DATE: June 23, 2012
CONTACT: Michelle Bradford
LOCATION/TIME: Lansing, Michigan at the State Library
SCBWI-Michigan SHINE 2 – 2012
Writers and illustrators will gather in one venue and breakout for two development sessions; craft training for writers; professional group critiques for illustrators.
Writer track includes a morning of essential info for those newer to the field. The afternoon will host authors Rhonda Gowler Greene and Shutta Crum as they speak on picture books, easy readers, and the structure and plot of novels respectively.
Illustration Idol: 15 minutes of fame
Art portfolios critiqued before a professional artist panel including 2012 mentor, Wendy Anderson Halperin. Space for art is limited but attendance for viewing only is open.