"Query Clinic" with Editor, Author and Poet Nadine Pinede

Are you ready to take your query letters from good to great?

We are thrilled to invite you to a one-hour event designed to elevate your querying skills and boost your chances of literary success. Drawing from her background working for a literary agent, children's publishers, and as a contest judge, Nadine Pinede will offer feedback, pinpointing common mistakes and providing practical solutions to make your queries shine.

Date: Saturday April 27

Time: 10:00 am (Amsterdam time)

Duration: 1 Hour

Where: Zoom

Price: $10 members, $15 registered users

Premium members can opt to pay for a query critique (optional) for an extra $20

There are only 3 critiques available - first come, first serve basis

You can opt to pay for a 30-minute phone query critique with Nadine for an additional $60. Date/time to be arranged.

For those based in Europe and elsewhere, do not worry. The system will automatically change the currency to dollars when you send payment.

Event Highlights:

• Query Letter Critiques: Nadine will analyze three query letters, offering constructive criticism and actionable advice.
• Expertise Sharing: Benefit from Nadine's experience in the publishing industry, gaining insights from multiple perspectives.
• Q&A Session: Have questions about querying? Stick around for a Q&A segment at the end of the event.

Event Schedule:

10:00am – 10:45 am: Nadine analyzes and critiques 3 query letters

10:45am – 11:00am: Q&A with Nadine

Questions? Email Fanely at ra-benelux@scbwi.org or Mayra at ara-benelux@scbwi.org

Nadine Pinede, PhD, is a poet, author, editor, translator, and education consultant. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Nadine is the first Rhodes scholar of Haitian descent and earned her doctorate in Philosophy of Education. Author of award-winning informational books, her fiction appears in Haiti Noir, edited by Edwidge Danticat, and her Pushcart Prize-nominated poetry has been widely anthologized. Nadine’s debut young adult novel in verse When the Mapou Sings will be published by Candlewick Press in December.