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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
6 THE EXTRAORDINARY CRAFT AND BUSINESS OF WRITING PICTURE BOOKS
6-week Online Class: www.childrensbookacademy.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
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER
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
18 #PBPITCH TWITTER PITCH PARTY
http://www.pbpitch.com/
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
11-13 BIG SUR CHILDREN’S WRITERS WORKSHOP
Big Sur, CA: www.bigsurchildrenswriters.com
13-16 WRITING THE RAINBOW: MG AND YA SYMPOSIUM
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
19 WRITING FICTION MASTER CLASS with Joyce Moyer Hostetter
Greenville, SC: www.write2ignite.com
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
Online: 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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