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FEBRUARY 2020
1-28 NONFICTION FEST
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NFFest/?fref=nf
1 PLOTTING YOUR PICTURE BOOK
Half-Day Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
2 WRITE. SUBMIT. SUPPORT. FOR NOVELISTS with Carrie Jones
6-month Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
3 LYRICAL LANGUAGE LAB with Renee LaTulippe
19-week Online Course: www.reneelatulippe.com
4 PERFECTING THE PICTURE BOOK 1
6-week Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
4 PICTURE BOOKS with Agent Jenna Pocius
4-week Class: www.inkedvoices.com
5 CHILDREN’S NOVEL WORKSHOP with Author/Editor Anastasia Suen
2-month Course: https://asuen.com/
6 YOUNG ADULT FIRST PAGES with Agent Whitney Ross
4-week Class: www.inkedvoices.com
8-9 SCBWI WINTER CONFERENCE
New York, NY: https://www.scbwi.org/ny20-info/
10 BENEATH THE SURFACE: GOING DEEPER WITH OUR WRITING (Part 2)
Webinar Series: https://epa.scbwi.org/
11 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL ONE
10-week Online Workshop: www.writingclasses.com
12 KIDLIT NONFICTION: BIZ SECRETS REVEALED with Agent Lily Ghahremani
Webinar: https://wwa.scbwi.org/
12-14 12 DAYS OF VALENTINES CONTEST
Contest: https://susannahill.com/
13 MIDDLE-GRADE FIRST PAGES with Agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin
4-week Class: www.inkedvoices.com
13 ADVANCED PICTURE BOOK WRITING with Editor Christina Pulles
3-month Class: www.inkedvoices.com
13 WRITING THE MIDDLE-GRADE MYSTERY with Cynthia Surrisi
Webinar: https://dakotas.scbwi.org/
15 PUBLICITY AND MARKETING
Half-Day Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
15 MARKETING AND PROMOTION FOR AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Webinar: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
16 EVERY NEW BEGINNING: OPENING LINES, TONE, AND TENSION
Half-Day Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
16 OPENING LINES, TONE AND TENSION
Half-Day Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
16 TEXTURE: THE WEAVE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
Webinar: https://westcentny.scbwi.org/
17 MEANING AND MUSIC: USING POETRY FOR LYRICAL PICTURE BOOKS
6-Week Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
18 ELEMENTS OF EXCELLENT NONFICTION with Editor Carol Hinz
Half-Day Online Class: https://mddewv.scbwi.org
20 #PBPITCH
Twitter Pitch Party: http://www.pbpitch.com/
20 CRAFTING A SOLID NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL
6-week Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
20-23 PICTURE BOOK INTENSIVE: A RIVER OF WORDS
Austin, TX: www.thewritingbarn.com
21-23 WRITEON.COM
Online Conference for KidLit Writers: www.writeoncon.org
22 THE BUSINESS OF NON-FICTION with Scholastic Editor Kate Heit
Webinar: https://nevada.scbwi.org/
22 WHEN LESS IS MORE…CUTTING THE FLUFF TO FIND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SAY with Author Pat Zietlow Miller
Webinar: https://utahsouthidaho.scbwi.org/
22 WOW YOUR ART DIRECTOR WITH A BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED PORTFOLIO with Art Director Maria T. Middleton
Webinar: https://nevada.scbwi.org
23 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NOVEL
5-month Online Class + Onsite Retreat in Milanville, PA
www.highlightsfoundation.org
23 WINTER WEBINAR SERIES with Author/Illustrator Carolyn Dee Flores
Webinar: https://indiana.scbwi.org
24 BENEATH THE SURFACE: GOING DEEPER WITH OUR WRITING (Part 3) with Author Eric K. Taylor
Webinar Series: https://epa.scbwi.org/
26 FIVE KINDS OF NONFICTION
6-week Blog Series: https://www.melissa-stewart.com/
27 LEAPING INTO SUBMISSION
Webinar: https://inlandnw.scbwi.org/
27 PORTFOLIOS & PROMOTION WITH TIPS ON FINDING AN AGENT
Webinar for Illustrators: https://montana.scbwi.org/
29 WRITING FOR EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING
Half-Day Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
29 WRITING GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS TO FURTHER YOUR WRITING AND ILLUSTRATION GOALS
Webinar: https://cencal.scbwi.org/
29 SCBWI BRAZOS VALLEY 2020 CONFERENCE
College Station, TX: https://brazosvalley.scbwi.org
MARCH 2020
1-31 CHAPTER BOOK CHALLENGE
http://chapterbookchallenge.blogspot.com/
2-27 READING FOR RESEARCH MONTH (ReFoReMo)
http://www.reforemo.com/
2 ADVANCED YA AND MG WORKSHOP with Agent Sara LaPolla
3-Month Class: www.inkedvoices.com
5 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter Pitch Party: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
5 ADVANCED PICTURE BOOK WRITING with Agent Sean McCarthy
3-Month Class: www.inkedvoices.com
