September

September 11-12
REGION:  Ohio (Northern Ohio)   
CONTACT:  Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton

7th Annual Conference
Friday September 11, 6-10pm; Saturday  September 12, 7:45-5:30pm; Cleveland Airport Sheraton, 5300 Riverside Dr., Cleve., OH 44135; PH: 216-267-1500.  
“Children’s Writing & Illustrating: Cultivating New Skills, Reaping the Benefits.” Presentations and workshop by editors Elizabeth Bewley (Little Brown & Company), Margaret Miller (Bloomsbury), and Harold Underdown (author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books); Art Director, Tim Gilner (Boyds Mills Press); and Ohio authors like bestseller Cinda Williams Chima. Visit website www.nohscbwi.org  for details.

September 16
REGION:Ohio (Central / Southern)
CONTACT: Susan Bradley

Monthly Chapter Meeting
Upper Arlington Library, 2800 Tremont Road, Columbus, Ohio
Speaker: Query Letter Critique/Pitch Practice Session. Visit website for more details

September 25 - 27
REGION: Carolinas  
CONTACT: Teresa Fannin 

17th Annual Fall Conference
Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Durham, NC.
"Reach for the Stars". Speakers include Namrata Tripathi,  Atheneum Books for Young Readers and Bonnie Bader, Grosset & Dunlap/PSS, Penguin  Young Readers Group.