MARCH

Saturday, March 19 Virginia Festival of the Book: Publishing Day

Spinning Lives into Story Panelists:

Tami Lewis Brown (SOAR, ELINOR), Maha Addasi (THE WHITE NIGHTS OF RAMADAN), and Kekla Magoon (THE ROCK AND THE RIVER). For details, times, and locations of other panels of interest to children’s writers go to http://www.vabook.org/site11/program/view.php?day=2011-03-19

Time/Place: 2 PM; Omni Hotel (Preston Room); 235 Main St. W; Charlottesville, VA 22902  

Cost: Free  

MAY

Sunday, May 1 PAL Members Luchdeon:  Reading for Writers

Speaker:  Deirdre Yates, M.F.A, Professor of Theatre, Department of Communications at Seaton Hall University (http://pirate.shu.edu/~yatesdei). Classically trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and The Catholic University of America, Deirdre Yates brings a wealth of professional experience to this workshop designed to help PAL members with public appearances and readings. 

Time/Place: 12 to 3 PM; American Legion Hall; 3939 Oak Street; Fairfax, VA 22030 (http://fairfaxpost177.org > directions)

Cost: $35 SCBWI members; $50 nonmembers (Includes buffet lunch)

Contact: Moira Donohue <moirawrite (AT) gmail (DOT) com>

Note:  This is our only 2011 PAL event. Don’t miss it! (All SCBWI members are welcome.)

Saturday, May 21: Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Get-together/New Member Welcome

The Creative Life: Navigating the Peaks and Valleys of Writing and Illustrating for Children.  Panelists: Lezlie Evans (WHO LOVES THE LITTLE LAMB), Valerie Patterson (THE OTHER SIDE OF BLUE), Jackie Urbanovic (DUCK AND COVER). Moderator: Ellen Braaf  (SCIENCE DETECTIVE SERIES)

Time/Place: 2 to 5 PM; Reston Regional Library; 11925 Bowman Towne Dr.; Reston, VA 20190

Registration: Begins Saturday, May 7 by phone (703-689-2700) or online at 

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/  > Events > Calendar of Events > May 21

Cost: Free

JUNE

Friday, June 10 – Sunday, June 12: Novel Revision Retreat at Big Meadows

Facilitator: Cheryl Klein is the Senior Editor at Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic. Books she has edited include Marcelo in the Real World (Francisco X. Stork), winner of the Schneider Family Medal; A Curse Dark as Gold  (Elizabeth C. Bunce), winner of the inaugural William C. Morris Award for a YA Debut novel; Operation Yes  (Sara Lewis Holmes), and Words in the Dust  (Trent Reedy).  Over the course of the weekend, Cheryl will deliver craft-focused talks on character development, voice, and plot drawing on examples from four novels—Marcelo in the Real World (Stork), The Hunger Games (Collins), Graceling (Cashore), and Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) (Yee).  Cheryl’s first book as an author, SECOND SIGHT: AN EDITOR'S TALKS ON WRITING, REVISING, AND PUBLISHING BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS (March 2011) will be available at the retreat for sale/signing. www.cherylklein.com.

Time/Place: 5 PM Friday through 12 PM Sunday at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park

Cost: $250 Tuition only. Additional room/meal rates vary. For lodging & dining info: http://www.visitshenandoah.com/lodging-food/big-meadows-lodge.cfm Big Meadows will hold a block of rooms for our group until May 12th. Please wait until you receive retreat registration confirmation before making your own lodging arrangements.

Registration: Registration begins April 1. This advanced fiction workshop is open to SCBWI members who have a completed draft of a MG or YA novel. Space is limited. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first served basis by postmark.

Contact: Laurie Miller [lauriekimmiller (AT) yahoo (DOT) com] on or after April 1 to request a registration form. Please put “Novel Retreat” in the subject line.


 

OCTOBER

Saturday, October 22: Children's Publishing in 2011: Annual Fall Conference    

Time/Place: 8 to 5:30 PM; Holiday Inn Dulles; 45425 Holiday Drive, Dulles, VA 20166

Keynote Speaker and Faculty TBA 

Cost: $135 members; $165 nonmembers 

Registration begins September 1. Conference flyers will be mailed to all area SCBWI members the first week in September. Please note: This event is very popular and fills quickly—often long before the early registration cutoff date.  ADVANCE REGISTRAION IS REQUIRED. WALK-INS WLL NOT BE ADMITTED.

Contacts: Erin Teagan [teaganek (AT) Hotmail (DOT) com]; Sydney Dunlap [sydneydunlap (AT) Hotmail (DOT) com]