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I hope 2012 is treating everyone well so far. I just wanted to touch base briefly as we continue to prepare for the 41st annual Alabama Sports Writers Association convention this summer.

The dates for this year are June 9 and 10, so be sure and mark your calendar. We once again will be headquartered at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Birmingham. We had a great crowd last year at the Sheraton, especially for our Sunday night awards banquet, and hope for even bigger
participation this year.

As most of you know, these two days provide a great chance to catch up with colleagues, old friends,
athletes and statewide coaches and athletic officials .... on a mostly off-deadline basis for a change. The
ASWA has made a tremendous difference in my professional life over the last 25 years. It is my hope that
many of you who didn’t participate last year or in recent years can join us in 2012.

We are still working on plans for our meetings Sunday afternoon and our annual “Sandbaggers Golf
Classic” on Monday. I will be back in touch with everyone in the coming months to provide final details
and registration information on the convention.

In addition to your room in Birmingham, your expense for the trip will include being a member in good
standing (i.e having paid your dues) and the convention fee. Both are $25 before the convention starts.
They can be mailed at anytime to ASWA, c/o Jacksonville State Sports Information, 700 Pelham Road
North, Jacksonville, Al. 36265.

Also included in this letter is a copy of our writing contest rules. We are sending this out a little earlier
than in recent years in hopes it might be easier for everyone to prepare for our contest when they are also
gathering clips for the other state and national awards. Deadline for entries is April 6. The categories are
the same as last year and remember that we added an online category that includes a column/feature and
gamer.

Also, we are accepting nominations now for the ASWA Hall of Fame and our fifth annual scholarship
award, which will be given to a member’s deserving child or grandchild. Hall of Fame nominations
should be sent by March 23 to Greg Seitz (gseitz@jsu.edu). Deadline for scholarship nominations is April
1. A scholarship form is available on our Web site at www.alabamasportswriters.com.

Hope to see everyone in June. We’ll be in touch with more details soon.


Gregg DeWalt
2011-2012 President
Florence Times Daily