Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place
(413) 781-1010
One Monarch Place
Springfield, Massachusetts 01144
If you 'registered' prior to 11am on Feb 6th and your conference confirmation # is LESS THAN 52039096, then please contact us immediately at reg.nescbwi @ gmail (.) com!
Saturday, March 23, 2013, 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road, Amherst, MA
For additional information and registration form, Click Here.
Questions: Email mas@melissa-stewart.com.
]]>Entries are due by Friday, December 14th, 2012 with a winner selected by January 9th, 2013.
Tomie says: "I'll repeat myself, again. I want to be surprised, excited and - VERY jealous. I want to see an image, a style, a vision that I've never seen before - all in glorious black and white! Good luck and don't forget, I'm on your side!"
]]>You can register online at www.SCBWI.org or by phone (323-782-1010).
]]> (Optional) Intensives on February 1Conference Tuition:
Basic Tuition includes all conference workshops & events on Saturday and Sunday, February 1st and 2nd, the Gala Party on Saturday night (includes cocktail food and a drink ticket), and bagels, tea and coffee each morning.
Tuition does not include the Pre-Conference intensives on Friday, February 1st.
Early Registration (Before January 1st):
$380 - SCBWI Member Registration
$480 - Non-member Registration
Regular Registration (January 1st and thereafter):
$415 - SCBWI Member Registration
$580- Non-Member Registration
Intensives:$225 each
NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY SELECT ONE INTENSIVE AND YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE CONFERENCE IN ORDER TO REGISTER FOR AN INTENSIVE
Portfolio Showcase
$50 Portfolio Fee to participate in Friday Night Private Portfolio Showcase. No fee to those enrolled in the Illustrator Intensive.
Venue Information:
GRAND HYATT NEW YORK
109 East 42nd Street (at Grand Central Terminal)
New York, NY 10017
(212) 883-1234
Special SCBWI Room Rate: $239, single or double occupancy (limited rooms available so book quickly! ) Includes free in-room internet.
REGISTRATION OPENS AT 10AM PDT OCTOBER 19TH
How to register:
You can register online at www.SCBWI.org or by phone (323-782-1010). You must be a current SCBWI member at the time of registration to be eligible for the member's discount.
Full conference schedule and more details will be available shortly. Keep checking our website!
See you in February!
March 21-23, 2013 (Thursday-Saturday)
This retreat, limited to 28 full time participants, is an opportunity to work intimately with professionals in an idyllic setting. Three Day/Overnight registration includes accommodations and meals. You will have the opportunity to work with others who are committed to quality children's literature in small groups and will also benefit from a thirty minute one-on-one critique with your mentor. You will also enjoy all of our mentors' presentations (Friday and Saturday), an intimate after dinner Q&A session, Team Kid Lit Jeopardy (no pressure!) with amazing prizes, and a bonfire/s'mores making extravaganza.
For more information, see these Whispering Pines web pages.
]]>For this event, NE-SCBWI teams 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 hot buffet lunch.
For information and a simple registration form, go to 2012Encore.pdf, print it, fill it out, and mail it in. For additional information on the workshops and presenters use the following links:
The registration deadline is October 15th.
]]>When: Saturday, September 29, 2012
Time: 9:30-4:30
Where: Emma Blood French Auditorium (The French Building) on the New Hampshire Institute of Art campus in Manchester, NH.
Click here for a map.
Keynote speaker: Melissa Sweet
Denise Ortakales, Illustrator Coordinator
711 Shore Drive, Laconia, NH 03246
Overcoming Challenges: A Program for Writers and Illustrators
Saturday, October 6, 2012, 10:00 - 3:30
Four authors and author-illustrators participate in a two-part program that addresses the challenges we all face as writers and illustrators of children's book. A book sale and signing will round out the day.
]]> Anna Dewdney lives in a very old house in Vermont. She has two daughters and three very muddy dogs. Anna is best known as the author/illustrator of the Llama Llama books, a series about the challenges of being a small person.A lawyer by day and author/illustrator by night, Greg R. Fishbone is the author of two middle-grade novels: Penguins of Doom and Galaxy Games: The Challengers, the first book in a trilogy. Greg is also the NE-SCBWI webmaster.
Jeff Mack spent his early years in Upstate New York setting booby traps for his siblings and drawing monster comics on his math homework. Now in Western Massachusetts, he writes and draws children's books full-time.
Nancy Poydar has illustrated more than 45 picture books and is the author of 16 titles. Before becoming an author -illustrator, Nancy was a classroom teacher for 14 years. Her influences include Little Lulu comic books and her grandchildren.
For additional information, directions, and registration form, click here.
Questions: Email mas@melissa-stewart.com.
]]>Tomo: Friendship through Fiction
Friday, March 23rd from 6:30-8pm at
Boston Children's Museum
2nd Floor The Commons
308 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
$1 admission, RSVP Requested
Tomo, meaning "friend" in Japanese, is a collection of short stories and graphic art for readers age 12 and up, contributed by authors and artists from around the world, all of whom share a connection to Japan.
