From: gpatton@infopls.chi.il.us (Gavin Patton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Chicago Area Club!       
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 00:22:35 CDT
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                      Are you a serious SF fan?
                    Are you a beginning SF writer?
                Are you an artist, costumer, or gamer?
                 Do you enjoy interstellar intrigue?

                  The Galactic League may be for you!

The Galactic League is a shared-universe writers' club and publishing
group located in the Chicago area.  It is for the die-hard SF fan who
wants to DO something in fandom -- anything at all!  The League was
founded on the principle that the fen of today are the stars of
tomorrow -- we want to help kindle those stars!

If you are a fledgling writer, and want to break into the highly
competitive field of professional publication, the League gives a
positive, supportive environment in which to practice your writing.  A
major portion of the League membership is composed of writers just
like you, and they're ready to help in any way they can.  Stuck on a
technical point?  We have people in our club that love to look stuff
up and figure stuff out -- let them help you!  Need a place to type a
manuscript?  We can help you word-process it, and print it out for
submission!

In the League, a writer can write stories that take place in the
League's shared universe, using the characters, races, and situations
already in place, or he can create a new race, and make that race a
member state in League government.  Every original work a writer
creates in the League is HIS -- the League only takes minimal
publications rights and referral rights -- the copyrights stay in the
writer's name! If a writer wants to use something someone else in the
League has created, collaborations are a good solution, and are quite
common among League members!  Once a writer has something he feels
worthy, he can submit it for publication in AlterNations, the League's
own magazine. AlterNations is published twice annually, and is
available at Chicago area SF conventions and by subscription.

Not a writer?  Not a problem!  The League is involved in many other
areas of SF fandom.  We have artists, costumers, gamers -- you name
it! The League has run two  Chicago area masquerade conventions:
Starbase Nova and Duckon I, and is scheduled to assist on the WindyCon
masquerade, to run CapriCon's FIRST hall-costume competition ever, and
the upcoming masquerade for Duckon II in June.  Since we DO NOT JUDGE
these competitions, our members are free to enter them.  Several of
our members have won masquerades across the country, and are more than
happy to help a beginner -- or learn from a master!  We have a gaming
committee working to create an RPG and Strategy/Tactics game based on
League situations for the die-hard gamers, and artists are given the
red-carpet treatment -- NO story is published unillustrated!

This organization is growing, and is the place to be when things start
happening.  Look out, Universe!  The GALACTIC LEAGUE is coming!

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                  For More Information, send SASE to:
    ____        U.S. Snail           |          Email:
  |/    \  The Galactic League       |  Gavin S. Patton
--*--    | P.O. Box 4951             |  gpatton@infopls.chi.il.us
  |\____/  Naperville, IL 60567-4951 |  Editor-in-Chief, AlterNations

 * Inquiries from other clubs, literary agents, or publishers WELCOME! *
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