The "Official" Howard Days Registration Forms

No sooner did we mention that Project Pride was sending out the pre-reg forms than they show up in our local mailbox!

If you're not already on the Project Pride mailing list you may reproduce the forms here when sending in your pre-registration money (or use the PayPal account) and you will be automatically included on the list.

Remember to register as early as you can, because seating at the Banquet is limited to 120 and the Banquet *always* sells out!

CLARIFICATION EDIT: THE $15.00 PRE-REG FEE IS ONLY FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT BANQUET. ALL of the weekend's activities are FREE to everyone and the registration fee helps cover the costs of the donuts, drinks and lunch. The BBQ is compliments of Janet Swanson, so there is no fee involved there either.

Of course your donations are always welcomed to help defray all costs!

Howard Days Registration

The snow is gone, the smell of Spring (and hot dogs) is in the air, so that can only mean one thing: t's time to pre-register for Howard Days!

Project Pride of Cross Plains is in the process of sending out the information/registration forms for the 2016 event, so for those of you on their mailing list, be looking for them coming soon to a mailbox near you.

But if you are not on the mailing list, never fear! Registration for Howard Days on June 10-11th is only $15.00 per person. When you register, you are guaranteed a seat at the Friday Celebration Banquet but you also qualify for three additional meals: breakfast donuts and an incredibly tasty hot dog lunch (I can smell those dogs cooking now) on Friday and a real Texas chuck wagon BBQ on Saturday.

It's the deal of the weekend! But remember: you don't need to pre-register to attend Howard Days! Most of the activities for the weekend are free: House & Bus Tour, panels, Swap Meet plus all the fine Howard Fellowship. Project Pride likes to pre-register folks for the Banquet as seating is limited to 125.

So, if you Just Can't Wait, you may send your registration fee to:
Project Pride
2016 Howard Days Registration
POB 534
Cross Plains, TX 76443
Or use your Pay Pal to ProjPride@yahoo.com

We're looking forward to seeing you at Howard Days this year, so register early and often. Well, you know what I mean...

Robert E. Howard Days Info Brochure

Here's a little item that can be found at rest stops in central Texas. Every time we look it over again, it gets our blood up about Howard Days! We'll be posting more of the complete scheduling soon, along with periodic detailed vignettes to help with your Howard Days enjoyment, but in the meantime...

Michael Scott Myers is 2016 Guest of Honor

Robert E. Howard Days is proud to announce that our 2016 Guest of Honor is Michael Scott Myers, the screenwriter for The Whole Wide World.

Howard fans and movie buffs alike know that this 1996 movie is Mr. Myers adaptation of Novalyne Price Ellis' memoir novel, One Who Walked Alone, an account of the time she spent with Robert E. Howard in Cross Plains. The Whole Wide World, starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Renee Zellweger, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996 and won the Seattle Film Festival award later that same year. Mr. Myers was later nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best first screenplay (along with Zellweger for Best Actress) and won the 1997 Lone Star Award (for films shot in Texas) for best screenplay.

What some people do not know is that Michael Scott Myers is a former student of Novalyne Price Ellis when she taught in Lafayette, Louisiana. With this year being the 20th anniversary of TWWW and the 30th anniversary of Mrs. Ellis novel, Mr. Myers is double qualified to be the Howard Days Guest of Honor!

In addition to LOWDOWN, a short film which won first prize at the Ft. Worth Film Festival in 1998 and the River Run Film Festival in 1999, Myers completed four other screenplay adaptations - TO THE BRIGHT AND SHINING SUN by James Lee Burke, BLOOD TEST by Edward DeAngelo for CBS, COME AND GO MOLLY SNOW for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions and FINE LINES by Simon Beckett. His most recent project is THE BLACK MASS OF BROTHER SPRINGER, adapted from the novel by Charles Willeford.

Michael currently lives back in Lafayette and is the creator and curator of the Cane Fire Film Series which runs monthly at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.

While at Howard Days this year, we'll have a screening of The Whole Wide World with additional commentary by the movie's screenwriter. Michael will also tell of his time spent with Novalyne Price Ellis and he will be the keynote speaker at the Friday Celebration Banquet.

Happy Birthday, Two-Gun Bob Howard!

January 22nd marks the 110th birthday of The One and Only Robert E. Howard! Everybody blaze your pistolas and brandish your Bowies in his honor! And a little nip of your favorite beverage certainly is in order, too.