Editor Holly Thompson (a Massachusetts native), Boston's own Tak Toyoshima ("Secret Asian Man") & other contributors will share their stories and help museum guests write or draw their own letters of support to teens in the hardest hit areas of Japan.
Books will be available for purchase, & proceeds from sales go to the Japanese NPO Hope for Tomorrow.
]]>Theodor Geisel (aka "Dr. Seuss") was born and grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. The influence of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Drawings of Horton the Elephant meandering along streams in the Jungle of Nool, for example, mirror the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park. And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street is filled with Springfield imagery and, importantly, was the first children's book Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated. It was rejected more than twenty times before being published by Vanguard Press - a fact for all of us to keep in mind as we dive into the 2012 NESCBWI Conference here in "The City of Firsts!" (source: www.seussville.com)
]]> As New England's 4th largest city, there is much going on in Springfield. So if you want to take a break, let the conference sink in, or dine with friends, Springfield offers many culturally diverse options!DINING
Italian
Cajun
German
American
Vietnamese
Mexican
Indian
Middle Eastern
PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
The Museum Quadrangle - 21 Edwards Street, 1-800-625-7738
The Quadrangle - a campus of five museums surrounding the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden. Admission to the Quadrangle includes admission to all museums:
Club Quarter
A grouping of 60 clubs, bars, and Restaurants around Stearns Square, Worthington and Main Streets. LGBT and dance clubs are integrated with hip-hop, rock, jazz and blues clubs.
Forest Park - Sumner Avenue, 413-787-6434,
Forest Park is one of the United States' largest urban parks (at 735 acres) and also one of its most historically important urban parks. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted - the famed designer of New York City's Central Park - Forest Park is nearly as large, and similarly diverse. Amenities include the Zoo at Forest Park, which features many exotic animals; the United States' first public swimming pool (1899;) numerous playgrounds; an ice-skating rink; a formal rose garden; the 31 acres Porter Lake, which features fishing and paddle-boating; 38 tennis courts; numerous basketball and bocce courts; lawn bowling fields; Victorian promenades and water gardens; dozens of hiking and walking trails; an aquatic park; numerous sculptures; and the Carriage House of Springfielder Everett Hosmer Barney, the man who invented the ice skate and popularized the roller skate during the 19th century.
Basketball Hall of Fame - 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue, 413-781-6500
A shrine to the world's second most popular sport. Built beside the Connecticut River it features numerous restaurants.
Mulberry Street
The street featuring the house that inspired Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
Connecticut River Walk Park
The Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway includes 3.7 mile stretch along the Springfield riverfront which provides outstanding opportunities to bike, run, walk or rollerblade in view of stunning scenic vistas of the Connecticut River, the Springfield city skyline, and Memorial Bridge. The river walk passes through Springfield's Riverfront Park and offers direct access to the Basketball Hall of Fame via a pedestrian bridge.
So they went along and went along until they met Turkey Lurkey
"Good morning, Goosey Loosey, Ducky Daddles, Cocky Locky, Henny Penny,
and Chicken Licken," said Turkey Lurkey, "where are you going?"
"Oh, Turkey Lurkey, the sky is falling and we are going to tell the King!"
"How do you know the sky is falling?" asked Turkey Lurkey.
"Ducky Daddles told me," said Goosey Loosey.
"Cocky Locky told me," said Ducky Daddles.
"Henny Penny told me," said Cocky Locky.
"Chicken Licken told me," said Henny Penny
"I saw it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears,
and a piece of it fell on my tail!" said Chicken Licken.
"Then I will go with you," said Turkey Lurkey, "and we will tell the King!"]]>
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 10:00 - 3:15
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road, Amherst, MA
Are you feeling unsure of your path after publication?
Do you wonder how best to handle the promotion of your book?
Many children's book creators are supplementing their publisher's book promotion efforts with the advice and tactics of marketing consultants. Is this the right step for you?
Listen to authors and illustrators discuss their relationship and work with their marketing partners, Deborah Sloan and Kirsten Cappy. Then ask question of your own.
For additional information and registration form, 2012-1 Carle Flyer.pdf.
Questions: Email mas@melissa-stewart.com.
Please mark your calendars now for our upcoming event designed for everyone who loves literature for young people (and the authors and illustrators who create it!) titled "The Exquisite Conversation: An Adventure in Creating Books," to be held Saturday, December 3 at 1:00 PM in the Kresge Auditorium (48 Massachusetts Avenue) at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This special presentation is co-sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library and The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance.
This lively and informative event will feature a panel of our nation's most gifted storytellers and illustrators. A discussion of the rollicking episodic story game The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (Candlewick Press) will quickly evolve into a fascinating conversation about creative writing, narrative illustration, and the creative process! Who knows, we may even explore Andre Breton and the wild and crazy Surrealists who inspired our exquisite game!
Thanks! I look forward to seeing you there!
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