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Magazine Magic Workshop
May 10, 2008
9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location:
Crossroads Christian Church
Room 106
4128 Todds Rd.
Lexington, KY 40509
Cost:
$35 for SCBWI members, $40 for
nonmembers
Lunch is included in the cost of the workshop.
- How hard is it for new writers to break into the magazine market?
- Do you need an agent or specialized skills to succeed?
- Can publication in children’s magazines help writers gain a foothold in the picture book market?
- How are PB manuscripts and magazine articles different, and do the two types of writing ever overlap?
This one-day seminar is packed with information and "how-to" tips on getting published in fiction and nonfiction juvenile magazines, presented by a panel of successful authors:
MARTHA BENNETT STILES is the co-author of two chapbooks and the author of 11 books, including three picture books. She has taught writing at the Universities of Kentucky and Louisville and in residencies at Kentucky's Estill County Middle School, Bates Middle School and the Louisville Collegiate School. She is the recipient of two University of Michigan non-fiction Hopwood Awards; two short story awards from the Frankfort, Kentucky, Arts Foundation; a Kentucky Arts Council Professional Assistance Grant and two Al Smith Fellowships.
DR. HARRY LEVINE, PhD, a faculty member of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, has written several science-related articles for Cicada and Cricket. His biography for young readers of physicist Richard P. Feynman, A Special Kind of Genius, will be released by Morgan Reynolds Publishing in spring 2008.
KAREN M. LEET has a bachelor’s degree in English education and a master’s in modern literature. Her work has appeared in several children’s print and Internet magazines, including Cricket, Faces, Read, Flicker, Highlights for Children, Pockets, Encounter, Shine and GP4K Online. She conducts presentations for classrooms and libraries as well as workshops for adults on writing, marketing and journaling.
Download the registration form by clicking here. (Adobe Reader is required to download the form. If you don't have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can go here to download the free program.) Mail the registration form and your check to the address at the bottom of the form. The registration must be postmarked by May 1. Registrations postmarked May 2 or later will be returned.
Questions? Contact Debbie Cochran.
Save the date!
Annual Midsouth Fall Conference
September 20-21, 2008
Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Speakers include:
- Associate Editor Amalia Ellison, Harry Abrams/Amulet
- Editor Harold Underdown
- Art director Victoria Jamison, Greenwillow
- Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Bruce Coville
- Award-winning author Alexis O’Neill
More details coming soon!
For information, contact Genetta Adair or Candie Moonshower
Picture Book Workshop was held January 26, 2008 at
Davis-Kidd Bookstore, (Green Hills Location), Nashville, TN. 9:00a.m. -3:00p.m
Scissors, tape and time! Picture book writers spent a day editing with
real scissors, cutting apart their
manuscripts with an eye to plot, timing and rhythm, and visual
perceptions. Guest illustrators Allison Lyne and Cheryl Mendenhall spoke on
their process of putting art to words.
Telling the truth with flair: Writing excellent non-fiction for young
readers
was held Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the Sayre School in Lexington,
Kentucky
The workshop featured Carla McClafferty, author of the award-winning Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium; Mary Beth Garriot, reference librarian, Centre College; and Becky Nelson, children's librarian, Hearn Elementary School.
2007 SCBWI-Midsouth Conference -- September 15 & 16, 2007
Presenters included:
- Author Jaime Adoff
- Literary agent Ginger Clark (Curtis Brown, Ltd.)
- Henry Holt Associate Art Director Laurent Linn
- SCBWI co-founder, Executive Director, and author Lin Oliver
- Editor Jennifer Wingertzahn (Clarion Books)
- Midsouth Regional Advisor and author Tracy Barrett
Tracy Barrett, Midsouth Regional Advisor, presented SCBWI Executive Director Lin Oliver with a cowboy "crown" to wear at the Nashville conference.
Conference co-coordinator Genetta Adair snaps a photo of the conference crowd.
Lin Oliver (front) and Henry Holt Associate Art Director Laurent Linn (back) sit in the audience.
Lin Oliver delivered an inspirational keynote speech.
Author Jaime Adoff, Clarion Books editor Jennifer Wingertzahn, and agent Ginger Clark listen to the keynote address.
This was only a small portion of the crowd who attended the conference.