Nonfiction has evolved over recent years. Come learn about nonfiction subgenres, recently published nonfiction books and the ups and downs of writing nonfiction.
May Meeting: Exploring Kidlit Nonfiction with Angela Turner
If you mainly write fiction, have you ever considered writing nonfiction stories for kids? Kidlit nonfiction has evolved over the past decade. During this presentation we will look at the five sub-genres of kidlit nonfiction, look at examples of recently published kidlit nonfiction for the trade market and discuss the ins and outs of writing nonfiction.
About Our Guest Speaker
Angela Turner has been a science teacher in the classroom for over thirty years teaching students from fifth grade through most of the science courses of high school. Sharing her love of science and nature gives her joy so now she is working to share science stories with children through picture books. So far she has published an article in ASK magazine and some stories in Step Up To STAAR test prep materials. You can find her at www.angelaturner.org.
General Meeting Information
Our meetings are free and open to the public. We encourage you to invite members of the Brazos Valley writing community to join us!
Our regional meetings feature guest speakers sharing writing and illustration tips as well as industry news and social time for members to meet and network. Meetings are preceded by a gentle critique (see below). Meetings are streamed via Zoom and available for replay. Login details and replay links are available on each meeting's event page.
Meeting times:
Last Wednesday of each month (minus July, Nov & Dec)
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Gentle manuscript critique
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker/featured activity
12:30 p.m. - Social time followed by lunch at a local restaurant (meal not covered by SCBWI)
Location:
Zoom and in person at The Arts Center of the Brazos Valley, 4180 Hwy 6 South, College Station, TX 77845
Gentle Critique info:
If you’d like to share your work in progress with others and receive or provide feedback, please bring printed copies of up to 5 pages of a manuscript to share. Zoom participants will be allowed to screen share in order to receive feedback. Please see this handy guide on critique etiquette if this will be your first time participating in a critique: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014_LA_Dos-and-Donts.pdf
Be Our Next Meeting Guest
Passionate about a specific kid-lit related topic? Want to practice your upcoming school visit presentation? We’re always looking for guest speakers for our monthly meetings. Our meetings are cozy and supportive - a great place to get your feet wet as a presenter and get to know your local children's literature creators. Feel free to pitch us! Guests can present in person or via Zoom and receive $50 compensation as well as lunch after our meeting. Presentations take place on the last Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm and can be in the format of workshops, interviews, slideshows… you name it! Pitch us your ideas at [email protected]