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Sigma Tau Delta to sponsor Writers Roundup on Saturday
December 2, 2015
Contacts:
Rachel Schaffer, faculty advisor, 657-2954
The annual event will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, from 12-5 p.m., at the Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Ave.
MSU BILLINGS NEWS SERVICES — The Montana State University Billings branch of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, will present the 2015 Montana Writers Roundup on Saturday, from noon-5 p.m., at the Shrine Auditorium, in conjunction with the Family Tree Center’s Festival of Trees.
The annual event will feature authors Jimmie Ashcraft, MD; Marc Beaudin; Dave Caserio; Cara Chamberlain; Barbara Graham; Janet Muirhead Hill; Adrian Jawort; Craig Lancaster; Scott Murray; Andrew Seddon; Karen Stevens; Vicki Tapia; Tom Thayer of Northwest Speaks; Alan Tucker; and more.
Sigma Tau Delta, a nonprofit academic organization, will use the proceeds to support a variety of English scholarships, awards and activities.
In addition to a $3 entry fee, a deluxe basket of signed books and gifts will be raffled
off. Raffle tickets cost $1 each or $5 for six. The drawing will be held at 4 p.m.
Participants are not required to be present to win.
Authors will read from their works beginning at 3:30 p.m., and will be available for book signings.
For more information, contact Rachel Schaffer, faculty advisor in the Department of English, Philosophy, & Modern Languages, at 657-2954 or rschaffer@msubillings.edu.