2012 Annual Conference
September 21 - 22, 2012
Just Six Months Away! A Springboard to Publishing Success...Northern Ohio SCBWI's 10th Anniversary Conference
Watch this site for registration information coming soon!
Our conference lineup for this year includes:
Michelle Poploff, Vice President & Executive Editor, Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s Books
Tina Wexler, Agent, International Creative Management
Quinlan Lee, Agent, Adams Literary Agency
Whitney Leader-Picone, Designer & Digital Publishing, Charlesbridge
Dandi Daley Mackall, Author
Cinda Williams Chima, Author
Mara Purnhagen, Author
Michael Ferrari, Author
Christopher Canyon, Author/Illustrator (Presenting Saturday Only)
Liz Coley, Author
Jeannine Garsee, Author
Lindsay Ward, Author/Illustrator
Shelley Pearsall, Author (Presenting Saturday Only)
Friday Intensive Sessions:
Picture Book Intensive: Dandi Daley Mackall, Author
MG/YA Intensive: Cinda Williams Chima, Author
Illustrator Intensive: Lindsay Ward, Author/Illustrator
Friday Q & A Sessions:
Conference & Critique Information: Jean Daigneau
Website & Social Media: Denise Parsons
Critique Meeting Moderator: Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton
Add-ons to Saturday Sessions:
Michelle Poploff, Vice President & Executive Editor, Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s Books – Sign up to read your first page in this B1 Breakout Session and receive feedback – limited to 15 first page submissions. Further instructions will be emailed to you prior to the conference if you secure a spot. There is no additional charge for this. Registration for this is on a first come, first serve basis.
Mara Purnhagen, Author - Register to receive a critique on your Query letter in this C3 Breakout Session – limited to 25 – Note there is a $5 charge. Further instructions will be emailed on how to forward your query letter – must be ready for review by August 31st.
2011 Annual Conference
Speakers Handouts| CEUs | Calendar Contest | Book Basket
September 23 – 24, 2011
The 2011 "Discover Your Voice" Northern Ohio SCBWI Conference was a smashing success. Thank you to all the dedicated volunteers, awesome presenters and enthusiastic participants who all helped to make it happen. We look forward to an even bigger and better 10th anniversary conference this year. Watch this page for details to come.
Click here to read a post-conference letter from Victoria Selvaggio, our Regional Advisor.
2011 Speaker Handout Downloads (PDFs)
Handouts are only available to paid conference attendees.
To obtain the password, please contact Victoria Selvaggio at vselvaggio@windstream.netVIEW THE 2011 SCHEDULE
Includes full listing of Faculty Bios, Breakout Session Schedule and Manuscript Critique Genres. (PDF download)
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
Congratulations to the Illustrators selected as winners in the Calendar Art contest!
See the winning artwork or order a calendar.
Thank you to all those who donated children's books for the SCBWI Book Basket!
Our 2011 book basket was presented to Michael Rush, Director of Options for Families and Youth—a premier, non-profit, private child welfare agency serving children and their families in the Cleveland area. Licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services since 1989, Options serves youth in foster & adoption families, in the Help Me Grow program visiting vulnerable parents with young children, and in offering behavioral health services such as assessment and art therapies to heal early traumas. To learn more about this wonderful area agency, please go to their web site, www.ofycares.org.
Books are a wonderful interactive resource in strengthening children (from birth to age 21) and their parents. Michael Rush said the donated books will support the emotional bond in families and promote literacy. He added, “A child entering school with a 5000 word vocabulary has a major advantage over a child with a 500 word vocabulary. We are so pleased to be this year’s recipient of SCBWI’s books for children. We will see that they are well-used and read."
If you would like to nominate a School or organization for the 2012 book basket donation, please contact Victoria Selvaggio at vselvaggio@windstream.net
Sample artwork created during our Friday afternoon "Creating Time"
