If you're planning on staying for our 2011 DANCE ODYSSEY this Saturday night, the queens of the ball have cooked up a special treat for you! Not only do you get to Boogie to the Future... you get to request your favorite songs ahead of time! Just click on the link here and enter the... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Jim Whiting
Happy Monday! I can't believe it's the week of our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference!! Weekends are always worth looking forward to, but THIS weekend will be a memorable one!!! It's also time for another Faculty Q & A, and this one is with Jim Whiting. Jim is part of our Distinguished... Continue Reading →
Peggy King Anderson Classes
The Magic of Writing for Children classes, taught by Peggy King Anderson, still have openings, both in the Beginning and the Advanced Class. This 8 week series is a great way to follow up on all the wonderful excitement and story ideas you bring away from the SCBWI conference. And if by some chance, you... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Tina Wexler
Yesterday the SCBWI WWA Advisory Committee had their final pre-conference meeting for the 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference, and I have to say that the conference is going to be A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! The facilities, the wine and cheese reception, and the faculty are JUST a few highlights to look forward to at the... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Tim Travaglini
Next week at this time we'll all be enjoying our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference (and thinking about our fun outfits for the First Annual Conference Dance Party!). So lets celebrate with another Faculty Q & A!! Here's one with Tim Travaglini, who is on our Editorial & Art Director Faculty. You... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Lin Oliver
One week! One week! I can't believe we are so close to our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference!! We have a few more Faculty Q & A's to share, and with the week's countdown it seems only right to share Lin Oliver's answers. Lin is the SCBWI co-founder, and one of our... Continue Reading →
Writing for Teens and Tweens Class
The next session of the Craft of Writing for Teens and Tweens is scheduled to start Monday April 18. If you need help finishing that first draft of your ms, or tackling the revision, join a group of colleagues for an online workshop and craft class and receive all the support, feedback and encouragement you... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Oregon conference still has room for you!
Our conference is sold out with a sizable waitlist, but Oregon still has room for you just a short drive away! May 13 & 14, 2011Shilo Inn Conference Center - Airport, Portland, Oregon Featuring two full days of writing and illustrating intensives, first page sessions, keynotes, workshops, and individual critique sessions! And just for illustrators: How to create... Continue Reading →
Scribes Summer Camp for Teens
This summer, quit crossing your fingers. Come to Hugo House and write.Scribes is an intensive two-week creative writing program for teens. You'll acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick up exercises and techniques to develop your writer's voice, get serious feedback from your instructors and peers and tour the city with a writer's eye.... Continue Reading →
A Pre-Pub Party for Dan Santat!
Secret Garden is hosting a Pre-Pub Party for upcoming conference keynote speaker Dan Santat—AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED!You know him from his book-making, hilarious illustrations in Oh No!: Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World (by Mac Barnett, Hyperion Books), Chicken Dance (by Tami Sauer, Sterling), The Secret Life of Walter Kitty (by Barbara Jean... Continue Reading →