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Entertaiment First Annual Whitney Awards Highlights Books, Authors By Jennie Hansen SANDY, Utah – Whitney Awards were presented to seven “Best of Category” authors along with three Lifetime Achievement honorees at a gala ceremony Saturday evening. The awards ceremony capped off the LDStorymakers conference held at the Cottontree Inn in Sandy, Utah. Coke Newell, winner of the Novel of the Year Award. Novel of the Year went to Coke Newell for On the Road to Heaven. Best Novel by a New Author went to Jessica Day George for Dragon Slippers.Jessica Day George, winner of the award for Best Novel by a New Author. Category winners included Best Romance, Michele Holmes for Counting Stars ; Best Mystery/Suspense, Josi Kilpack for Counting Sheep ; Best YA/Childrens, Brandon Mull for Fablehaven, Volume 2: Rise of the Evening Star ; Best Speculative, Shannon Hale for Book of a Thousand Days; and Best Historical to Heather Moore for Out of Jerusalem, Vol. 4, Land of Inheritance.Lifetime Achievement Awards were awarded to Jennie Hansen, Dean Hughes, and Anita Stansfield for their bodies of work and their contributions to bettering LDS fiction. In addition to the long lists of books each has authored, they have all three been pioneers in the industry and have worked toward establishing high standards for LDS fiction, being first in creating trends, critiquing, proving the marketability of LDS fiction, and in encouraging new writers. Jennie Hansen, Dean Hughes, and Anita Stansfield, winners of Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Whitney Awards are named for a statement by Orson F. Whitney who said: God’s ammunition is not exhausted. His brightest spirits are held in reserve for the latter times. In God’s name and by His help we will build up a literature whose top shall touch heaven … We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own. The evening was beautifully orchestrated by Rob Wells and his committee, which included Stephanie Black, Kerry Blair, James Dashner, Crystal Leichty, B.J. Rowley, and Julie Wright. Winners were selected first by a nominating process in which anyone who read a novel by an LDS author and liked it was invited to nominate that book and author. There were more than 600 nominations, which were then whittled down to five nominations in each category by the Whitney Awards Committee. Members of LDStorymakers and representatives of the industry such as bookstore people, editors, publishers, reviewers, and bloggers made the

You should know by now that I have a thing for conferencesand conventions. They tend to scratch my social itch in a way nothing else canquite reach. Because of this, I have been to lots of them. More often as anattendee than a presenter, but with a round view of both, I think.Over the years, my favorite conference has always been theLDStorymakers conference in Utah. During my very first one, I made somelifelong friends and found myself welcomed into the loving arms of the writingcommunity, even though I was 100% green at the craft. The foundation I foundwith these people has become a rock to which I have clung through my journey asa writer, and also as an evolving person. That said, it’s slightly possible I may have some biastoward conferences sponsored by the LDStorymakers. But if that’s true, then itstems back to my first conference with them, in which we had only around 70people in attendance, and James Dashner taught a class about writing strongsupporting characters (during which we had a fascinating discussion about StarWars—but I digress). If you can picture small classrooms in a small-ish hotel,crowded with hungry, eager soon-to-be authors, that’s what I remember. And it’s also what I found again at this year’sLDStorymakers Midwest Conference held in Kansas. Small, intimate, and attendedby hungry, eager writers who are fighting through the bottle neck ofpublishing. Guys. I have SO MISSED that intimate setting. I didn’trealize how much I missed that until I was there. Of course, as always, theclasses were stellar, the bookstore run professionally and with a largeselection of books, and the offerings fantastic. But even more, the social timewas killer. What else can I say, other than YOU SHOULD GO! If you liveanywhere in or near Kansas and are wanting to learn more about writing andpublishing, go. If you have to travel a little distance to get there, it’sstill worth it. I could keep trying to convince you, but instead, I think I’lllet some pictures do the talking. Authorpalooza at the library the Friday before the conference. So fun!Agent Sarah Negovetich and I entertaining ourselves by

A prefix plus a feature code. The default FAC for SCCP Meet-Me Conference is **5. When you start a meet-me conference, the Cisco call-control system considers you the conference controller. When a meet-me conference is set up, you choose a meet-me conference number and advertise it to conference participants. Participants call the number to join the conference. Anyone who calls the number while the conference is active joins the conference if the number of participants does not exceed the maximum number of parties specified for the conference type and sufficient streams are available on the conference device. In Figure 1, extensions 1215, 1225, and 1235 are all parties in a meet-me conference on extension number 1500. The conference is created as follows: 1. The conference controller at extension 1215 presses the FAC for SCCP Meet-Me Conference, hears a confirmation tone, and then dials the meet-me conference number 1500. 2. Extension 1225 and extension 1235 joins the meet-me conference by dialing 1500. 3. Extension 1235 joins the meet-me conference by dialing 1500. Figure 1 Simple Meet-Me Conference If other phone users press the meet-me FAC and then dial the same meet-me conference number, the Cisco call-control system ignores the signal. A meet-me conference continues even if the conference controller hangs up. If only one participant remains in the meet-me conference, for example, if one participant forgets to hang up, the conference call is disconnected after five minutes to free system resources. If the conference controller is waiting for participants to join

Setting Up a Conference CallDial 305-848-8888Select the option to Set up a Conference Call and follow the promptsYou will create a password, and will be given a 10-digit code.Distribute the code, time of call, and dial-in number (305-848-8888) to all conference call attendees. You may use the access code for any future conference calls, as well.Joining a Conference CallDial 305-848-8888Select the option to Join a Conference CallEnter the pin provided to you by the conference leaderSetting Up a Pinless Conference NumberLogin to your account at my.magicJack.com Under the Call Features tab, select the Pinless Conference optionUnder Would you like a FREE number for your own Pinless Conference Room? select YesSelect the State, Area Code, and Prefix you would like for your Pinless Conference telephone numberComplete the order for your Free Pinless Conference numberSelect the Activate button found next to your Pinless Conference number to activate it for useYour first Pinless Conference number is free and will remain available for 30 days from the most recent activity date. Additional Pinless Conference numbers are available for $10 USD (plus Administration Fees).Using Your Pinless Conference NumberLogin to your account at my.magicJack.com Under the Call Features tab, select the Pinless Conference optionUnder your Pinless Conference number, select Manage AttendeesAdd the attendees you wish to include in your conference callHave your attendees call your Pinless Conference number. If the number from which they call has been added to your “Attendees” list, they will not need to enter a PINNote: Callers not included in the “Attendees” list will need to enter the PIN listed under the Pinless Conference option under the Call Features tab. You can edit the conference attendees list to enable or prohibit callers from joining the conference without a PIN.