For some time, there was a discrepancy in Howard's birthdate. While Howard himself always celebrated it on the 22nd, on the birth registrar for Palo Pinto County where he was born, the date is listed as January 24th. We mostly figured that there was a two day delay in filing the paperwork (hey, it was 1906!) and the hard core Howard Heads have always used January 22nd.

Last year at Howard Days, REH's distant Howard cousins brought in (among other things like a tattered copy of a Jenkins' Gent from Bear Creek) the Howard Family Bible. Sure enough, Bob's birthday is listed as January 22, 1906. Score for the hard core!

Neat little surprises like this are always showing up at Howard Days. Along with all the great activities already planned, we're hoping something like this might intice you to come to Texas this June and join the fellowship for Ol' Two-Gun. We'll be looking for you!

Happy Birthday, Bob Howard!

Thanks for the photo go out to Todd Vick and his blog, On an Underwood No. 5.

Robert E. Howard Days 2016 is June 10th & 11th

Welcome back to the official Robert E. Howard Days website! As the cold winds of January blow, what better way to get warm than thinking about Howard Days in Cross Plains in June? We're starting to sweat already!

One thing we aren't sweating is the great line-up and all the activities we have planned for the 2016 version of The Best Two Days in Howard Fandom! This year we've got a pile of anniversaries to celebrate, so the "theme" for Howard Days is...wait for it...Anniversaries!

Looking at our spiffy new logo banner at the top of this page will give you an idea of three of the anniversaries we'll be celebrating. But here's a list of them all:

• 110 years since Howard's birth
• 80 years since his death
• 70 years since the publication of Skull Face and Others from Arkham House
• 50 years since the publication of Conan the Adventurer from Lancer Books
• 40 years since the publication of The Last Celt by Glenn Lord from Don Grant Books
• 40 years since the first appearance of Damon Sasser's Two-Gun Raconteur magazine
• 30 years since the very first Robert E. Howard Days
• 30 years since the publication of One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price Ellis
• 20 years since the film The Whole Wide World
• 10 years since the creation of the Robert E. Howard Foundation

Quite an impressive list - each anniversary has major significance in Howard Fandom. Howard Days can only give you a small taste of each anniversary, but we're hoping you can join us in Cross Plains in June to partake in the celebration and fellowship involved with every Howard Days.

We're proud to announce that the Guest of Honor for Howard Days 2016 is Michael Scott Myers, the screenwriter for the movie The Whole Wide World. Michael's importance as our GOH is double good for all of us, as he was also a student of Novalyne Price Ellis. Here's hoping you'll be amongst us to hear not only Michael's revelations about TWWW but also his reminisces of Novalyne and her magnificent memoir of her relationship with Robert E. Howard.

All of the usual activities connected with Howard Days are in place: the Robert E. Howard Museum and Gift Shop are open to all, the adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion is availble for the Swap Meet, extemporaneous activities and a couple of genuine Texas cook-outs, the Bus Tour of Cross Plains and surrounding environs, a special Postal Cancellation souvenir, the Celebration Banquet and Silent Auction, interesting panels on Howard and related topics, the Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards - all this plus much more that we can't think of right now! We'll be posting detailed information over the course of the next month.

One of several special events that will happen this year is a showing of the movie The Whole Wide World, with commentary from Michael Scott Myers.

We're in the process of firming up the scheduling for Howard Days - but it's never too early to start to plan on joining us in Cross Plains in June. Hey, air fares are cheap(er) right now and gas is at a 20 year low so you've got no excuse this year! Y'all come!

Needless to say, keep this website and the Howard Days Facebook page bookmarked and check back frequently for all the information you'll need for a fantastic Howard Days!

Howard Days is Next Week!

NEXT WEEK IS HOWARD DAYS!!!

Project Pride and Cross Plains are in the process of putting a final shine on both the town and the Robert E. Howard Museum. And there's still time for you to plan to attend!

If you're planning on coming down (or up) for all the festivities but still have not pre-registered for the Friday night Banquet, please do so right away. Project Pride needs a close head count so they know how many dinners to have ready. You certainly don't want to miss the great Texas chow or the bidding at the Silent Auction!

So, if you've procrastinated until now - there's still time. Banquet seats are $15.00 per person and you can still send it to Project Pride, POB 534, Cross Plains, TX 76443 or you can Pay Pal it to ProjPride@yahoo.com.

Howard Days is host to all things Howard! Panels, discussions, tours, awards, special guests, cookouts, an auction, a swap meet, a gift shop full of Howard stuff - all this and more can be found June 12-13 at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains. Of course, even winning one of these coveted REH Foundation Awards can't compare to the Howard Fellowship you will find there.

Hope you see y'all there!