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SCBWI NY17 Winter Conference Registration is Open!
Join us for #NY17SCBWI, the annual Winter Conference in NYC. Space is limited, so register now!
Click here to register.
This year's spectacular Keynotes include Bryan Collier, Tahereh Mafi and Sara Pennypacker.
Three stellar panels:
Children's Books in the Social Media World: A Panel of Influencers
Four Types of Picture Books: A Closer Look
The Current Landscape for Children's Books
As always this fantastic conference offers:
- Our acclaimed
Faculty of editors, agents and art directors will lead special breakout sessions
- Optional Friday intensives for writers and illustrators who want to dive deep into their craft
- Networking Gala
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Announcing New Home and July Date for Annual
We're excited to announce that the 46th and 47th annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles will be held at the JW Marriott at LA Live. This beautiful hotel is located directly next to LA Live, the premier downtown campus featuring sports and music venues, night clubs, restaurants, a bowling alley, museum and movie theaters.
IMPORTANT: 2017 SUMMER CONFERENCE DATES
General Conference: July 7 - 9, 2017
Optional Intensives: July 10, 2017
Plan ahead for this life-changing event! Registration will be open in early spring with more info coming soon. Save the dates!
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Book Blast Update
Book Blast is seeing tens of thousands of visitors going to both the traditionally and independently published book pages. In just the initial two weeks, over 20,000 page views and over 900 clicks on the "Buy The Book" button prove that readers are thoroughly engaged with Book Blast.
You can still join in if you'd like to purchase a page at $25USD for your book that has been or will be published in calendar year 2016. Book Blast runs through Friday, November 18.
We are also running incentive contests each week that reward all participants and viewers of Book Blast. We've awarded gift cards with matching donations to We Need Diverse Books, autographed books, and this week we'll award e-readers.
If you have a Book Blast page, keep promoting it on all social media platforms to drive traffic to the site. You'll benefit and so will all your SCBWI colleagues. Don't miss out on the fun and excitement of browsing, buying and enjoying new books via Book Blast!
Click here to get started.
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Winter Reading List
The PAL Winter Reading List is in the works and we look to have as robust and diverse an array of books as we had on the Summer list.
Over 1,100 entries from more than 300 publishers, this looks to be a list that will deliver books that entertain and educate to librarians, bookstore owners, teachers and parents.
It will be available for download on the website starting
November 15. Exciting plans are in the works to feature the PAL Reading Lists at ALA and other large-scale conventions. Stay tuned!
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SCBWI Exclusive with...
Alexandra Arnold, Editor
, HarperCollins
Alex Arnold is an editor at Katherine Tegen Books,
 acquiring middle grade and YA. She works with authors like Corey Ann Haydu, Kali Wallace, Brittany Cavallaro, Terra Elan McVoy, and Michelle Andreani and Mindi Scott. She is always on the lookout for diverse, authentic voices, characters that could step off the page, and atmospheric settings that make her feel transported. She would especially love to find a YA with a unique structure or narrative device (think
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak or T
he Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan); a feminist fairy tale or fable retelling in MG or YA; and both contemporary and historical fiction featuring diverse and underrepresented perspectives. Particular interests and soft spots include baseball, dogs, dark family magic, wry humor, and strong female friendship. You can find her on Twitter (@alexyarnold), and she keeps her
wish list updated on Tumblr.
What was your path to editing?
Well, it all started when I fell in love with reading, of course! I was a voracious reader from age five, and my mom writes children's books, too---she's a former SCBWI RA, in fact! I interned at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for a summer during college, and knew then that I'd pursue a job in editorial after I graduated. I spent a year as an editorial assistant on the adult side of the industry, but happily returned to kidlit when I got the job at Katherine Tegen Books. And I've been here ever since!
READ MORE
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Illustrator Info
Calling all Illustrators!
Enter the SCBWI Postcard Contest for a chance to be featured on SCBWI promotional postcards!
The four winners of this contest will have their kite-themed art featured on SCBWI promotional postcards used by both the SCBWI main office as well as all of the regions around the country and the world. You'll also receive a $50 gift certificate for art supplies, as well as exposure on our website and social media. Your name will be on the front of the postcard with your art.
