YA authors: get listed on YALSA page
Here's another quick marketing opportunity for PALs who write YA.If you are a YA author, you can add your name and website info to this YALSA page.
Highlights 2010 fiction contest
The prize is $1,000 or tuition for the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua. Read on!HIGHLIGHTS 2010 FICTION CONTESTCATEGORY: Fiction based on a true story from your family.PRIZES: Three prizes of $1,000 or tuition for the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua.ENTRY DATES: All entries must be postmarked between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2010.More... Continue Reading →
Don’t want to read something out loud?
Then convert your text to an audio file and listen to a robot read it at Hear Who. You can choose "Mike" the male voice or "Crystal" the female version, and you'll hear all sorts of errors your brain was hiding from you.Here's a link to the tool.
Sneak a peek at our spring conference lineup
Guess who's coming to our spring conference? So far we have: Jay Asher, Peter Brown, Mitali Perkins and...Editors, Agents, and Art DirectorElizabeth Law, Publisher and Executive Editor, Egmont USAJordan Brown, Walden Pond Press and Balzer & Bray, HarperCollinsLynne Polvino, ClarionLisa Graff, Farrar, Straus, and GirouxTim Gillner, Boyds Mills PressSara Crowe, Agent, Harvey KlingerMichael Bourret, Agent,... Continue Reading →
SCBWI WWA Bellingham Network October Schmooze
Come join the Bellingham Network for our October Schmooze.TOPIC: Q&A with author Clete SmithWHEN: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 6:30pm to 8:30pmWHERE: The home of Margie Kimberley. Please RSVP to smkimberley @ msn.com and Margie will reply with directions.Come chat with Clete Smith! Bellingham author Clete Smith recently sold his upcoming novel to Disney under the... Continue Reading →
Capstone adds graphic novel line
This Publishers Weekly news item should interest illustrators and nonfiction writers alike:Capstone Press, a nonfiction imprint of educational and library publishing house Capstone Publishers, plans to add a new line of kids' nonfiction graphic novels to its fast-growing comics and graphic novel publishing program. This fall the house is launching Graphic Expeditions, a nonfiction line... Continue Reading →
Oh, Greg Pincus, you make us laugh
We'll meet Greg soon at our October meeting, but meanwhile, get a load of the to-be-read book pile photos he's collecting.(Reminder: the meeting is Oct. 13, starting at 7 p.m. sharp. It features a mini-session with me on grammar, and a delicious full hour of Greg Pincus wisdom on social media and how it can... Continue Reading →
Debut authors: get featured in CWIM
Alice Pope has a call for entries on her blog. If you have a book coming out in 2011, you might be featured in that version of Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market. Her requirements:If you are interested in being featured in First Books, here are the rules and guidelines:- Email me at [email protected], subject line... Continue Reading →
Good news for Erik Brooks
The Orange County Children's Book Festival is Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Festival is free to attend and is expected to draw 20,000 people. JacketFlap held a contest for authors and illustrators to win space in the booth to display, sign and sell their books. Our own Erik Brooks is one of the winners. About... Continue Reading →