For this event, SCBWI New England is teaming with the Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature (ASTAL) at Rhode Island College in Providence. The registration fee of $50 includes a continental breakfast and buffet lunch.

For information and a simple registration form, 2010Encore.pdf, print it, fill it out, and mail it in. Additional information on the workshops and presenters is below. The registration deadline is October 15^th. ]]> tag:www.nescbwi.org,2010://1.508 2010-08-22T02:38:15Z 2010-08-22T02:42:43Z

Speakers' Bios

J. L. Bell is a writer, editor, and historian. For young readers, his published work includes the nonfiction book Soap Science, historical articles, and short stories. As an acquiring and freelance editor he has worked on a wide range of books, including two New York Times bestsellers and a National Book Award winner. He has presented workshops on the craft of writing at SCBWI New England conferences and ENCORE! sessions, and reviewed books for The Horn Book and the New England Quarterly.
www.ozandends.blogspot.com

Jo Knowles is the author of the young adults novels Lessons From A Dead Girl, Jumping Off Swings, and Pearl (coming Spring 2011). Her books have made numerous lists, including YALSA Quick Picks, BBYA, New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age and Bank Street College's Top Children's Book. She teaches writing for children in the MFA program at Simmons College (via the Eric Carle Museum).
www.joknowles.com

Lisa Papademetriou is the author of numerous books for young readers, from picture books to literary novels for young adults. Her titles include the Accidentally Fabulous series, Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me (a Family Fun Best Book of the Year), and the New York Times bestselling Rani In the Mermaid Lagoon. Lisa has worked in an editorial capacity at Scholastic, HarperCollins Publishers, and Disney Press. 2011 will see the publication of her YA novel, Siren's Storm. For more of Lisa's titles and reviews, check out her Website.
www.lisapapa.com

Yolanda (LeRoy) Scott is editorial director at Charlesbridge. She has edited over 100 titles and has worked with authors such as Eve Bunting, Tony Johnston, Kathryn Lasky, David McPhail, Linda Sue Park, Jane Yolen, and the late Martha Alexander. She is a former executive board member of the Foundation for Children's Books and the founder of Pubs in Pubs, a networking organization for children's publishing professionals. She is a frequent speaker at writer's conferences and represented US publishers on a panel at the 2008 SCBWI Bologna Biennial Conference in Italy. She has been a children's literature speaker and mentor at Boston College and Simmons College and was a judge for the 2008 and 2010 Boston Public Library Children's Writer-in-Residence Program. When Yolanda isn't editing, she performs as a singer and actress in the Boston area.
www.charlesbridge.com

Melissa Stewart is the award-winning author of more than 100 nonfiction books for young readers and a member of the SCBWI Board of Advisors. Her picture book, Under the Snow, was a Charlotte Zoltow Award Highly Commended Title, a Massachusetts Book Award Nominee, a Maine Chickadee Book Award Nominee, and a New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award Nominee.
www.melissa-stewart.com

As always, the conference will have a strong focus on craft. We will also celebrate history and traditions in SCBWI, in our stories and artwork, and in our lives. Let's set aside a weekend to celebrate large accomplishments, tiny steps along the way, and milestones yet to come. 

This is one of the largest regional SCBWI conferences, and we welcome proposals from everyone. We also encourage artists and writers of color, those who are differently abled, and others from underrepresented groups to propose conference workshops.

Conference Dates: Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon, May 13th-May 15th, 2011

Conference Location: Courtyard Marriott, Fitchburg, MA

To Submit a Proposal: Please complete a conference proposal form. Separate submissions are required for multiple presentations or workshop/intensive versions of the same presentation.

Proposal Due Date: September 20, 2010

Presenter Notification Expected: November 1, 2010

Types of Presentations: 55-minute workshops; 120-minute intensives

55-minute workshops

What are we looking for?