7 ILLUSTRATOR’S CONFERENCE: “ELEVATE YOUR ART”
Salt Lake City, UT: https://utahsouthidaho.scbwi.org
13-14 WRITING AND ILLUSTRATION FOR KIDS (WIK) 2020 CONFERENCE
Homewood, AL: https://southern-breeze.scbwi.org/
13-15 GOLDEN GATE CONFERENCE @ ASILOMAR
Pacific Grove, CA: https://sfsouth.scbwi.org
13-15 MD/DE/WV REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Linthicum Heights, MD: https://mddewv.scbwi.org
14 PICTURE BOOKS AND BEYOND
Webinar: https://inlandnw.scbwi.org/
14 THE LOGIC OF STORYTELLING with Leila Sales
Austin, TX: www.thewritingbarn.com
19 DEAR AUTHOR, THIS IS WHY I REJECTED YOUR MANUSCRIPT with Editor Francis Gilbert
Webinar: https://dakotas.scbwi.org/
20 A. ORR FANTASY GRANT
Deadline: https://www.scbwi.org/a-orr-fantasy-grant/
21 CRYSTAL KITE AWARD
Entry Deadline: https://www.scbwi.org/awards/crystal-kite-member-choice-award/
21-22 SPRING FEVER ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Syracuse, NY: https://westcentny.scbwi.org
22 WINTER WEBINAR SERIES with Author Ellen Hopkins
Webinar: https://indiana.scbwi.org/
22-25 FINDING YOUR MUSE IN THE WOODS Poetry Intensive
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
25-28 CREATING PICTURE BOOKS WITH HUMOR & HEART
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
26 WALK THE TIGHTROPE: ELEMENTS OF TENSION with Author Laura Ellen
Webinar: https://arizona.scbwi.org/
27-28 KIDLITCON
Ann Arbor, MI: https://twitter.com/kidlitcon
28-31 TELLING IT TRUE: THE ART OF STORYTELLING IN NARRATIVE NONFICTION
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
31 SCBWI WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD
Deadline: https://www.scbwi.org/awards/grants/work-in-progress-grants/
31 KAREN AND PHILIP CUSHMAN LATE BLOOMER AWARD
Deadline: https://www.scbwi.org/awards/grants/work-in-progress-grants/karen-and-philip-cushman-late-bloomer-award/
31 SCBWI DON FREEMAN ILLUSTRATOR GRANT
Deadline: https://www.scbwi.org/awards/grants/work-in-progress-grants/don-freeman-illustrator-grants/
APRIL 2020
1 ANN WHITFORD PAUL-WRITERS DIGEST MANUSCRIPT AWARD
DEADLINE: https://www.scbwi.org/the-ann-whitford-paul-writers-digest-book-award/
3-4 BLUE RIDGE WRITER’S CONFERENCE with Elizabeth Dulemba
Blue Ridge, GA: www.blueridgewritersconference.com
4 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL ONE
New York City, NY: www.writingclasses.com
6 PB BIOGRAPHIES: STYLE AND SUBSTANCE with Rob Sanders
6-week Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
7 HEART AND HUMOR OF AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL
6-week Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
7 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL ONE
10-week Online Workshop: www.writingclasses.com
7-9 SPRING FLING KIDLIT CONTEST
Contest: https://sites.google.com/view/springflingwritingcontest/main
4 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL TWO
10-week Online Workshop: www.writingclasses.com
16 PERFECTING THE PICTURE BOOK 2
6-week Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
19-22 MAKING MAGIC: WRITING AND REFINING FANTASTICAL AND OTHERWORLDLY STORIES
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
22 #DIVPIT PITCH PARTY (Writers for Children or Teens)
https://www.dvpit.com/
23 WORLD-BUILDING 101: HOW TO SCAFFOLD UNBELIEVABLE PLACES FOR YOUR READERS with Author J. C. Cervantes
Webinar: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
24-25 SCBWI NON-FICTION WORKSHOP with the Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC: www.scbwi.org
24-26 RECHARGE YOUR WRITING RETREAT
Conception, MO: https://ksmo.scbwi.org
26-29 SYMPOSIUM FOR JEWISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
30-M3 COLOR, LIGHT, LINE, AND TEXTURE
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
MAY 2020
1-3 BIG THAW RETREAT with Agents Jennifer March Soloway
Talkeetna, AK: https://alaska.scbwi.org
1-3 NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CONFERENCE: “Finding Joy in the Journey”
Springfield, MA: https://newengland.scbwi.org
2-3 AUSTIN WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS WORKING CONFERENCE
Austin, TX: https://austin.scbwi.org
1-7 NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK
Challenge to write a picture book in one week: https://napibowriwee.com
4 WRITERS DIGEST ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION
Deadline: www.writersdigest.com
7-10 FROM PREMISE TO PITCH: GET SUBMISSION-READY WITH TWO AGENTS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9 ONE DAY MAY FEST CONFERENCE
San Diego, CA: https://sandiego.scbwi.org
10-17 WRITING THE UNREAL: FANTASY AND SPECULATIVE FICTION
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
