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.
Speakers and Presenters
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)
If you registered for a CEU and attended the full conference, you will be recieving your certificate soon.
2012 Calendar Contest
Congratulations to the Illustrators selected as winners in the Calendar Art contest!
See the winning artwork or order a calendar.
Book Basket
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"
©2010. Northern Ohio Society of
Children's Book Writers & Illustrators.
All images are property of the original artist/creator and may not be
reproduced without written permission of the owner.