Conference Presenters and Session Topics

·   Harper Collins Editor Kristin Daly: “…The ABCs of Being an Editor” (Acquires Picture Books to Teen).

·   Sleeping Bear Press Editor Amy Lennex: “A Small Publisher Doing Big Things” (Acquires Picture Books)

·   Literary Agent Regina Brooks: “Working with an Agent” (For Authors, Illustrators, Photographers)

·   Illustrator Tim Bowers: “Humor in Illustration” / “What Does Your Tear Sheet Say About You?”

·   Author/Illustrator Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton: “…Plot in Picture Books”  / “Clean Teen & …Kid Books”

·   Author Dandi Daley Mackall: “Finding Your Voice” / “Clean Teen & Good-for-You Kid Books”

·   Author Brandon Marie Miller: “Queries, Book Proposals, Contracts” / “History Can Be Cool!”

·   Author M. LaVora Perry: “Promote It!: Keep Your Book In Print”

·   Historical Novelist Lynda Durrant: “Details Add Authentic Touch” / “The Satisfying Close”

·   Biographer Dawn Fitzgerald: “Picture Book Biographies” / “Sports Fans…Middle Grade Novels”

·   Playwright Maureen Brady Johnson: “Writing Dramatic Literature”

PLUS…

·   “Shop Talk”—3-Minute, Dinner-table Q & A, Critique, or Pitch Session with a Presenter* NEW!

·   Manuscript and Portfolio Critiques by an Editor, Agent, Author, or Illustrator*  **

·   Illustrator Showcase—for Saturday, full-day, illustrator participants

·   Enter Drawing to “Dine with the Stars” —Agent Regina Brooks, Editors Kristin Daley and Amy Lennex

·   CEU available***

*Friday event. Select your preference from a list of the conference presenters.

**Add $35.00 fee for a first-come, first-serve critique session. Register early—critique availability is limited.
***Add $15.00 fee for 1 CEU.

COST (SCBWI members get reduced rates. Join now at SCBWI.org)
Members:  Sat Only—$100      Fri + Sat—$130 (additional fees for critique, CEU, and/or late registration)
Non-Members:  Sat Only—$120      Fri + Sat—$150 (additional fees for critique, CEU, and/or late reg.)

Saturday Half-Day—Illustrators Only. No Critiques, Showcase, or CEU:  Members—$55.00   Non—$65.00

Conference Schedule
Fri Sept 5   6 – 10pm (Dinner)
Sat Sept 6   7:45am – 5:30pm
(Light Breakfast, Lunch,

REMAINING EGISTRATION DATES
August 4: Critique Session Items Due
August 15: Late Registration. $15.00 Fee
August 29: Registration Closed—No Refunds

REGISTER: Download mail-in form from http://www.NOHSCBWI.org. Or request an emailed or postal mailed registration form Jean, PH:  330-678-2900; EM: OhioSCBWIconference @ yahoo.com