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Program
Guest Speakers
IMAGINING THE WORST — HOPING FOR THE BEST
Mary E. Pearson, Author, The Adoration of Jenna Fox
THINKING MORE BROADLY:
TRANSITION YOURSELF FROM WRITER TO CONTENT CREATOR
Rubin Pfeffer, Partner & Content Agent,
East/West Literary Agency
THE VIEW FROM BEACH LANE BOOKS
Andrea Welch, Editor, Beach Lane Books
BEYOND ORCS AND ELVES: DIVERSITY IN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
Stacy Whitman, Editorial Director, Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
DYSTOPIAN FICTION: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT?
Catherine Linka, Children’s Book Buyer and Writer2Writer Coordinator,
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse
Editors’ Panel and First Pages
Anonymous first pages will be randomly selected and read aloud to the audience, followed by comments from guest speakers. Bring FIVE copies of the opening page of your manuscript for our First Pages Panel (double-spaced, half-page,12-point type) and paper clip them together. Identify the genre but DO NOT put your name on your entry.
Spotlight Presentations
A CONFERENCE GROUPIE’S LUCKY DAY
Diane Browning, Author/Illustrator. Signed, Abiah Rose, Tricycle Press, 2010
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK YOUR BONES —
OR GET YOU A STORY
Ian Fraser & Mary Ann Fraser, Author & Illustrator.
Ogg and Bob Meet Mammoth, Marshall Cavendish, 2010
WRITE TWO BOOKS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING
Sarah Lynn, Author. Tip Tap Pop,
Marshall Cavendish, 2010
WORDHERDING 101: HOW TO TEND A FLOCK OF WORDS FOR FUN AND PROFIT
Candace Ryan, Author. Animal House.
Walker/Bloomsbury, 2010
Manuscript & Portfolio Critiques
Our guest speakers & published reviewers are available to provide critiques of manuscripts & portfolios for an extra $45 fee. All children’s genres welcome.
Write "CRITIQUE" on the cover sheet of your manuscript along with your name, address and phone number. You will be assigned to either an editor, agent or published reviewer, depending on space available.
Written manuscript critiques will be handed out at the end of the conference day. Okay to submit a duplicate manuscript of one contest entry. Send full picture book manuscripts, and up to 10 pages plus synopsis for all others. No book dummies.
Portfolio critiques are 10 minute slots scheduled during the day. Slots are limited. If selected, bring your portfolio.
The fee for a manuscript or portfolio critique is $45, payable to V/SB SCBWI.
This offer is only available to
registered Writers’ Day participants.
When paying by check, write one check for the registration and a separate check for the critique. DO NOT combine your registration fee and your critique fee.
Contest entries, manuscripts for critique and related fees must be postmarked by
September 3, 2010 or they will be disqualified.
Writing Contest, Gallery & Display
Writing Contest - Fiction, Nonfiction or Poetry
Picture Book - Send whole, double-spaced
manuscript, 12-point type.
Easy Reader/Chapter Book, Middle Grade or
Young Adult - Send up to 10 double-spaced pages, 12-point type, plus a 1-page single-spaced synopsis.
NOTE: Place your name on cover sheet only, not on the manuscript. No book dummies. Judges reserve the right NOT to give awards in any category.
You must be pre-registered and present to win.
CONTEST MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
Illustrators’ Gallery
Illustrators - you are invited to display a 16” x 20” vertical, self-standing “gallery” of your work.
No handouts on the table. Brochures and “gallery” must be contained in same display. Bring it with you on Writers’ Day.
Book Display
SCBWI P.A.L. members are invited to bring their latest book to display.
Book Sale
Conference speakers’ books will be for sale.
Conference Fees (lunch included)
SCBWI members: $90.00
Non-members: $100.00
Manuscript or portfolio critique: $45.00
Click Here to Register
Deadlines
Contest and MS Critique Deadline:
Postmark by September 3
Registration fee must arrive before or with your entry. DO NOT send by certified mail, etc.
(It requires our signature at the Post Office which makes us cranky.)
Registration Deadline: Postmark by October 15 (This is for those NOT submitting a manuscript)
For More Information
Phone (805) 581-1906 or CLICK
HERE to e-mail Alexis O'Neill
Speakers
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Diane Browning, a long-time member of SCBWI, grew up in Dallas and Hollywood. She received her art training at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design. She also studied in Italy and with Uri Shulevitz in upstate New York.
Before becoming a children’s book author and illustrator, her career was in advertising illustration and design and as an exhibiting fine artist.
Her first picture book, Signed, Abiah Rose, has received
a starred review and been named to the list of Top Ten Historical
Titles for Youth for 2010 by Booklist. For more information visit
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| Ian Fraser is the author of Ogg and Bob: Meet Mammoth and Ogg and Bob: Life with Mammoth. He grew up in Simi Valley, California, and is currently attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he is studying mechanical engineering (Things have become a bit more complicated since the invention of the wheel.)
