Iowa

DATE: June 1, 2013
CONTACT: Connie Heckert, RA
LOCATION/TIME: Coralville Public Library 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

A one-day program for Published and Listed Members (PAL). Susan Salzman Raab, Raab Associates, Inc., will present a three-hour master class, "New Rules of Media Engagement."  Gary Metivier, evening anchor for KWQC-TV, graduate student at Hamline University, published author of Saluting Grandpa, school visits expert and father and husband, will offer a PowerPoint on time management. Jacqueline Briggs Martin will share her research journey for The Chiru of Tibet. Registration includes gourmet lunch and breaks. More information at www.scbwi-iowa.org

DATE: October 18, 2013 - October 20, 2013
CONTACT: Connie Heckert, RA
CHAPTER: Iowa
LOCATION/TIME: Airport Holiday Inn, Des Moines, Iowa

A Friday-Sunday program for writers and illustrators interested in moving their career forward. Michelle Poploff, Vice President, Executive Editor at Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House; Joanna Cardenas, assistant editor, Viking, a division of the Penguin Group, and Art Director Christine Kettner, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Inc. are making the journey to Iowa. More speakers to be announced. www.scbwi-iowa.org