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Linda Sue Park, this year's Newbery Winner, is the featured speaker at a writing for children conference for teachers, parents, writers and illustrators, to be held April 27, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. Cost is $95 prior to April 10. For complete details, e-mail writingforchildren@mail.com or call Jim Mengel at 614-291-8644… California State University San Bernardino is offering a summer course in writ-ing for children. Guest speakers include: Bruce Coville, Paula Danziger, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Harry Mazer, Tamora Pierce, Carol Thomas and Janet Wong. Registration forms are due by June 1. For information, contact the English Department at 909-880-5858 or write to instructor Alexandria LaFaye at alafaye@csusb.edu… For information on spring Highlights' workshops, as well as on their annual Chautauqua workshop, June 13-20, contact Maggie Ewain at 570-253-1192 or by e-mail: aewain@highlightsfoundation.org… The Children's Book Illustrator Group (CBIG) is an organization, formed in 1987, that sponsors work-shops and publications especially for illustrators of children's books. Annual fee is $35. For details, con-tact Elim Mak at 212-619-0410 or Eileen Whalen at 212-243-9221… The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship annually awards a $1500 scholarship to a "talented writer or illustrator of children's literature who wishes to use the Kerlan Collection for the furtherance of their artistic development." Applications are due by May 1. For an |
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bearing 55 cents in postage to the Kerlan
Collection, 113 Andersen Library, 222 21 st Avenue South, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455… Handling Art and Craft Materials
Safely is a new book by Monona Rossol. It features tips for protecting
artists. For more information, visit the publisher's website: www.allorth.com…
Digital Sounds Productions is an audio production company specializing in children's music. Rates run about $200 per runtime minute. For more on their services, visit their website at www.digitalsoundproductions.com… The Writer Magazine is offering a discount to SCBWI members who subscribe. Cost is $19.95 for the year. Call 1-800-219-6360 or go to www.writermag.com/promo and enter in the code i22v… Lisa Rosenthal is work-ing on a book for The Chicago Review Press about writing group participants and their experiences. She seeks essays from writers, poets and others, both published and unpublished. For details, send a query to wgb@ipgbook.com… A group of Mid-Atlantic SCBWI members have launched, Confetti, a new maga-zine for children. Submissions are limited to those who subscribe to the magazine for $10 a year. For details on the magazine and their submission procedures, visit www.confetti-celebration.com… |
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