IMPORTANT INFO FOR PAL MEMBERS FOR UPCOMING CONFERENCE! Those of you who have signed up to participate in the PAL (Published and Listed) showcase have another great opportunity at our upcoming conference. Secret Garden Books will stock your featured book for sale! Please submit the following info (see below) to Dana... Continue Reading →
Conference Sneak Peek: Julie Just
Literary agent Julie Just spent sixteen years working at the New York Times, where she went from Deputy Editor of the Children's and Young Adult coverage in the Book Review to the Editor. For an interview from Publisher's Weekly in 2005 that featured her move to the Editor post, click here. In 2010 she moved... Continue Reading →
Conference Sneak Peek: Kendra Levin
Perhaps the best way to get to know Kendra Levin, Senior Editor at Viking Children's Books, is to go right to her impressive web site. A longtime publishing professional who has worked with numerous authors in various stages of the writing process, Kendra decided to become even more involved in the struggles of the writer... Continue Reading →
Conference Sneak Peek: Sophie Blackall
2013 Annual Conference SNEAK PEEK presents SOPHIE BLACKALL Autralian-born, New York-transplanted illustrator Sophie Blackall might be best known for her lovably quirky illustrations in the Ivy and Bean series of chapter books, or she might have flickered on in your consciousness when she won the coveted 2003 Ezra Jack Keats Award for illustrating Ruby's... Continue Reading →
Invitation to SCBWI-WWA’s spring conference!
SCBWI Western Washington invites you to attend its 22nd Annual Writing & Illustrating for Children Conference, taking place Friday, April 19, through Sunday, April 21, 2013, at the Marriott Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Washington. The three-day event provides tremendous opportunities for growing your career as a writer and/or illustrator for children. Learn from esteemed literary professionals—agents as well as... Continue Reading →
Conference registration is almost here!
SCBWI Western Washington will soon be inviting YOU to attend its 22nd Annual Writing & Illustrating for Children Conference, taking place Friday, April 19, through Sunday, April 21, 2013, at the Marriott Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Washington.The three-day event provides tremendous opportunities for growing your career as a writer and/or illustrator for children. Learn from esteemed literary professionals—4 agents,... Continue Reading →