Author and member Karen Robbins (SHOE PRINT ART) sends along this potential credit opportunity for an illustrator: Tiffany Johnson at Soles4Souls.org is in need of an illustrator to draw some images for a two-sided, one-page coloring sheet to be given to children around the world when they distribute shoes to them. These children have never... Continue Reading →
A peek at agent Jill Grinberg
Jill. (Photo by Ali Smith) Are you signed up to hear agent Jill Grinberg speak at our fall kick-off event in October? (It's not too late, if not.) You can learn more about Jill here, but in the meantime, we asked her a few questions about her upcoming talk: Q. What about this opportunity to... Continue Reading →
Get Wild at Kid Lit Drink Night Next Saturday!
The weather's turning and it's time to fortify ourselves against the cold and dark by gathering our writerly and illustratorly selves together in good cheer! That gathering will be Saturday, September 28, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Noble Fir in Ballard. The Noble Fir has the reputation as the favorite and best-attended gathering spot... Continue Reading →
New SCBWI Spark Award for self-published works by members
Check it out! As SCBWI Executive Director Lin Oliver notes: “It is time that SCBWI recognize that there are new models for publishing. The Spark Award is one way we can reward those authors and illustrators who are pursuing independent and self-publishing in a legitimate and high quality way.” Given the number of Western WA... Continue Reading →
Storytime with Dana and Ozzie Friday Morning at Third Place Books!
Dana Sullivan will be worrying all night about reading Friday, 10 a.m. at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park. Come help him with the big words and the little kids. Maybe bring some of your own (words AND kids). This is Dana's first reading so he asked veterans Deb Lund and Wendy Wahman what to... Continue Reading →
Illustrators: Deadline extended
Want to give your art an international audience? Try Bologna! SCBWI members receive an extended deadline to send their application packets to be considered for the prestigious Bologna Illustrators” Exhibition at the 2014 Bologna Book Fair. While all other entrants face an October 4, 2013, deadline, SCBWI members' applications for the Illustrators’ Exhibition only need... Continue Reading →
Learn to make liars
How do you create characters as rich as Micah, the main character of Justine Larbalestier's LIAR? Find out from Justine's agent. There are still a few seats left in the "Dynamics of Character" workshop being presented by agent Jill Grinberg on Friday, October 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. The cost is only $45. Not... Continue Reading →
Scoop: new diversity scholarship announced
Literary agent Barry Goldblatt, who last visited us in Seattle during January's ALA conference, just announced that he's founded the Angela Johnson Scholarship in honor of his first client. This talent-based grant will be for writers of color who wish to enroll in the Vermont College of Fine Arts' MFA in Writing for Children and... Continue Reading →
Art show reception with Andy
Local illustrator Andy Musser, who was selected for an illustration mentorship at the SCBWI International Conference in Los Angeles in August (and stay tuned for more about that honor), invites you, yes you, to a casual art show reception at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, at the Kirkland Performance Center. He says, "My series... Continue Reading →
And now, the long list….
What's that? The sound of pages rustling with anticipation? The web-o-sphere is fairly bubbling over this morning with the National Book Foundation's announcement of the first-ever long list for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Thank goodness, this link leads right to them all, and gives you a chance to browse inside each... Continue Reading →