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2005 Past Events
Our chapter is a busy one!
You may have missed some of
these 2005 events, but we hope you will attend future ones!
- October 7-9, Friday - Sunday, 2005
SCBWI-MI Fall Conference:
Finding Your Way Through the
Labyrinth
Adrian (75 miles SW of Detroit)
- Speakers:
- Bruce
Coville, author of 90 books for children
and young adults, including the international bestseller My
Teacher is an Alien and the wildly popular Unicorn Chronicles
series.
- Tanya
Dean, Editorial Director at Darby Creek
Publishing and author of more than twenty books for children.
- Bruce
Hale, author and illustrator of nearly
20 books for kids including the popular Chet Gecky Mysteries
series.
- Kelly
Milner Halls, author of 15 nonfiction
books, a single picture books and more than 1600 articles and
book reviews.
- Diana
Magnuson, illustrator of 77 books and
many textbooks.
- Michael
Stearns, Editorial Director and Manager
of Foreign Acquisitions at HarperCollins Children's Books; where
he edits a full range of books from picture books to teen novels.
Conference offers many opportunnities
for feedback on your work from editors and peers, and a variety
of events popular with our members, including manuscript and
portfolio reviews, and First Pages Submissions. There will be
Book Sales and a Silent Auction.
Please know
- Conferences sell out early
- Requests for reviews (manuscript, portfolio
and First Pages) will be filled by a lottery.
We strongly suggest:
1) Register for conference ASAP so that your registration
is received BEFORE the deadline of September 1.
2) Request a review and a First Page Submission that
will be received BY the deadline of August 15. This way,
you will be entered into each lottery and more likely to receive
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Accommodations: You will be staying
at the Weber Conference and Retreat Center. Conference fee includes meals and a room;
rooms are double occupancy only. If you require a private room,
register as a commuter and make your own reservation at an area hotel.
Conference fees:
$225 for SCBWI member
$265 for non-member
$140 for commuter
For complete information (there are
lots of details!), download the conference brochure in a pdf
file, print it, and read it carefully. If you have trouble accessing
the complete brochure from this website, please read What is a pdf file and how do I
download it?
SCBWI-MI 2005
Fall Conference Brochure with Registration Form.(a printable, pdf file).
Directions to the Weber conference and Retreat
Center
Still have questions? Contact Co-Chairperson Ruth
McNally Barshaw or phone her at 517-393-6218.
- August 21, Sunday, 2-5 PM
- Shutta's Schmooze
- Ann Arbor
- An annual favorite of members, Shutta Crum opens her cottage and welcomes you to chat,
laugh, snack and connect for three fun hours. She provides lemonade,
pop, water, plates and eating utensils. You provide a dish of
your choice or finger-food to pass.
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- If you've a new book out (or coming
out), bring any galleys, f&g's –or your new book, we'd
love to see it. If you've had an article or art published lately,
bring the newsletter or magazine in which it appears. If you've
only your smiling face to bring, that's okay. Do not underestimate
the value of a broad smile.
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- Shutta says "Bring any give-aways
you want to leave out for people to take, like old writing magazines,
publisher catalogs, etc. you want to clear out of your house."
And if you've any new or like new good books you'd like to donate
to an underfunded, in-need library, Shutta and her family help
support the Martin County Library in Kentucky, and will see that
your donation reaches them.
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- For directions to the Schmooze, questions
re book donations for the Martin County Library, contact Shutta
through her website, www.shuttacrum.com.
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