We’re decking our (okay, Demaray’s) halls with general merriment, holiday schmoozing, and COOKIES. Mark those calendars for NEXT THURSDAY, December 18, at 6:30 p.m.
The night begins with our much-anticipated Cookie Contest (see *RULES, below) and Book Exchange––so get those recipe engines revving, and come with books you’d like to pass along while picking up some new titles. Book Exchange rules are simple: Take as many books as you bring.
Want to simply donate books? Wait for our annual conference in April! Thank you!
Did we forget to mention that, at 7:30––after the gorging, and just as our sugar highs are peaking––the one and only Martha Brockenbrough, author of Devine Intervention (a Kirkus Reviews Top 100 books for teens in 2012), Dinosaur Tooth Fairy, and April 2015’s much-anticipated The Game of Love and Death, will talk about literary living and learning.
Martha, who has volunteered for SCBWI in
many different positions for many years, is the author of two books for
adults and five for young readers. She’s the founder of National
Grammar Day (every March 4), has written game questions for Cranium and
Trivial Pursuit, and is the former editor of MSN.com. Her
work has been published in a variety of places, including The New York
Times. She also wrote an educational humor column for the online
encyclopedia Encarta for nine years.
COOKIE CONTEST RULES!
There are two categories: Most Beautiful and Most Delicious. (The judges will decide which category yours fall into.)
writers and illustrators.
separately for judging. (Label your cookies CLEARLY so the judges know who you are!)
If your cookies are of a special dietary variety, please also label
them as such, so your fellow dietary-restrictive writers and
illustrators can eat them without suffering horrible dietary-related
consequences.