To apply:
Anyone who is a member can apply, and unlike most of our other awards and contests, you may submit as many images as you like.
The image must be kite themed.
Send
Sarah Baker an email with your 5 x 7" or 7 x 5" image (as an attachment, not in the body of the email) and your name. Each submission must be sent in a separate email. If you are on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, include your social media handles in the email below your name.
Submissions must be high res (300dpi) jpegs.
Title the file with your first and last name, i.e. SnowWhite.jpg (If you submit more than one, title them SnowWhite1.jpg, SnowWhite2.jpg, etc.)
All submissions must be received by December 1, 2016.
For questions, write to
Sarah Baker. Good luck!
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On the Shelves
Malaprop's
Bookstore
In the wake of canceled author appearances in protest against North Carolina's swiftly passed bill barring transgender people from bathrooms and locker rooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates, Malaprop's Bookstore in Ashville, North Carolina, has continued to thrive as a beacon of the community. Owner Linda-Marie Barrett shares what's on the shelves.
What sets Malaprop's apart from other bookstores?
Malaprop's offers a unique combination of outstanding customer service and book selection. We bring in titles you won't find in many other stores, because we'll take risks in support of important literature. We carry many debut authors, books on controversial themes, and works in translation.
We also have an amazing, nationally-recognized author event program. We've worked hard to cultivate an audience for YA and MG author events, hosting panels featuring veteran and debut authors to appeal to a wider group of readers. We love bringing authors to schools, too. If children can't get to our bookstore, we'll make sure we can bring authors and their works to them.
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We want your photos! Tag us on Twitter/Instagram/ Facebook with pictures relating to kids or kids books. Use #scbwitribeshare and we'll choose new snaps each month to share.
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Ellen Braaf speaking at the Mid Atlantic Conference.
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Lin Oliver and Kwame Alexander at the SCBWI Mid Atlantic Conference.
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Draw This!
Draw This! is our monthly prompt word for illustrators. The October prompt was FRIGHT.
Congratulations to our winners!
November's prompt is . . . VOTE
Submissions for November will be up in our December gallery.
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Trish Heully
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Abbey Paccia
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Write This! October Winners
Write This! is moving to a sporadic schedule.
The winners from the October prompt are below.
The next prompt is Resolution:
As the year draws to a close, we want you to think about your goals and aspirations for 2017. Tell us your New Year's resolutions for 2017 especially as it reflects to your creative goals. Entries can be up to 200 words. We will post the top five in a special edition of the JANUARY Insight.
The first place winner will receive $100 gift certificate to the independent bookstore of their choice.
The October prompt
was: As we enter the fall season, we reflect on the many meanings of the word fall. For this month's prompt, provide a dramatic description of a fall---physical, emotional or spiritual. 125 words or less.
Winner: Carolyn Combs
I hop hop hop up to the opening and perch on the edge. "OoEEK," mother calls, "ooEEK, ooEEK." I launch my one-day-old self from the nest cavity into the air. Webbed feet and stubby wings spread-eagled, I plummet past the leaves of oaks, maples, hickories, plummet past the chirps of chickadees, finches, robins, plummet past the territories of squirrels, chipmunks, mice, plummet past a sleeping raccoon. Poof! I bounce in the leaf litter, righting myself before wood-duck waddling after my mother.
"OoEEK," I reply as we slide into the swamp. Home.
Winner: Sage McCann
There is a place where giants dwell, where secrets cannot hide. In the beginning they were everywhere, watching over creation. With broad limbs and deep roots, they testified in silence, keeping careful record of what had passed. They bore witness to the rise of man, and they watched his lust for dominance grow. For every year they took account, a ring was forged in their trunks, not in judgment but in remembrance of what took place. Yet man, desperate to erase the evidence of his sinful heart, felled the giants as he did his brothers. The few that remained banded together, sheltered between the mountains and the sea. All that took place is here, written in the trees, if only it wanted to be known.
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