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SCBWI offers members support, information, and education at a local level. For New England residents, membership in SCBWI automatically confers membership in one of three New England regions at no additional fee.
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators offers members support, information, and education at a local level. For New England residents, membership in SCBWI automatically confers membership in one of three New England regions at no additional fee.
For more information on joining the SCBWI, click to www.scbwi.org.
New England is an active and busy region for writers and illustrators of children's books and magazines. Read on to learn about upcoming events, critique groups, workshops, conferences and more!
You may email me with suggestions, questions and concerns. The New England Regional Advisors want to keep New England SCBWI growing, active, and supportive for both aspiring and experienced writers and illustrators.
Marilyn Salerno
New England States Regional Coordinator
SCBWI Critique Groups are held, usually on a monthly basis, in communities throughout each region. Some groups meet in libraries; others, in homes. Each group is unique, shaped by the talents of the Critique Group Representative and the participants. An online list of SCBWI Critique Groups is updated frequently, and the New England Critique Groups Coordinator is available to help and advise prospective representatives on adding new critique groups to our network.
The New England SCBWI Email List is a great way to keep in touch with other members who have similar interests. It's also a great way to network, to find out about upcoming events and opportunities and changes in both SCBWI and the publishing industry in general. The New England SCBWI Email List is available to SCBWI members from anywhere in the world. Most announcements are about events in New England, but in our discussions we value the experience of all writers and illustrators for children.
An Email list, or listserve, is a way of communicating with a group of people via email. Instead of sending an email to one person and then seeing his or her reply, you can send an email to every member of the mailing list at once. These messages will be seen or received only by other members of the group--in this case, only SCBWI members who have subscribed.
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The New England NEWS is a bi-monthly newsletter of the three New England Regions. Each issue of The New England NEWS carries pertinent articles, announcements of classes, art shows, competitions, publishers needs and activities throughout the area. The achievements of our members are also highlighted, and your contributions are welcomed and encouraged.
In an often lonely and isolating business, The NEWS is a lamp of encouragement, hope, and support. If you are serious about your career, it is the key that can unlock many doors.
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CONNECTIONS is a database of New England SCBWI authors and illustrators who are available for school and library speaking dates. This list of names, descriptions of school visit programs and contact information will be emailed to subscribers twice a year, in September and June. There is no cost to either the authors/illustrators listing with us, or the subscribers receiving this information.
New England SCBWI offers an annual conference in the spring. Members receive reduced conference tuition. The content of the conference is a mix of presentations and workshops, designed to assist the novice and encourage the established professional. In addition, New England SCBWI organizes smaller events and workshops for writers and illustrators. Each New England region occasionally sponsors area workshops that give members opportunities to learn and to network with peers. These get-togethers range in scope from workshops on one aspect of producing children's books, to day tours, to "teas" hosted by bookstores for published New England SCBWI members.
Some of the faculty at the SCBWI New England 2008 Conference have agreed to make their workshop handouts and other resources available in digital form through this website, or through links on their own sites. As we receive those documents and links, we’ll upload them and update this announcement.
Join the Writers of Lower Fairfield on Saturday, June 7, 2008, from 3 – 5 p.m. as we welcome authors Nora Raleigh Baskin, Elise Broach, and Sarah Darer Littman.
Congratulations to the winners of the Illustration Poster Showcase at SCBWI New England’s 2008 conference!
Illustrators were invited to submit their best pieces on the theme "Take Flight," with winners selected by a jury of conference faculty on the basis of their storytelling, character, setting, color, focus, and composition. Entrants were divided into published and unpublished categories and People’s Choice prizes were awarded for entries selected by conference attendees.
Here are the winners and the randomized ballot numbers used for the anonymous judging:
Published 1st Place: Frank W. Dormer (#20)
Published 2nd Place: Kim Jacobs (#1)
Published 3rd Place: Wayne Geehan (#13)
Published Honorable Mention: Robert Squier (#14)
Unpublished 1st Place: Kelly Light (#47)
Unpublished 2nd Place: Brad Garman (#58)
Unpublished 3rd Place: Sam McCullough (#41)
Unpublished Honorable Mention: Kevin Gillespie (#66)
People’s Choice 1st Place: Kelly Light (#47)
People’s Choice 2nd Place: Jennifer Meyer (#5)
People’s Choice 3rd Place: Priscilla Alpaugh Cotter (#62)
People’s Choice Honorable Mention: Laura Foltz-Felice (#55)
We had a wonderful critique faculty at this year’s SCBWI New England conference! All of those publishing professionals agreed to accept submissions from conference attendees for a limited time, even if their company policies don’t normally welcome such submissions. They provided our conference organizers with descriptions of what they’re looking for and what they don’t need now.
