I was a faculty member twice, in 2012 and 2013, and my notification about the 2016 conference came from the above email. To this date, nobody from WCU has initiated communications regarding the fate of my Justice Prize winning book (2009). After the center closed, I emailed Dean Lori V. about it, who said that I should contact the former Story Line Press director (Mike P.). I then emailed Mike P., who said that I should contact Lori V. I asked Lori V. if I could buy up any existing copies of my book, and she said she would look to see if any were lying around the office, when she got a chance (she never did). Meanwhile, the Story Line Press website had disappeared from the Web, and Amazon was listing my book as "out of stock." Those had been the only two ways to buy my book. Finally, not long ago, I heard from another Justice Prize winner that we could request the remaining copies of our SLP books from the person who was identified today as the new Business Manager. I emailed her, and she responded with a count of the number of books that remained and the unit price I could pay for them. I assume from all of the foregoing that WCU has abandoned the former Justice winners, and that all rights have reverted to us. P.S. "New" copies of the book are selling on Amazon for $96.96 and $251.80, this morning. This may be my new retirement plan.
