---- got to it first so I had to wait a couple
of days for my turn. He kept reading me short clips so I had to stop him before he read me the whole book. Ha. I'm loaning
it to my daughter and know she'll relate to the antics of the children as she is raising two boys."
"---- gave each of her quilting group a copy of your book. One of the 93 year old ladies
had read the book completely and the other two who are 83 and 95 were only partially done. They all were excited
and really liked the book and had talked about it so much that several other people at the nursing home were waiting
to read it. I'm sure they're expecting to borrow the book so it won't help your sales but I thought you would appreciate
the positive response. It really made a hit. The ladies were asking if you
had written any more and are looking forward to your next book."
"I appreciate your book and have enjoyed reading it."
From two fellow writers: "We read your book--cover to cover. Liked it."
"I have so enjoyed your book. It brought back wonderful memories. As I lived through your experiences
as a young farm wife, I was reminded of my own growing up years. I was able to go to Illinois in late August to help
Mom usher in her 90th birthday and took my copy of your book to her. She too is enjoying it."
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From Union to Greene to Williamson County, Illinois
We first farmed in the Mississippi Bottoms in Union County. Down on the Farm is a compilation of columns
started in Greene County, where Gerald was a farm manager at Columbiana Seed Company at Eldred on the Illinois River.
Soon we bought a farm in Williamson County and have lived here ever since.
The book tells the family's joys and struggles in the first farm house making it livable after it had stood empty
except for the mice. Next came the move to Pondside Farm, where the family was to live for the next 36 years.
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Our daughter Katherine and her husband David live in nearby Marion. Their son Samuel attends the Marion public schools.
Our middle daughter Jeannie and her husband Rick both teach in the Freeport Schools. Their three children are all Freeport
Pretzels.
More about Freeport, IL, which is 12 miles south of Wisconsin border.
Our youngest daughter Mary Ellen Taylor, Realtor. Her husband Brian, who works for Monsanto, farms our farm. Their two children
are in school in the Lake Saint Louis area.
Our son Gerry Glasco, Crazy Feathers Outfitter. He and Vickie has three daughters and one grandson. Tara is married, Erin
at Texas A&M, and Geri Ann at Johnston City Middle School.
To go to my other web site specifically about Priscilla and the Trail of Tears, click here.
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Pondside Kids Down on the Farm
Gerry at the bat, Jeannie, Mary Ellen, Kathy
Down on the Farm: One American Family's Dream
is now available!
If you like living close to nature, I think you will enjoy this book.
If you have preschool and/or school children, I think you will enjoy it.
If you grew up in the 1960s, I think you will enjoy it.
If you reared your family in the 1960s, I think you will enjoy it.
If you lived through the 1960s, I think you will enjoy it.
If you like to giggle, I think you will enjoy it.
Sue
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