A NOTE TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2008 NEW YORK PORTFOLIO EXHIBITION:

This year’s private portfolio display at the New York conference drew quite an impressive crowd of art directors and editors from Simon and Schuster, Penguin Putnam Young Readers Group (all imprints), Houghton Mifflin, Clarion, Little Simon, Aladdin, Random House, Harper Collins, Hyperion, Truimph Learning, Schwartz and Wade Books, Boyds Mills Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Henry Holt, Little Brown and Company, Scholastic, Knopf, Delacorte Dell, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Arthur A. Levine Books, Abrams, Picture Windows Books, Lee and Low, Stone Arch Books, and agents from Writers House, Dystel & Goderich, Marie Brown Associates, Lindgren & Smith, Dunham Literary, and The Artist Network.

All commented on the top notch quality work that they saw. We can’t send you a specific list of names because those who attended asked that they not be inundated with hundreds of postcards. They did, however, assure us that they picked up cards of those illustrators who they felt were a good match for their respective houses.

We are thrilled to announce a new addition to the Pre-Conference Intensive for Illustrators. This is a fantastic opportunity for the illustrators who attend the Illustrators Intensive to have a private showcase of their work for members of the publishing community. Friday, February 8, 2008, there will be a private exhibition of attendees' portfolios for over 200 specially invited art directors, editors and agents from the children’s publishing houses in New York. The winners of this juried exhibition will receive cash prizes. In addition, one artist will receive the Tomie dePaola Award of $1000 in art supply gift certificates.

• Only participants in the Pre-Conference Intensive for Illustrators are eligible to submit a portfolio.

• You may submit one portfolio

• Size for portfolio: Book format portfolios, with or without plastic sleeves; pages may not be larger than 12” wide, due to table space allowance.

• No large and/or framed art allowed.

• No original art, please—quality reprints of your work only.

• Please remember to label the back of your portfolio with your name and your contact information.

• All artwork must be brought the East Promenade, 3rd Floor between11:30am and 12:30pm on Friday, February 8. All portfolios must be picked up by the illustrator on Friday evening between the hours of 7:00pm - 8:30pm. There is no secure place to store portfolios overnight, and the SCBWI cannot be held responsible for lost or damaged portfolios. Please make your own arrangements for portfolio pick-up if needed.

• You may include business cards or postcards (only one set permitted – up to 500) to be displayed in front of your work during the exhibition (maximum size of 5” x 7”). When you check-in your artwork on Friday, submit your cards either rubberbanded or in a disposable bag and the cards will be displayed on the table in front of your work. No card holders please — we cannot ensure their safety or return. All work will lie flat, no upright materials permitted.

• Questions about the Art Display? Please contact our Display Coordinator Priscilla Burris.