Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/19/2018 - 10/20/2018
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Holiday Inn Washington Dulles
45425 Holiday Drive - Dulles, VA 20166
Category(ies)
ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE: CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING IN 2018
Online registration is now closed. To inquire about space availability,
please contact the Conference Registrar at lindaacorn@yahoo.com.
Conference At-a-Glance_Information Sheet_2018
(Click on link above to download PDF. Please read carefully before registering.)
The conference will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Tuition includes a light continental breakfast and boxed lunch. A limited number of optional, individual critiques/portfolio reviews with faculty members will be scheduled throughout the day. (An additional fee/preregistration required for these one-on-one, 15-minute meetings/reviews.)
On Friday, October 19, 2018, attendees registered for this event may sign up for optional craft-focused workshops. (Additional fees apply.) Evening activities for registered attendees: Peer Critiques; PAL Member Dessert Social. (Both are free. Preregistration required.)
Location: Holiday Inn Washington Dulles; 45425 Holiday Drive; Dulles, VA 20166
Lodging: Please contact the hotel directly. Book your room before October 1 to receive the SCBWI conference discounted rate of $86/night (plus 13% tax).
CONFERENCE FACULTY
Keynote: Pat Cummings, author/illustrator of over thirty-five books for young readers. She also edited the award-winning series, Talking With Artists, which profiles prominent children’s book illustrators. She teaches at Parsons and Pratt, and her children’s book illustration class has a growing number of notable illustrator/authors among its graduates. Pat serves on the SCBWI Board of Advisors as well as the boards of the Authors Guild, the Authors League Fund, The Authors Guild Foundation, and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
Featured Speaker: Bonnie Bader (SCBWI Board of Advisors/author/former Associate Publisher, Frederick Warne/Editor-in-Chief, Penguin Young Readers/Early Readers)
Editors/Publishers: Elise Howard (Editor/ Publisher, Algonquin Young Readers), Kwame Alexander (Editor/Publisher, Versify/HMH), Rachael Stein (Editor, Sterling Children’s Publishing), Mekisha Telfer (Associate Editor, Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan)
Agents/Artists Representatives: Natalie Lakosil (Bradford Literary Agency), Cari Lamba (Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency), Sarah Landis (Sterling Lord Literistic), Shadra Strickland (Painted Words)
Authors/Illustrators: Ellen R. Braaf, Ginjer Clarke, Winifred Conkling, L. M. Elliott, Lezlie Evans, Vashti Harrison, Mary Rand Hess, Jacqueline Jules, Debbie Levy, Valerie Patterson, Mary Quattlebaum, Jonathan Roth, Ann Marie Stephens, Erin Teagan, Joan Waites
(Faculty is subject to change without notice. )
Costs: Registration (after October 1): SCBWI members $215, nonmembers $245. Conference extras available to registered attendees only: Craft-focused intensive workshops on Friday: SCBWI members $70/workshop, nonmembers $95/workshop. There are no additional charges for the Art Display, Peer Critiques, PAL Dessert Social, or PAL Roundtable. However, preregistration is required. ALL CONFERENCE FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Contacts: Erin Teagan and Val Patterson, Conference Co-chairs (scbwi.conference@gmail.com)
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018
(Attendees may to submit questions for the agents’, editors’, picture book, novel, and nonfiction panels–as well as the illustrators’ Q&A breakout session –using an online form. Here’s the direct link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6Y9LTWB We welcome your input, so we may focus discussions on areas of greatest interest.)
7:30 Registration Desk Opens
7:45 Continental Breakfast/Book Sales/Art Display Drop-off
7:50 Conference Orientation for First-time Attendees hosted by Angele McQuade (20 minutes)
8:30 Welcome/Introductions
8:45 Elise Howard: Begin in the Middle: Crafting Opening Scenes to Intrigue and Engage Readers (and editors and agents).
9:30 Break/Book Sales
9:45 Literary Agents’ Panel featuring Natalie Lakosil (Bradford Literary Agency), Cari Lamba (Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency), Sarah Landis (Sterling Lord Literistic), Shadra Strickland (Painted Words). (Moderator: Valerie Patterson)
10:45 Morning Breakout Sessions:
a. Bonnie Bader, Traveling through the World of Publishing
b. Illustrator Session: Staying Competitive in Today’s Illustration Market/Q&A with Shadra Strickland (Painted Words) (Moderator: Joan Waites)
11:45 Lunch Break (Preordered boxed lunches provided)
11:45 Illustrators’ Networking Lunch (Preordered boxed lunches provided)
1:15 Keynote Address: Pat Cummings, 9 EPIPHANIES: Lessons, insights and bumps in the road…a crib sheet to smooth your career path.
2:15 Break/Book Sales
2:30 Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
a. Novel Panel: Kwame Alexander, L.M. Elliott, Mary Rand Hess, Jonathan Roth (Moderator: Erin Teagan)
b. Picture Book Panel: Vashti Harrison, Jacqueline Jules, Ann Marie Stephens (Moderator: Lezlie Evans)
c. Nonfiction Panel: Ginjer Clarke, Winifred Conkling, Debbie Levy (Moderator: Mary Quattlebaum)
3:30 Editors’ Panel with First-Last Pages session*** featuring Kwame Alexander (Versify), Elise Howard (Algonquin), Rachael Stein (Sterling), Mekisha Telfer (Roaring Brook Press) (Moderator: Ellen R. Braaf) (***First-Last Pages Session is now closed to submissions)
4:45 Wrap up/Evaluations/Book Sales/Faculty Book Signing
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018 (Optional Workshops/Sessions) Please see detailed workshop descriptions in the Conference At-a-Glance document. You may choose a maximum of two workshops—one in the morning session, one in the afternoon session. Please note that lunch is not provided. O’Malley’s Pub in the Holiday Inn is open for lunch. In addition, there are several local eateries within a five-mile radius of the hotel.
AM Sessions (9:00am – 12:00pm)
A. Pat Cummings: THE PLOT THINS: GETTING BRUTAL, GETTING PUBLISHED…HOW HARSH SELF-EDITING CAN TURN UNSOLD PROJECTS INTO MARKETABLE STORIES (THIS SESSION HAS A WAIT LIST)
B Bonnie Bader: START! HOW TO HOOK READERS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF YOUR BOOK SO THEY’LL NEVER LET GO.
C. Mekisha Telfer: UNDER PRESSURE: RAISING THE STAKES IN YOUR MANUSCRIPT
PM Sessions (2:00pm – 5:00pm)
D. Jacqueline Jules: CREATING MEMORABLE CHARACTERS
E. Debbie Levy: MATTERS OF FACT: WRITING (AND PITCHING) NONFICTION THAT SOARS
F. Elise Howard: FINDING YOUR VOICE: EXERCISES AND TECHNIQUES FOR GIVING LIFE AND VOICE TO YOUR CHARACTERS AND YOUR AUTHORSHIP (THIS SESSION HAS A WAIT LIST)
G. Vashti Harrison: ILLUSTRATOR INTENSIVE: DIGITAL ART TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FROM DRAWING TO SOCIAL MEDIA
5:15 – 6:30pm PAL Roundtable (Moderated by Lezlie Evans)
5:00 – 7:30pm Peer Critiques (Coordinated by Terry Jennings)
8:00 – 9:30pm PAL Social (Hosted by Lezlie Evans)
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION
After you register for the conference, a registration confirmation– detailing all your choices/sessions—will be available online. Log into the SCBWI site as a member. Go to “My Home” > “Event History” (see left-side menu) > “Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference: Children’s Publishing in 2018” > click on “View Registration Confirmation.”
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