I know, I know, I should just refer to the Salon webpage. which I did, at and:
http://www.caves.org/committee/salons/Cartographic.shtml wrote:All entries must be mailed to George Dasher, 63 Valley Drive, Elkview, WV 25071-9463, postmarked no later than July 1, 2007, or delivered to the Cartographic Salon exhibition area at the NSS Convention by noon Monday, July 23, 2007.
Well, golly gee, that's last year's information isn't it! Luckily, that page says for more information I can visit the Survey and Cartography Section (SACS) website. Unluckily, that site only links me to the 2006 Salon information:
http://www.caves.org/section/sacs/cartsalon.html wrote:All entries must be mailed to Jim "Crash" Kennedy, 3406 Catalina Dr., Austin, TX 78741-7041, postmarked no later than July 1, 2006, or delivered to the Cartographic Salon exhibition area at the NSS Convention by noon Monday, August 7, 2006.
...and, in fact, when I click on the "entry information" link from the SACS main page, it's even less useful:
http://www.caves.org/section/sacs/salon.html wrote:The 2005 Cartographic Salon will be held during the NSS Convention in Huntsille, Alabama July 4-8, 2005. Jim Kennedy is this year's Salon Coordinator. Maps can delivered to Jim by noon on the Monday of convention week.
So we have 3 instances of bad, outdated information (to varying degrees), and 0 instances of accurate information. What gives? Recognizing a pattern, I'd feel safe assuming that I'll need to have entries submitted before July, but it's a little disappointing that the people who will be critiquing (skewering?) my maps fail to transmit basic information to prospective entrants successfully!
edit: special bonus! The page that still shows the 2005 Salon information is titled: "SACS -2004 Carto Salon." Wow.