The Washington Center for the Book administers the annual Washington State Book Awards (formerly the Governor's Writers Awards), given for outstanding books published by Washington authors the previous year. They are looking for more children's authors to honor for 2012. The deadline for 2012 submissions is April 1. You can find the 2011 winners, entry... Continue Reading →
The SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards
The Crystal Kite Awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators each year to recognize great books from the 70 SCBWI regions around the world. Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards, the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards... Continue Reading →
Graphic Novel Panel with Seattle Graphic Artists Guild/SPGA
Reminder, there's a great event happening this weekend for you comics fans! Taken from their email invite: You're invited to register today. It's more at the door and it's cash or check only. Graphic Novel Panel 2012 for Artists and WritersSaturday, January 28, 2012 1-6 pm Seattle Design Center & Fantagraphics BookstoreTake advantage of the... Continue Reading →
The Bison v. Woman Skating Contest
Check out Darcy Pattison's new book trailer for PRARIE STORMS, a nonfiction picture book about how animals survive the storms on the prairies.This new video is an example of a YouTube Aesthetic Book Trailer, an informal, humorous video that only addresses the content of the book tangentially, but nevertheless, creates interest. The humor is meant... Continue Reading →
Keep Calm and Query On
Luke Reynolds wrote a brilliant essay about breaking down our writing walls that was recently featured in Vermont College's Hunger Mountain. Here's an excerpt: "No matter how little you feel like it, no matter how futile it sometimes seems, you must keep writing. You must continue to send out queries. You must continue to make... Continue Reading →
Piecemeal Publishing Submission Call
Piecemeal Publishing is calling for poetry submissions from authors, published and unpublished! If you would like to contribute to Piecemeal Publishing’s anthology of poetry, please submit two children’s poems suitable for ages 5 – 11 yrs. Deadline is February 20, 2012. Send all submissions and questions to [email protected]. Please include your submission in the body... Continue Reading →
What really makes a happy ending happy?
The New York Times recently ran a story about how movie producer Lindsay Doran is trying to get Hollywood to think differently about storytelling by applying the ideas of positive psychology. If you're a writer, it's well worth your time to read the full article here, but here are some of my favorite quotes to whet your... Continue Reading →
Mindy Hardwick News
Mindy Hardwick is talking about her new upper middle grade book, STAINED GLASS SUMMER, and mentoring at-risk kids on Carrie Pearson's Mentor Monday Blog Series. Carrie Pearson is a Michigan SCBWI member and hosts a weekly blog series about mentors. Here's the blog link to check out.To find out more about STAINED GLASS SUMMER, including... Continue Reading →
Patricia Haines-Ainsworth Musical
Fellow SCBWI WWA member Patricia Haines-Ainsworth has a musical coming out soon. Her musical for young audiences, "The Dancing Princess", is being produced by Second Story Repertory and will open on March 9 of this year. It is loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' and the music was... Continue Reading →
Questions? Tips? What are You Looking Forward to at Our Region’s Annual Conference?
I'm so excited for the upcoming SCBWI WWA 21st Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference! You can register now! To get you even more excited about the conference we'll be previewing conference events, faculty and so much more in the upcoming weeks!First up we'd love to know what you're looking forward to if you've... Continue Reading →