• Presentations that relate to our conference theme.
• Presentations that last 55 minutes in their entirety. When planning, leave time for participant questions and any required audiovisual setup.
• A range of presentations for all SCBWI members, including illustrators and writers in all genres.
• Leveled presentations. We are not trying to find one presentation that everyone can attend. Instead, presenters should direct material toward a specific experience level. For example, an "advanced" illustration presentation should not begin with "Why you should carry a sketch book," and a "beginner's" writing workshop should not address marketing a contracted novel. 
• Focused presentations with clear learning outcomes. This could mean a specific genre, style, area of craft, art media, etc. Plan the presentation thinking, "I want participants to come away having learned these three things."
• A balanced combination of lecture-style presentations and hands-on workshops.
• Presentations with information that participants can take back to their desks to ponder and play with. 
• Presentations that include a range of examples rather than drawing solely from the presenter's experience or body of work.
• Presenters who are published members of SCBWI, as well as editors, agents, MFA graduates, and other industry professionals. Past presentation experience is appreciated.

120-minute intensives

Intensive proposals should meet all of the criteria listed above for 55-minute workshops. Also consider the following:

• Two hours are provided, so plan exercises or some interactive element in the workshop. An intensive should not only be a lecture.
• Past presentation experience and in-depth knowledge of the topic are required.
• Partner presentations are welcome.

Note: If you apply to present a 55-minute workshop or a 120-minute intensive and we feel your presentation may better fit the other format, we will let you know!

Selection Criteria and Topics

Every year SCBWI New England receives many excellent proposals, more than can fit into a conference schedule. Therefore, we must choose on the basis of experience, quality, variety, novelty, attendant costs, and other factors. Please use the NESCBWI Workshop Rubric for more explicit selection criteria and standards.

The following presentation topics were suggested by 2010 conference participants. If you are an expert on one of these topics, we would love to see your proposal.

• Publishing 101 session for authors or illustrators
• Advanced craft session (revision, conflict)
• Hands-on workshop: tools, techniques, tips, dialogue, pacing etc.
• Graphic novel intensive (for writers and/or illustrators)
• Gesture and emotion for illustrators
• Hands-on photoshop or IT for illustrators
• School and library visits and promotion
• State of the industry overview
• Social networking
• Writing nonfiction articles and short stories
• Writing intensive, hands-on workshop
• Mystery writing
• Creative writing courses in the New England area
• Game plan for leaving a full time job to become a freelancer

An event for published authors and illustrators of books for children

Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10:00 - 2:30

Managing Your Online Presence:
Websites, Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and More

Speakers: Mitali Perkins and Deborah Sloan

Worried your publisher can't do enough to get your work noticed? Feel constrained when it comes to time, money, or technological know-how? Learn some simple tips to streamline your use of websites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, videos, and other online promotional tools.

Mitali Perkins is the author of Rickshaw Girl (Charlesbridge) and Secret Keeper (Delacorte). She has taught seminars on author branding and online promotion at various writers' conferences.

Deborah Sloan connects books and readers through her marketing and promotion firm Deborah Sloan and Company, her Picnic Basket blog for teachers and librarians, and the newly created KidsBuzz.

Schedule:
10:00-10:30 Registration and Networking
10:30-12:00 Presentation and Group Discussion, Part 1
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Networking
1:00-2:30 Presentation and Group Discussion, Part 2

Location:
Hartman Hall, Acton Congregational Church
12 Concord Rd., Acton, MA
$35.00 for SCBWI members, $45.00 for non-SCBWI members
Box lunch provided. Bring your own coffee or tea.
Limited to 50 participants

Click here for a registration form.

Directions:
From the south and west:
Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn left onto Route 111. After about 3.5 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. Turn right onto Concord Rd. at the town green. The church is on the left. The parking lot entrance is just past the church.

From the north:
Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn right onto Route 111. After about 4 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. Turn right onto Concord Rd. at the town green. The church is on the left. The parking lot entrance is just past the church.

From the east:
Take Route 2 to Exit 42. Turn right onto Route 27/Main St. Turn right onto Concord Rd. at the town green. The church is on the left. The parking lot entrance is just past the church.

Questions? Email Melissa Stewart.

AND

Passion and Process vs. Product and Promotion: A Group Discussion

Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10:00 - 2:30, in Acton, Massachusetts

An event for published authors and illustrators of books for children

• To share ideas, triumphs, and struggles
• To discuss what SCBWI-NE can do to help us as published members
• To grow as artists
• To be inspired by experts in the field
• To get connected

The topics for the 19 September Salon are--

Taking Your School Visits to the Next Level: Q&A with Two School Visit Coordinators

Two experienced school visit coordinators describe their idea of the perfect author/illustrator visit and offer advice for making your programs better than ever.

