Intensives |
Illustrators'
Intensive
for committed illustrators
for committed illustrators
Writers'
Intensive
SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT
Back by popular demand, this special one-day pre-conference event is intended for committed illustrators seeking to hone their craft and is available to full-time conference attendees for an additional fee of $125. The Illustrators’ Intensive is designed by the SCBWI’s Illustrators’ Committee and taught by leading illustrators, art directors, and designers.
This year’s program includes hands-on workshops and the critique of an illustration assignment, to be completed in advance of the workshop. Participants will receive the assignment with their registration confirmation letter. Space is limited, so be sure to register early! Please note: participants will be randomly assigned to workshop and critique sessions. We are unable to accommodate requests for specific instructors.
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| 8:00am - 8:45am | |
| Registration for Intensive Attendees ONLY | |
| 8:45am - 9:30am | |
| Illustrations
in Panels: Composing Graphic Novel Pages Mac McCool (aka Christian Hill) |
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| 9:45am - 11:45am | |
| Workshop—Narrative Illustration Act I: Who, What, Where | |
| 11:45am - 12:45pm | |
| Lunch Break | |
| 12:45pm - 2:15pm | |
| Workshop—Narrative Illustration Act II: How, When, Why | |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | |
| Moderated Critique Groups (critiques of pre-assigned work) | |
| 4:15pm - 5:00pm | |
| Thinking
in Pictures Betsy Lewin |
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Priscilla Burris has illustrated numerous books and materials for children, parents and teachers, as well as created art for products which include greeting cards, rubber stamps, and apparel designs. Priscilla's artwork and designs are developed both digitally and reflectively.
Pat Cummings is the author and/or illustrator of over 30 books, both fiction and nonfiction, from board books to young adult. She lives with her husband, Chuku Lee in Brooklyn, NY, and teaches children's book illustration and writing at Parson's School of Design. Currently, she is working on a sequel to Ananse and the Lizard and a nonfiction project with her father, Art Cummings. Her next picture book, Harvey Moon, Museum Boy, will be published by HarperCollins.
G. Brian Karas was born George Brian Karas in Milford, CT, in 1957. He is the prolific and versatile illustrator and writer of many children’s books including Atlantic, an American Library Association notable book, Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley, and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor title, Home on the Bayou. The New York Times describes his work as “...depicted in a childlike style that belies the sophistication of the drawings. Exquisite and moving in its subtlety.” He lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with his family.
Betsy Lewin graduated from the Pratt Institute and is the illustrator of over one hundred children’s books, three of them collaborations with her husband, Ted Lewin. Betsy's art is usually humorous, drawn in pen or brush with watercolor washes, as in Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. She also paints in a naturalistic style, as in Walk a Green Path, in which she expresses her love for the natural world through paintings and poetry. Betsy Lewin’s most recent books include Click Clack, Quackity-Quack; Click, Clack, Splish, Splash; Duck For President; and Dooby, Dooby, Moo by Doreen Cronin; and her own Animal Snackers and Cat Count.
Ted Lewin's career as an artist began with illustrations for adventure magazines, but over the last twenty years he has devoted full time to writing and illustrating children’s books. He is an avid traveler, and many of his books are inspired by trips to such places as the Amazon River, the Sahara Desert, Botswana, Egypt, Lapland, and India. Market! showcases markets around the world, from Uganda to Ireland to Ecuador. Ted Lewin’s most recent books include How Much?; The World’s Greatest Elephant by Ralph Helfer; High as a Hawk by Tom Barron; Tooth and Claw: Animal Adventures in the Wild; One Green Apple by Eve Bunting; and The Girl on the High-Diving Horse by Linda Oatman High.
Mac McCool (a.k.a. Christian Hill) has taught his passion -- the art of graphic novel -- at the UCF Film and New Media School, San Diego Comic-Con International, UCLA Extension, and many conferences. Having lived in Europe, he likes to share his knowledge of the vibrant “eurocomics” children’s market. The New York Society of Illustrators and the Laguna Art Museum recently exhibited Hill’s art. Hill teaches illustration and sequential art at California State University, Fullerton, and he volunteers with the National Association of Comic Art Educators.
Christopher Myers, award-winning illustrator and son of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers, is the artist of the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott Honor Book Harlem, written by Walter Dean Myers. Christopher Myers is a graduate of Brown University and his work has been shown in the Studio Museum in Harlem and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Myers began his children's book career doing research to help his father, and went on to illustrate the elder Myers' Shadow of the Red Moon. Myers' solo effort, Black Cat, was also a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. His most recent books include Wings, which he wrote and illustrated, and Blues Journey, Jazz, and Autobiography of My Dead Brother, written by Walter Dean Myers.
The WRITERS' Intensive has SOLD OUT.
The SCBWI is thrilled to present this new addition to the Winter Conference. The one-day Writers’ Intensive is intended for committed writers with submission-ready material and is available to full-time conference attendees for an additional fee of $125.
Those enrolled in the Writers Intensive will have the opportunity to have a writing sample of 500 words (a manuscript, an excerpt, or a synopsis) reviewed by two editors or agents during a morning and an afternoon small group critique session. Each two-hour critique session will consist of nine writers and one editor or agent seated at round tables. Each author will have 12 minutes to both read their 500 word sample AND receive feedback from everyone at the table. This is a unique opportunity for serious writers to present their work and get feedback from peers and decision-making professionals in the field.
PREPARE NOW! Read through our special SCBWI Publication on critique groups: The Give and Take of Critique by Linda Sue Park.
This special one-day pre-conference event is available for an additional fee to SCBWI members who are full-time conference attendees. Space is limited, so be sure to register early! Please note: participants will be randomly assigned to critique sessions. We are unable to accommodate requests for specific instructors or company representatives.
Writers' Intensive FAQs
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| 8:00am - 9:00am | |
| Registration for Intensive Attendees ONLY | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | |
| Panel—How to Receive and Evaluate Criticism | |
| 10:15am - 12:15pm | |
| Moderated Critiques Session I | |
| 12:15pm - 1:45pm | |
| Lunch Break | |
| 1:45pm - 3:45pm | |
| Moderated Critiques Session II | |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | |
| Panel—Revision: Where to Go From Here | |
Critique sessions led by and panelists include editors and agents from:
Bantam Delacorte Dell Books for Young Readers
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Dial Books for Young Readers
Dunham Literary
Dutton Children’s Books
Feiwel & Friends/Holtzbrinck
Harcourt Children’s Books
HarperCollins Children’s Books
Hyperion Books for Children
McIntosh & Otis
Scholastic, Inc.
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