This information is a perk of attending the SCBWI New England Conference, and will be available by email only to people who were at that event. We ask that it not be posted online or shared publicly in any other way.
The Imago Foundation for the Arts will host an exhibit titled “Words & Pictures: Rhode Island Celebrates Children’s Books,” from 21 February to 1 March 2008. The foundation’s Imago Gallery is at 16 Cutler Street in Warren, Rhode Island.
The exhibit features the work of children’s-book creators Mary Jane Begin, Christopher and Anika Denise, Jill Lamere, and Marlo Garnsworthy.
New Hampshire SCBWI member Lita Judge has been named a Gold Award winner in the 2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) for her book, One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II. Full results will be announced Nov. 1, 2007, in 40 regional parenting magazines across the country and online at Parenthood.com.
Congratulations, Lita!!!
One Thousand Tracings is Lita’s first picture book as author and illustrator. Her newest book, D is for Dinosaur, has just been released this month. For more information go to LitaJudge.com.
The British publisher Egmont is making a little media splash with its new imprint 2Heads. The imprint’s website describes its strategic advantage this way:
We consult children and parents throughout the creation, writing and illustration of the books to make sure our fiction series are the best they can be.On the one hand, that’s called “market research,” and it’s an aspect of most businesses that book publishing usually skips.2HEADS is different from any other imprint that currently exists because we believe that children should play a key role in shaping the series fiction that they really want to read. So we involve the readers and their parents in lots of different ways throughout the development and writing of our stories to ensure that every 2HEADS series really hits the mark with children.
Sharon Arts Center Galleries Presents:
The Power of Pictures: Celebrating New Hampshire Illustrators
Exhibition Open: May 4, 2007 - May 27, 2007.
Opening Reception: Friday May 4th, 2007 from 5:00-7:00 PM, public invited.
Lita Judge and Beth Krommes are New England SCBWI members.
“Take Flight” Poster Showcase Winners | 2008 New England Conference Registration Now Closed for Saturday | Congratulations on Sydney Taylor Honor Award | PEN New England Children’s Discovery for 2008 | SCBWI News Archive |
Speaking from the Heart: Three Writers on the Triumphs and Travails of Writing and Publishing for Children | 2008 Vermont Writers’ Retreat | 2008 Whispering Pines Retreat | Illustrator Master Class in Niskayuna, NY | SCBWI Events Archive |
Conference Followup - Handouts | “Take Flight” Poster Showcase Winners | Conference Followup - Submission Guidelines | 2008 New England Conference Confirmation List | Conferences Archive |
A Grim Picture of Bookselling | How Alloy Entertainment Got OPAL MEHTA | Funny ha ha? | Zusak BOOK THIEF for teens or adults? | Opinion Archive |
Cheerios® Launches Next Spoonfuls of Stories® Children’s Book Contest | Congratulations to Lita Judge | 2Heads Better than One? | The Class of 2k8 Seeks Next Year’s Authors | News Archive |
Launch Pad Magazine | Cheerios® Launches Next Spoonfuls of Stories® Children’s Book Contest | Editorial changes at Scholastic | Feiwel & Friends to launch this fall | Markets Archive |
Congratulations to Lita Judge | Peterborough, NH Exhibition - May 4-27, 2007 | “Aaahhh Summer” exhibit for NESCBWI member Sarah Alexander | Children’s Literature Conference - 14 April 2007 | Illustrators Archive |
“Words & Pictures” exhibit in Warren, RI | Peterborough, NH Exhibition - May 4-27, 2007 | “Aaahhh Summer” exhibit for NESCBWI member Sarah Alexander | Children’s Literature Conference - 14 April 2007 | Events Archive |
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