DATE: March 31, 2012
CONTACT: Anna Myers
LOCATION/TIME: 9 AM - 5 PM, Oklahoma City, OK
OKLAHOMA SOCIETY OF BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS
SPRING CONFERENCE
EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
1815 SOUTH MERIDIAN, OKLAHOMA CITY
MARCH 31, 2012
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
SPEAKERS:
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Noa Wheeler, Editor, Henry Holt
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Maggie Lehrman, Senior Editor, Amulet/Abrams Books
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Krista Marino, Executive Editor, Delacorte
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Marietta Zacker, Agent, Nancy Gallt Literary Agency
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Jim Hoover, Art Director, Viking Books
*** Please note that all three of our editors come from closed houses that only accept agented submissions. However, for a specified limited time, they will accept manuscripts from our attendees.
Two New Opportunities This Year
1. CLOSED- MAX REACHED Illustrator Intensive: Working Hands-On with an Art Director: Real Assignment, Real Time with Jim Hoover, Art Director, Viking Children's Books
This year as part of the conference program, illustrators can participate in an Illustrator Intensive. Art Director Jim Hoover will assign a text to illustrate six weeks before the conference. Participants will have two weeks to produce a sketch. Jim will suggest improvements. Participants will then have three weeks to do a final illustration. Final artwork will be reviewed and critiqued in a group setting during the Intensive at the conference.
***Intensive is limited to ten. The Illustrator Intensive is included in the conference registration price. Indicate on registration form that you wish to participate. Conference registration fee MUST be received by February 13, 2012. Jerry Bennett, Illustrator Coordinator, will send specific details after registration is received.
2. Pitch session: Each attendee has the opportunity to submit a typed 60-word pitch summarizing their book. Pitches will be selected at random and read in front of the panel of speakers. We will read as many as time allows. Turn pitches in at the registration desk upon arrival at conference. Pitches will be anonymous.
Portfolio and Manuscript Critiques
A limited number of portfolio and manuscript critiques will be offered by the speakers. Details at www.scbwiok.org
For registration and other conference information visit www.scbwiok.org