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CONFERENCE FLYER (PDF)

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Registration Form
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See this column for documents mentioned in the conference flyer!

WHY attend a conference (PDF).

MAPS to Johnson County Community College

SCHEDULE:
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NEARBY HOTELS & RESTAURANTS (PDF)

PRE-ORDER CONFERENCE
T-SHIRTS
Click here to see an image of the design on a black t-shirt. Shirts can also be purchased in light blue. Place your order on your conference registration form.

FRIDAY NIGHT: ACTIVITIES & HOW TO PREPARE
(PDF) - ILLUSTRATORS' SESSION SOLD OUT

FACULTY BIOS

HOMETOWN CELEBRATION
Limited marketing opportunity for published writers and all illustators. (MS Word)

QUESTIONS?
Questions about your registration? Contact Registrar Kim Peek.
Questions about the conference? Contact Regional Advisor, Sue Ford.

Manuscript Format
Standard manuscript format for submissions (MS Word)

ETIQUETTE
(MS Word)

Illustrations: Kate Barsotti

Kansas SCBWI is supporting Reach Out and Read® in 2007. Bring books for ages 5 and under to donate at our May 8th Quarterly Event or at our June 23rd conference. Or support this cause by purchasing bottled water or specialty handmade bookmarks* at the conference. Water will be $1 per bottle and the bookmarks, with book related quotes, $5. All profits will go to Reach Out and Read.

Reach Out and Read Kansas City makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric care so that children 6 months to five years of age grow up with books. The program helps families and communities cultivate early literacy skills so that children enter school prepared to succeed at reading. A special focus is placed on children growing up in poverty.

Children get to take home a free, new, developmentally appropriate book at every check-up from birth to five years. Books are also given to siblings and placed in hospital waiting rooms.

  • ROR-KC has 37 sites in the Kansas City metropolitan area
  • 80% of children served by ROR-KC live in poverty
  • ROR-KC serves over 20,000 children each year
  • Over 50,000 new books are distributed to children each year
  • Over 30,000 used books are distributed to siblings each year

    For more info.
 

2007 CONFERENCE

ducks in a row  
Get Your DUCKS In A Row  

D ialogue & description

U nique voice, pl0t & illustrations

C haracters, conflict & creative nonfiction

K eep at it attitude

S ubmission readiness

 		    

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Optional session: Friday evening, June 22nd

Carlsen Center
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS

Pre-Conference Event Schedule
June 22, 2007, Friday

Location

Faculty

6:30-9:00

Live Professional Critique – limited opportunity (24)

Carlsen 234

Rachel Orr, HarperCollins

Tanya Dean, Darby Creek Publishing

Michelle Andelman, Andrea Brown Literary Agency

7:00-9:00

Picturing Your Picture Book – limited opportunity (24) SOLD OUT

Carlsen 107 – Virginia Krebs Room

Sue Alexander, author

Hostess: Kim Peek
FRIDAY NIGHT: ACTIVITIES & HOW TO PREPARE (PDF)

Conference Schedule
June 23, 2007, Saturday

Location

Speaker(s)

7:45-8:15

Set – up

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8:15-9:00

Registration and Coffee

2nd floor lobby

8:30-8:55

Getting the Most out of Today

Carlsen 211

Jennifer Bailey

9:00-9:10

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Carlsen 211

Sue Ford, Regional Advisor

9:10-9:45

Duck, Duck, Goose – Morning Keynote

Rachel Orr, HarperCollins

9:45-10:05

The Inspirational History of SCBWI

Sue Alexander, the first SCBWI member

10:05-10:15

Break

10:15-11:25

Submission Readiness panel

Carlsen 211

Rachel Orr, HarperCollins

Tanya Dean, Darby Creek Publishing

Michelle Andelman, Andrea Brown Literary Agency

Moderator: Sue Ford

11:30-12:45

Lunch – pick up lunch in the 2nd floor lobby, eat in the lobby, or any of our meeting rooms

Doorprizes given at 12:00 in Carlsen 211 – YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN

12:30-12:55

End of Lunch Opportunities

Book Signing

2nd floor lobby

Hometown Celebration

Carlsen 107

Local Authors & Illustrators

1:00-2:10

BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 1

1 - A

Characters  & Conflict – part 1

Carlsen 211

Elaine Marie Alphin

1 - B

Creative Nonfiction

Carlsen 124

Tanya Dean

1 - C

Description Is a Verb

Carlsen 128

Dan Schwabauer

1 - D

Unique Illustrations – illustrators session

Carlsen 107

Laura Huliska-Beith

2:15-3:25

BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 2

2 - A

Characters  & Conflict – part 2

Carlsen 211

Elaine Marie Alphin

2 - B

Unique Voice

Carlsen 124

Rachel Orr

2 - C

Dialogue

Carlsen 128

Michelle Andelman

2 - D

Illustrators Portfolio Review – illustrators session –  limited opportunity (7)

Carlsen 107

Laura Huliska-Beith

3:25-3:35

Break

3:35-4:45

BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 3

3 - A

Unique Plots for Novels

Carlsen 211

Richard W. Jennings

3 - B

Unique Picture Books – what makes text illustratable and a page turner

Carlsen 124

Laura Huliska-Beith

3 - C

Keep-At-It Attitude

Carlsen 128

Sue Alexander

4:50-5:25

No More Dead Ducks – Closing Keynote

Carlsen 211

Tanya Dean

5:30-5:45

Clean-up

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