scbwi wwa conference and retreat
Ugh and a half. I am making myself late for work like always. Mornings are my favorite time to work on my children's book related things and Monday mornings are full of woeful glances to my boyfriend and the microwave clock. It is especially painful this morning because I caught a glimpse of chompo blog's future design and it looks as scrumptious as any Cadbury product.
To those of you who have a backbone and have gotten rid of a day job that makes you cringe I salute you!
But if you are like me and you dream of a career involved with children's books AND you live in the Pacific Northwest I urge you to consider attending the 15th Annual SCBWI WWA Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference and/or the 3rd Annual Professional Illustrators Retreat.
I am helping with both events and it is a great year for nonpublished or lightly published illustrators to attend. We have G Brian Karas as our headlining illustrator. Ellice Lee, a great designer at Hyperion, will be reviewing portfolios and dummies at the retreat. Hyperion is normally a closed house but attendees of the conference or retreat will be allowed to send her their samples for a limited time. This could be the launching point for an illustrator's career! Lots of other hot names, too, so please do check out the link!
The conference and retreat are at the end of April. Conference registration is still open. AND we recently extended the illustrator's retreat deadline to April 7th so there is still time. All you need to apply for the retreat are five samples or a picture book dummy (no original artwork) to mail in --nearly painless!
No matter where you are I hope you'll consider joining your local SCBWI chapter. International is awesome and my local group is amazing. Our next monthly meeting is April 5th and one of my top five favorite new authors will be speaking. Kirby Larson's Hattie Big Sky should be in the hands of every young adult.
Okay! I'm officially late for work!
illustration courtesy of g brian karas, poster design by aaron hedquist
