Schedule
 
Illustrators' Intensive Schedule
Writers' Intensive Schedule
8:00am - 9:00am
  Registration, Coffee & Bagels
   
9:00am - 9:15am
  Welcome & Introduction
   
9:15am - 10:15am
  Opening Keynote
Susan Cooper
   
10:30am - 11:30am
  Morning Keynote
Robie H. Harris
   
11:45am - 12:45pm – First Pre-Assigned Genre Breakout Session*
   
  On Creating & Submitting:
 
A - Picture Books (for Writers) - Elizabeth Van Doren
B - Picture Books (for Illustrators) - Donna Mark
C - Middle Grade Series - Anamika Bhatnagar
D - Mass Market Series: Middle Grade to YA - Bonnie Bader
E - Fantasy - Mallory Loehr
F - Nonfiction and Fact-Based Fiction - Lynne Polvino
G - The Novel: Middle Grade & YA - Jennifer Hunt
H - Teen Novels - Ben Schrank
I - Jacket Art - Chad Beckerman
J - Graphic Novels - Mac McCool
   
12:45pm - 2:30pm
  Luncheon Keynote
Ann Brashares
   
2:45pm - 3:45pm – Second Pre-Assigned Genre Breakout Session*
  A - J Attend a second session from the list above.
   
4:00pm - 5:15pm
  What’s Selling Now: The Scoop from the Marketplace
Robert A. Brown
, Owner, Books, Bytes & Beyond
Ruta Drummond
, Children’s Book Buyer, Borders Group, Inc.
Mary Grey James, Lead Buyer, Ingram
Brian Monahan
, Buyer, Children’s Books, Barnes & Noble
Moderated by Susan Salzman Raab, President, Raab Associates, Inc.
   
5:30pm - 7:30pm
  Art Display & Silent Auction
with Wine & Cheese Reception
   
* On your Registration Form rank your top THREE session choices.
 

9:00am - 9:30am
  Presentation of Art Display Awards & Tomie dePaola Award
   
9:30am - 10:30am
  Morning Keynote
Brian Selznick
   
10:30am - 11:30am
  Continental Brunch & Publishers’ Exhibition
Enjoy this great opportunity to expand your knowledge of what's currently on the market. Peruse a sampling of publishers' most recent titles while enjoying a continental brunch.
   
11:30am - 12:30pm
  Closing Keynote
Katherine Paterson
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