This has been a busy, active Spring for bookstores in the SIBA region, with a waterfall of opportunities, programming, and things to check off of an ever-growing check list. Here is what booksellers should have on their radar for this month:

1. Your Summer Catalog Orders are due March 15.
   These are beautiful gift catalogs filled with great books, They are FREE to all SIBA member bookstores, and come with digital and printable marketing assets. And they are an effective way to raise your store's visibility in your own community.
   Place your orders now.
   
   
2. Apply for the McCoy Grant by March 21
   The McCoy Grant awards two $1500 grants to unpublished southern women or nonbinary booksellers who harbor ambitions to be published writers. Since it is common for writers to gravitate to jobs in bookstores, make sure your store staff know about this opportunity. Full eligibility criteria and grant application
   
   
3. Both the SIBA Census and the Bylaws Ballot close on March 31
   These two important initiatives will guide SIBA into the future, so we need every SIBA member bookstore to participate. Yes, EVERY bookstore.
   View and vote on the bylaws here
   Fill out your census form
   
   
4. Prepare for Independent Bookstore Day: Sign Up by March 31
   If you have plans for Independent Bookstore Day on April 27, you can still add them to the IBD map. Click here.
   
   
5. Start planing for the New Voices New Rooms Conference August 7-11.
   Registration opens on April 2, and April registrations receive earlybird pricing. Click here to be added to the NVNR early notification list.