In addition to writing, he enjoys, fencing, gaming, tinkering with robots, and other various euphemisms for making tons of noise while playing with sticks and stones.
Mary Ann Fraser is the author and/or illustrator of over sixty books for children in fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent titles include Ogg And Bob Meet Mammoth and Life With Mammoth written by Ian Fraser, Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat Played the Fiddle by Eve Bunting, Petshop Lullaby and Petshop Follies, Mermaid Sister and the I.Q. series.
Her awards include a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Book Links Book of the Year, IRA Young Readers Choice Award, and American Booksellers "Pick of the List." She offers school presentations, speaks at conferences, and teaches classes on writing and illustrating children’s books, and is a member of several children's literature organizations including SCBWI, California Readers Association, and the Children’s Literature Council. She lives in Simi Valley.
For more information visit www.MaryAnnFraser.com or http://maryannfraser.wordpress.com. |
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Catherine Linka is the Children’s Book Buyer for the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse where she runs the Writer2Writer program on craft. She received her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College.
A fan of dystopian fiction, Catherine is working on a YA novel about
post-pandemic America. For more information, visit www.flintridgebooks.com. |
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Sarah Lynn
discovered her love of expressing herself at a young age through dance
and making music with her feet. Sarah remembers how her dance teachers
“spoke” the tap steps in perfect “shuffle-hop-step” rhythm. The words
themselves sounded like music to her ears. Now as an adult, through
the rhythmic tap dancing “speak” of her picture book, Tip Tap
Pop, Sarah continues to make music, only of a different sort.
Sarah lives in Camarillo with her husband and sons. As a clinical
social worker, she provides mental health services within the Ventura
County schools. She also has a small private practice in Thousand
Oaks. Sarah writes under her first and middle name. Tip Tap Pop
is her first book.
Sarah still keeps a pair of tap shoes tucked away… just in case. For more information, visit www.sarahlynnbooks.com. |
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Mary E. Pearson is the author of several award winning books for teens, including The Adoration of Jenna Fox, which has been optioned by 20th Century Fox for a major motion picture. She is a native Southern Californian and writes from her home in Carlsbad, California where she lives with her family.
Her awards and honors include the Golden Kite Award, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, the NYPL Best Books, IRA Choice Books, and The South Carolina Young Adult Book Award.
Her novels include, Scribbler of Dreams, A Room on Lorelei Street and her latest, The Miles Between, which was named to YALSA, Kirkus, and Bank Street College Best of the year lists. Her forthcoming book, The Fox Inheritance which will be released in Fall 2011. For more information about Mary Pearson, visit www.marypearson.com. |
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| Rubin Pfeffer leads the East/West Literary Agency’s east coast branch working as partner and content agent. In this recently created position, he works on building both digital and print content designed for 21st Century incarnations of publishing.
Pfeffer was formerly the senior vice president of children's publishing at Simon & Schuster, Chief Creative Officer at Pearson and President of Harcourt Trade. |
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Andrea Welch is an Editor at Beach Lane Books, a west-coast imprint of Simon & Schuster that’s located in San Diego, California. She has the pleasure of working with a long list of wonderful authors and illustrators, including Douglas Florian, Ashley Wolff, and Ellen Stoll Walsh. Recent books she has edited include the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas by Keith Baker; Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Robert Neubecker; Hello Baby! by Mem Fox, illustrated by Steve Jenkins; and the Brownie & Pearl series by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Brian Biggs.
Prior to joining Simon & Schuster, Andrea was an Editor at Harcourt Children’s Books, where she began her publishing career a decade ago.
Visit Beach Lane Books at: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/beach-lane-books. |
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Stacy Whitman is the editorial director of Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books. She specializes in fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults. She founded a small press named Tu Publishing, dedicated to publishing multicultural fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults, which was recently acquired by Lee & Low Books and became Tu Books.
She spent more than three years as an editor for Mirrorstone, the children’s and young adult imprint of Wizards of the Coast in Seattle. She holds a master’s degree in children’s literature from Simmons College. Before that, she edited elementary school textbooks at Houghton Mifflin, interned at the Horn Book Magazine and Guide, and spent a brief stint working as a bookseller. Stacy edited such favorite fantasy titles for children and young adults as the highly acclaimed YA series Hallowmere, the middle grade fantasy adventure series that debuted with Red Dragon Codex, and the New York Times best-selling picture book A Practical Guide to Monsters.
Currently, she is seeking fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults that features diverse characters and settings. See the submission guidelines for Tu Books for more information. |
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