2012 Conference

SCBWI HOUSTON CONFERENCE 2012 which was held Saturday, March 31st through April 1st, was a huge success!

Featured -

  •  Amazing speakers including editors, author, art director, and agents
  •  One-on-one manuscript critique sessions with speakers and local authors
  •  Portfolio critiques and showcase
  •  Selection of Joan Lowery Nixon finalists (winner mentored by Newbery Honor Winner, Kathi Appelt)
  •  Book signings
  •  Mexican dinner social
  •  Silent Auction
  •  Door prizes
  •  Opportunities to network

Guest Speakers -

  • Dan Yaccarino, Author-Illustrator
  • Jen Rofé, Literary Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc.
  • Susan Sherman, Art Director, Charlesbridge Publishing
  • Heather Alexander, Editor, Dial Books for Young Readers
  • Jenne Abramowitz, Editor Scholastic
  • Kathleen Ortiz, Subsidiary Rights Director and Literary Agent Nancy Coffey Literary Agency & Media Representation
  • Connie Hsu, Editor, Little Brown Books for Young Readers

Criqitues by Houston Faculty-

Non-Fiction

  • Ana María Rodríguez

Middle Grade / Young Adult

  • Sherry Garland
  • Joy Preble
  • Sarah Cloots

Picture Books

  • Kathy Duval
  • Warren Hanson

Information about the speakers is available in the SCBWI HOUSTON CONFERENCE 2012 Packet.

Joan Lowery Nixon Memorial Award

The Joan Lowery Nixon Memorial Award was established to honor the writer who so generously shared her time and talents with our members. Joan volunteered to mentor a writer whose manuscript submitted for the SCBWI-Houston conference was deemed nearest publication. Following Joan’s death in 2003, Kathi Appelt, Newbery honor winner for The Underneath, graciously took over the role of mentor.

Each speaker will choose one manuscript that they think is closest to publication. Kathi Appelt will select one of the seven manuscripts and mentor the writer for a year. This is an incredible opportunity! To learn more about the Kathi, please visit www.kathiappelt.com.

To sign up as an auction participant, be sure to mark Silent Auction on the Registration Form. Birdhouses will be provided by SCBWI-Houston, and will be available for pick-up at the monthly meetings. If you cannot attend the meetings, feel free to purchase a birdhouse on your own from Michael’s (or another craft store) as they are only around four or five dollars. SCBWI can reimburse you if needed. For further questions, please email Illustrator Coordinator, Diandra Mae at scbwi.hic@gmail.com.

Sunday Intensives

Also new this year, The Houston Regional Conference offered two Sunday Intensives, one for authors and one for illustrators.

The sold-out author track was moderated by Heather Alexander. Heather’s intensive was called Voice Lessons: Making Your Manuscript Sing, and included exercises about the difference between authentic and inauthentic sounding voice in both narration and dialogue.

The illustrator track was moderated by Dan Yaccarino. Dan’s intensive, From Inspiration to Publication: The Essentials of A Picture Book Dummy, was open to both authors and illustrators.

We hope you can all join us next year for our Houston SCBWI Conference 2013.

 

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