Tuesday, November 9, is the next Professional Series Meeting. First is the Mini-Session: EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT PICTURE BOOKS I LEARNED IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL with Jennifer Mann. The Main Program: SPEAKING IN TONGUES: ZADIE SMITH AND OTHER WRITERS ON POINT OF VIEW with Kathleen Alcalá, will follow. Our Professional Series Meetings take... Continue Reading →
Golden Kite Award Deadline & Instructions
If you were published in 2010, SCBWI wants to make sure that your book is included for consideration in the 2011 Golden Kite Awards! The deadline for receiving your book from your publisher is Friday, December 17, 2010. How do I make sure my book is a contender for the 2011 Golden Kite Awards? 1.... Continue Reading →
Class of 2k11
Three of our local SCBWI members—Megan Bostic, Kiki Hamilton, and Carole Dagg—are among the twenty nationwide members of the Class of 2k11, a group of debut middle grade and young adult authors banding together to promote their books and share ideas. We hope to match the standard set by past classes, which have included Rebecca... Continue Reading →
Kid Lit Event
Thanks to all of you who came to the SCBWI picnic on August 11 at the Cowen Park shelter. We had gorgeous weather, lots of desserts to go around, and awesome prizes. Our next Kid Lit event will be on Tuesday, September 28, at Third Place Pub in Ravenna from 7 to 9 p.m. This... Continue Reading →
Professional Series Meetings Starts Tonight!
The 2010-2011 Regional Programming starts tonight! There is no Mini Program, the Main program begins at 7:00 p.m.Main Program: FALL EDITOR PRESENTATION AND ART SHOW with Noa Wheeler, editor at Henry Holt. Tonight, check out our local illustrators’ great work while you mingle before the meeting, then listen as Noa shares her expertise from an... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Spokane Conference
Our fall conference is an intimate event where participants can easily meet and network with publishing professionals. Our speakers include Kendra Marcus, founder of BookStop Literary, Annette Pollert, editor at Simon Pulse, Author/Illustrator Teri Sloat, Author Deb Lund and Novelist and Non-fiction writer Claire Rudolf Murphy. Our presentations include: The Picture Book in 2010, Silencing... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Summer Conference Mixer Fun
Going to the 39th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference? Lois Brandt passed along this information for those attending.Two mixers for nonfiction writers will take place during the conference. The first is Friday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Olympic 2 Room. The second, Sunday night, same time, same location. Please join us. Last year, we... Continue Reading →
SCBWI LA conference faculty interview: Greg Pincus
Greg Pincus, a member of the 2010 SCBWI summer conference faculty, is a man of many talents. He's a poet, novelist, screenwriter, volunteer elementary school librarian, and social media consultant. (Here's his really useful site.) He's also a poster-boy for what social media can do for a writer. After the mathematically inspired form of poetry... Continue Reading →
Twitter interview of Greg Pincus
I'm interviewing our favorite social media expert as part of the faculty preview for the #scbwi LA conference. To follow along, you might check out http://tweetchat.com. Type scbwi as the hashtag you're following. (You'll need a Twitter account to log in. Surely you have one of those by now!)
SCBWI LA conference faculty interview: Rubin Pfeffer
Rubin Pfeffer, people. THE Rubin Pfeffer. He's one of the keynote speakers at this summer's SCBWI conference in L.A., and given his incredible career in children's literature, he'll no doubt give a sensational talk. Rubin started as a designer for Macmillan in 1974 and then spent 27 years at Harcourt, where he rose to become... Continue Reading →