Announcing the Roller Derby 2012 Wall Calendar!

The Roller Derby 2012 Wall Calendar is now available — DerbyCalendar.com has all the details!

In my last blog entry "Spread the Infection!" I described my reason for being a derby photographer, and my goal to infect the world with roller derby. I'm proud to announce my next step toward that goal, the Roller Derby 2012 Wall Calendar:

This wall calendar includes 13 of my dynamic action photos in full color at 14" wide by 9.25" high, plus over 30 small photos within the large easy-to-read calendar grid. Featured in these photos are 25 of the top women's teams from modern flat-track and banked-track leagues. Once my selection of photos is finalized, I'll post all of the large photos as a preview.

I plan to self-publish this calendar and make it available on Amazon in early October for $14.95. It will also be available at quantity discounts to any leagues and retailers who want to resell it. (If you're interested in reselling it, please email me at joe@JoeRollerfan.com.)

In the terms of my derby infection metaphor, this calendar is my vial of concentrated derby virus. I expect most buyers will be existing derby fans and skaters, but I hope you'll display the calendar where new derby victims will be exposed to it. Financially it's a pretty big risk for me, since I'll have to sell over a thousand calendars just to break even. But I think it's worth the investment to increase the visibility of roller derby, and after all, I love to gamble.

There's one more thing, and for this I need your help. I want to include the dates of as many major derby events as possible, including tournaments, invitationals, conventions, and training camps. There are just a few rules for consideration:

• The event must be derby-related.
• It must take place over two or more consecutive days in 2012.
• The dates must be firm, NOT tentative, and NOT subject to change.
• My decision is final regarding the inclusion or exclusion of any event in the calendar.
  

If you have firm dates for any such events, please provide the details — what, when, and where — in the comments below, or email me at joe@JoeRollerfan.com. The deadline for submitting event dates is September 1, 2011. Of course, I realize that many events for 2012 haven't been planned this far in advance, but I'll take what I can get.