In all the hurry to prepare for New York this week I almost forgot the due date for the Don Freeman Memorial grant. This is just one of the great grants that SCBWI provides to its members. I know some states have lots of grants for artists, but Washington's artist grant process is a little confusing and daunting. The children's book specific grants available through SCBWI are totallly cool. You can only apply for one per calendar year. There are lots left for THIS calendar year, so go check them out!

And above is the final outlined version of the illustration I was working on earlier. Hopefully more spreads will be up on the blog this week.

Jaime