Sample Press Release
{Print your press release on your sponsoring organization's letterhead
or include name, address, and phone number of organization at top of release}
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE [YOUR SPONSORING ORGANIZATION] HOSTS HUMANITIES MONTANA SPEAKERS
BUREAU PROGRAM “MONTANA 1864, STORIES FROM MONTANA’S CREATION,” WITH KEN
EGAN
[City-Date]
The [your sponsoring organization] will host Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “Montana
1864: Stories from Montana’s Creation” with Ken Egan on [date of program]. The program will be at
[location of program] at [time of program]. The presentation is free and open to the public. Partial funding
for the Speakers Bureau program is provided by a legislative grant from Montana’s Cultural Trust and
from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Sidney Edgerton, Mary Ronan, Pretty Shield and Crazy Horse are just some of the interesting people of
Montana in 1864. Journey back to the year of Montana’s founding in this lively presentation on various
characters and events that shaped the state from its beginnings. Egan talks about selected historical
figures, then leads a conversation about Montana’s past and present.
Egan’s presentation is based on his book Montana 1864, which offers a lively panorama of events during
the Territory’s first year. His earlier study, Hope and Dread in Montana Literature, provides insight into the
state’s rich literature from the 1860s to the present. Egan serves as executive director of Humanities
Montana; he taught college literature and writing for 25 years.
For more information, please call [the sponsoring organization] at [phone number].
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Contact person: [Project organizer and phone number]