2025 Spring Conference Faculty Lineup

On-site Faculty:

Illustrator Intensive: Mina Chung, Associate Art Director at MacMillan

Novel Intensive: Zoie Konneker, Assistant Editor at Peachtree Publishing

Picture Book Intensive: Pat Zietlow Miller, NYT bestselling author

Keynote Speakers:

Opening Keynote: Rajani LaRocca, Newbery Honor-winning author of both Picture Books and novels

Closing Keynote: Ebony Glenn, multi-published Picture Book Illustrator

Breakout sessions and Pitch Critique Roundtables:

TBD, Editor at Charlesbridge Publishing

Kelly Pelsue, Illustration Agent and the Managing Director of Morgan Gaynin

Rebecca Rodd, Associate Agent at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency

Lisa Lowe Stauffer, Author

McCall Hoyle, Author

Remote Critique Faculty:

Karly Dizon, Agent at Fuse Literary

Alison Weiss, Editor

Eve Adler, Agent at Red Fox Literary