Conference Key Dates

8/2: Early Bird Conference Registration OPENS at 7pm
8/22: Publication Celebration & Conference Bookstore Form DUE for anyone with a book that released between Sept. 2023- Sept. 2025
8/23: Portfolio Prep Event with Christie Megill
8/26: Preconference Manuscript Prep Event via Zoom with Gloria G. Adams & Jean Daigneau

9/1: Early Bird Conference Registration CLOSES
9/1: Last day to purchase critiques
9/1: Manuscripts/Dummies for Faculty Critiques DUE
9/1: Accessibility and Dietary Needs Form DUE
9/1: PRECONFERENCE Pitch Party PREP Submission Form DUE
9/2: Cut-off Date for submitting illustration postcards for distribution to faculty
9/9: Pitch Party PREP Event with Merrill Rainey
9/12: Last day for SCBWI Ohio North room block prices at the Cleveland Marriot
9/22: Conference Registration CLOSES
9/22: Friday Night Conference Pitch Party Submission Form DUE
9/25: Last Day for full conference refund (No refunds on critiques)
9/26: Session 3C: Getting Started in Middle Grade with John Rudolph Form DUE (for conference attendees registered for breakout session 3C)

10/3- ⭐Friday Afternoon Intensives (1:00-4:00 pm) Mix & Mingle Dinner and Pitch Party
10/4: ⭐Full-day Saturday CONFERENCE