Passion and Process vs. Product and Promotion: A Group Discussion

Passion led us to become authors and illustrators and we spend hours of time creating our works, but sending them out into the world is a job most of us weren't expecting. We will discuss how to balance time spent making books and time spent marketing them.

Schedule:
10:00-10:30 Registration and Networking
10:30-12:00 Presentation and Group Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Networking
1:00-2:30 Presentation and Group Discussion

Location:
Faulkner Room, Acton Town Hall
472 Main St., Acton, MA (directions below)

Fee:
$35.00 for SCBWI members, $45.00 for non-SCBWI members.
Lunch and beverage included. Bring your own coffee or tea.
Limited to 50 participants, Attendees must have at least one book for children in print and qualify as a PAL (Published And Listed) member of SCBWI. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. No confirmation notifications will be sent to attendees. If the program is full when your registration arrives, you will be notified by email and your check will be destroyed.

Click here to download the registration form. Email questions about the event to the registrar.

Directions:
From the south and west:
Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn left onto Route 111. After about 3.5 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

From the north:
Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn right onto Route 111. After about 4 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

From the east:
Take Route 2 to Exit 42. Turn right onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

The conference will be held in Los Angeles, CA from August 7-10, 2009.

Registration begins May 5th!

Salons are gatherings for published authors and illustrators of children's books...

• To share ideas, triumphs, and struggles
• To discuss what SCBWI-NE can do to help its published members
• To grow as artists
• To be inspired by experts in the field
• To get connected

The next New England SCBWI Salon will be Saturday, June 6, 2009, 10AM - 1PM with author Mark Peter Hughes and author-illustrator Brian Lies. After describing their own experiences, Mark and Brian will lead a group discussion of the ups and downs of promoting children's books.

Following the publication of his young adult novel, Lemonade Mouth (Delacorte, 2007), Mark Peter Hughes and his family set off on a cross-country book tour/summer adventure, which he described in a series of fun and zany blog entries. Did the trip live up to his expectations?

Brian Lies has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1989. He and his wife had already begun to implement a marketing plan for Bats at the Beach (Houghton Mifflin, 2006), but when National Public Radio's Daniel Pinkwater gave a glowing review, Brian became "an overnight success." Find out what this experience taught Brian and how it changed his own creative promotional campaign.

Schedule:

10:00-10:30 Registration and Networking
10:30-12:00 Presentation and Group Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Networking

Cost:

$20.00 for SCBWI members, $30.00 for non-SCBWI members

Lunch and beverage included. Bring your own coffee or tea.
Limited to 50 participants

Location:

Faulkner Room, Acton Town Hall
472 Main St., Acton, MA

View Larger Map

From the south and west:

Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn left onto Route 111. After about 3.5 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

From the north:

Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn right onto Route 111. After about 4 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

From the east:

Take Route 2 to Exit 42. Turn right onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

Registration Form:

Questions?

Email mas@melissa-stewart.com.

• To share ideas, triumphs, and struggles
• To discuss what SCBWI-NE can do to help us as published members
• To grow as artists
• To be inspired by experts in the field
• To get connected

Saturday, March 14, 2009, 10 -1
Building a Career as a Children's Author/Illustrator
Speakers: Author Nancy Werlin and author-illustrator Nancy Poydar

Can you make a living writing and/or illustrating books for children? Two seasoned professionals describe their experiences and lead a group discussion of this topic.

During her 18-year career in publishing, Nancy Poydar has illustrated more than twenty picture books. She is the author-illustrator of thirteen additional titles, including Zip, Zip . . . Homework (Holiday House, 2008) and the beloved First Day, Hooray! (Holiday House, 1999).

Schedule:
10:00-10:30 Registration and Networking
10:30-12:00 Presentation and Group Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Networking

Location:
Faulkner Room, Acton Town Hall
472 Main St., Acton, MA
$20.00 for SCBWI members, $30.00 for non-SCBWI members
Lunch included, limited to 50 participants

Directions:
From the south and west:
Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn left onto Route 111. After about 3.5 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

From the north:
Take I-495 to Exit 28. Turn right onto Route 111. After about 4 miles, turn left onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

From the east:
Take Route 2 to Exit 42. Turn right onto Route 27/Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the town green.

Click here for a Registration Form.

Questions? Email mas@melissa-stewart.com.