Save the date! Planning is underway for the 2026 Southern New Mexico Book Festival.
Category: Resources
April Meeting!
Where
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.
When
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday April 11th, 2026
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Welcome New Members
- Membership and Financials
- Member Accomplishments
- Mira! Las Cruces!
- Carol Potenza – Going Wide – Other than Amazon Book Sellers
- Booknanza discussion
- Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
- POV Discussion (read up on the different POV types and their strengths!)
- Time & Date of next meeting reminders
- Adjournment
Karen Ray Speaks!
Check out Las Cruces Writer and memoirist Karen Ray talk about writing at the virtual Kingdom Writers Conference on March 24th. Extra-nice: it’s free!
December Meeting (NOTE New Meeting Room)
Where
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan), 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Our meeting will NOT be taking place in the same room, however. Go down the stairs that are right outside the room we usually meet and there will be a large meeting room almost right at the bottom. We’ve met there several times before.
When
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday December 13th, 2025
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Welcome New Members
- Membership and Financials
- Member Accomplishments
- Holiday themed writing prompts!
- Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
- Current advertising techniques (we didn’t get to this last time and I’d really like to discuss)
- Goals for the new year as a writer
- Time & Date of next meeting reminders
- Adjournment
October Meetup!
Where
Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.
When
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday October 18th, 2025 (Changed date due to SNMBF!)
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Welcome New Members
- Membership and Financials
- Member Accomplishments
- AI discussion continued (several people had more things to say that we didn’t quite get to last meeting. This won’t take up too much more time).
- Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
- How to write tension and drama effectively in a scene
- Writing prompts based on the above conversation
- Time & Date of next meeting reminders
- Adjournment
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Amp Up for the Southern New Mexico Book Festival with the Las Cruces Bulletin!
Check out new articles in the Las Cruces Bulletin that cover our two rock-star writers and event organizers, Eva Nevarez-St. John and Charmayne Samuelson. First the two discuss the event, its origins and even a little about literacy in the 21st century. The second article covers Charmayne’s amazing run of awards and success with her Mata Ortiz pottery collaborations and, drum roll please… five new awards from the New Mexico Book Awards, announced Oct. 1st.
For more information on the book festival, check out our events page.
Eva Nevarez-St. John and Charmayne Samuelson Talk SNMBF and More on KTAL 101.5FM!
Catch a stream of Las Cruces Writers Eva Nevarez-St. John and Charmayne Samuelson talking about the upcoming Southern New Mexico Book Festival on KTAL 101.5FM, here. They talk about their writing journeys, the evolution of the SNMBF, and a range of topics in writing and even physicality, channeling, and manifestation of creative inspiration.
Lock in the date and time to join local lights and learn more and refine your skills.…
Southern New Mexico Book Festival
Las Cruces Writers at Artists’ Workshop Week
Join Karen Ray, Elva Oesterreich, and others at the Artists’ Workshop Week organized by Ten O’clock Artists, March 15th through the 23rd.