12 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL ONE
10-week Workshop: www.writingclasses.com
15-17 AUTHENTIC VOICES WRITING RETREAT
Ennis, MT: https://montana.scbwi.org
17-21 GETTING YOUR MG OR YA NOVEL UNSTUCK
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
26-30 CRAFTING SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR VISITS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
JUNE 2020
3-7 GATHER RETREAT FOR PUBLISHED AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
4 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter Pitch Party: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
5 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL ONE
New York City, NY: www.writingclasses.com
9 REVISION RETREAT
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
11-14 NOVELS IN VERSE: ANALYZE AND GENERATE
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
14-17 WRITING FIRST CHAPTER BOOKS AND EARLY READERS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
17-20 DEVELOPING A SERIES IN CHAPTER BOOKS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
20-23 PB&J: PICTURE BOOKS AND ALL THAT JAZZ
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
23-27 WRITING FOR THE. EDUCATIONAL MARKET
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
26-28 WHITE MOUNTAINS RETREAT with Agent Rebecca Podos and Editor Ashley Hearn
Squam Lake, NH: https://jgagnon90.wixsite.com/squamwrites
JULY 2020
6-9 DISRUPTING YOUTH LITERATURE SYMPOSIUM
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
10-15 SUMMER CAMP IN WRITING FICTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
15-19 SUMMER CAMP IN WRITING NONFICTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
19-22 SUMMER CAMP INTENSIVE IN ILLUSTRATION
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
24-27 ANNUAL SCBWI SUMMER CONFERENCE
Los Angeles, CA: www.scbwi.org
AUGUST 2020
5-9 SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING FOR KIDS AND TEENS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9-12 POWER UP POETRY: MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH POETRY COLLECTIONS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9-14 THE ART OF PICTURE BOOKS Residency
Williamstown, MA: https://buxtonschool.org/
13-16 THE INS AND OUTS OF A PICTURE BOOK AND ITS MANY FORMS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
16-22 THE WHOLE NOVEL WORKSHOP
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
27-30 MASTER CLASS IN ILLUSTRATION
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
SEPTEMBER 2020
10-13 PICTURE BOOKS: INSPIRATION AND PERSPIRATION
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
13-16 WRITING THE RAINBOW: MG AND YA SYMPOSIUM
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
29-O2 LATINXWRITERS SYMPOSIUM
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
OCTOBER 2020
4-11 WRITING THE UNREAL IN FANTASY AND SPECULATIVE FICTION
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
11-15 FILLING THE WRITERS TOOLBOX with Editor Emma Dryden
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
15-18 WRITING FOR ILLUSTRATORS INTENSIVE
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
18-22 THE CRAFT AND HEART OF WRITING POETRY FOR CHILDREN
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
22-25 CRAFTING A SUCCESSFUL BEGINNING FOR YOUR NOVEL
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
22-25 WORKING POETS RETREAT
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
25-28 HOW TO CREATE CONCEPT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
29-O1 PUSHING THE LIMITS: WRITING EXPERIMENTAL FICTION FOR MG AND YA READERS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
NOVEMBER 2020
1-30 NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH
Challenge to write a novel in one month: https://www.nanowrimo.org/
6-8 CAROLINAS SCBWI FALL CONFERENCE
Charlotte, NC: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
8-11 CREATING NONFICTION PICTURE BOOKS IN A CHANGING WORLD
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
13-14 YALLFEST YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE
Charleston, SC: https://www.yallfest.org/
DECEMBER 2020
3 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter Pitch Party: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
JANUARY 2021
1-31 STORYSTORM
https://taralazar.com/storystorm
1 REGISTRATION FOR 12X12
Annual challenge for Picture Book Writers: http://12x12challenge.com
20 #IWSGPIT (INSECURE WRITERS SUPPORT GROUP)
Twitter Pitch Party: www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com
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