Midsouth Region

The following events in the Midsouth Region are open to the public and not to SCBWI members only. Non-members will incur higher registration fees to attend, though. The events are listed in chronological order.

Upcoming events

    • 12 Apr 2013
    • 2:00 PM
    • 31 May 2013
    • 2:00 PM
    • www.facebook.com/pages/Scbwi-Midsouth/328363850596031
    Guess That Faculty Member
    (2013 Midsouth Fall Conference)
     
    The first persons to correctly guess each 2013 Midsouth Fall Conference faculty member by adding a comment to the SCBWI Midsouth Facebook page will each receive a prize!

    The winner for Faculty Member #1 is 
    Elissa Pugh-Arguello, who correctly answered the 
    JAY ASHER, Award Winning Author & 
    Keynote Speaker for the conference

    The winner for Faculty Member #2 is 
    Jacolyn Wingo, who correctly answered 
    Senior Editor Jordan Brown of Walden Pond Press

    The winner for Faculty Member #3 is
    Jana Hutcheson, who correctly answered
    Literary Agent Josh Adams of Adams Literary

    The winner for Faculty Member #4 is
    Michael Gravois, who correctly answered
    Beth Frerking, President of the
    Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL)

    The winner for Faculty Member #5 is
    Mary Uhles, who correctly answered
    Loraine Joyner, Art Director at Peachtree Publishers

    The winner for Faculty Member #6 is
    Meridth Ginbel, who correctly answered
    Bonnie Bader, Editor-in-Chief of Grosset and Dunlap
    and who also heads up the U.S. arm of Fredrick Warne

    The winner for Faculty Member #7 is
    Kathryn Gogliotti, who correctly answered
    Susan Eaddy, Award Winning Illustrator/Author & 
    Illustrator Coordinator for the Midsouth Region of SCBWI 

    For Your Chance to Win, Go To:
    <www.facebook.com/pages/Scbwi-Midsouth/328363850596031>

    • 20 Sep 2013
    • 22 Sep 2013
    • The Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center, Franklin, TN


    2013 SCBWI Midsouth Fall Conference

    September 20-22, 2013
    Embassy Suites-Cool Springs
    820 Crescent Centre Dr.
    Franklin, TN 37067

    Conference registration will open 
    June 7, 2013

    - 4 Pre-Conference Intensives offered on
       Friday
    - Pitch Sessions with an agent
    - Face-to-Face or Written-Only Critiques
    - Portfolio Critiques
    - Fiction Manuscript Contest in 3    
       Categories: PB, MG, YA
       (Watch for the contest guidelines to be      posted here soon)
    - Illustrator Contest
       (Watch for the contest guidelines to be
         posted here soon)

    The conference brochure will go public on or before June 1st and will include the event schedule, faculty bios, and hotel information. 

    2013 Midsouth Fall Conference Faculty:
    (The faculty are being announced in a guessing game on the SCBWI Midsouth FaceBook page. For your chance to guess and win a prize, go to <www.facebook.com/pages/SCBWI-Midsouth/328363850596031>)

    These 7 faculty members have already been announced:
    - Josh Adams - Agent, Adams Literary
    - Jay Asher - Award-winning Author
    - Bonnie Bader - Editor-in-Chief, Grosset
      & Dunlap
    - Jordan Brown - Editor, Waldon Pond
      Press and Balzer + Bray
    - Susan Eaddy - Award-winning
      Illustrator/Author and SCBWI Midsouth
      Illustrator Coordinator
    - Beth Frerking - President, Tennessee
      Association of School Librarians (TASL)
    - Loraine Joyner - Art Director, Peachtree
      Publishers

    Stay tuned for more announcements!
 
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