Time to introduce you to another one of our AMAZING 2011 Conference Faculty! And this time, it's one of our Agent Faculty; Sarah Davies, who is an agent with the Greenhouse Literacy Agency.Sarah heads the North American side of the Greenhouse (she's originally from London, and Greenhouse operates in the U.S., Canada, and in the... Continue Reading →
Mark Teague Date Change
Author & Illustrator Mark Teague's visit to Secret Garden will be on March 15, at 7 p.m. (rather than the previous stated February 15). For more information visit their website. Mark will be reading his newest book, LA RUE ACROSS AMERICA, and he'll also be signing books.
Authors wanted for Read Across America
Mary at ParkPlace Books in Kirkland is setting up school-visit events in the Lake Washington School District for the week of Feb. 28 through March 4 in conjunction with Read Across America. She's looking for authors willing to spend an hour with students that week and sell one title to them through the store using... Continue Reading →
SCBWI WWA Special Event with Kristen McLean: Understanding the Future of the Publishing Industry
Join SCBWI WWA and Kristen McLean for a Special Event: Understanding the Future of the Publishing Industry, on Tuesday, March 15TechFemme recently predicted, "Kristen McLean is Going to Upset (ie., Fix) the Publishing Industry." . She's going to upset (ie., enlighten, and hopefully in a good way!) SCBWI Western Washington, too, when she visits Seattle.... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow Night is February’s Professional Series Meeting (Includes a Homework Assignment)
Tomorrow night is our February Professional Series Meeting. Our programming includes a mini-session with Amber Keyser, who will present LEARNING TO READ FOR AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS, and our main session is with Wayne Ude, who is presenting WHILE THE CENTRAL PLOT SIMMERS: SUBPLOTS AND SECONDARY/SUPPORTING CHARACTERS. Wayne asks that you bring a three-sentence description of... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Editorial & Art Director Faculty: Martha Mihalick
Happy Monday All! I'm home with the flu today, but thankfully I'm able to spend some time researching and posting about our FANTASTIC 2011 Conference Faculty! I'd like to introduce you to another one of our Editorial and Art Director Faculty; Martha Mihalick. Martha is the Associate Editor with Greenwillow Books at HarperCollins. She edits... Continue Reading →
Crystal Kite Announcement!
This just in from SCBWI International: As of February 4, 2011, the 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Award voting has been suspended at the request of our members who did not register their books in time for this year's competition! You have a 2 week grace period to get your books registered, and voting... Continue Reading →
Chautauqua scholarship reminder
Just a reminder that the postmark deadline for applying for a scholarship to the annual Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua is next Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The folks at Chautaugua say, "We'd love to see children's writers and illustrators who need financial assistance be able to attend this workshop. It takes place July 16-23,... Continue Reading →
Conference rideshare arrangements
Planning to go to our annual conference in April? Interested in ridesharing?A member from San Juan Island wants to come and is looking for someone she could ride with. If that's you, contact Andrea at as4444 (at) centurytel (dot) net or at 360 378 9541.More generally, if you'd like to arrange rideshares from either the... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Editorial & Art Director Faculty: Justin Chanda
January is gone! We're headed into February, which is just a little over two months from our 20th Annual Writing & Illustrating for Children Conference! Time for a preview of another one of our fabulous Editorial & Art Director Faculty; Justin Chanda. Justin is the VP/Publisher with Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, and is the... Continue Reading →