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MAY 2020
26-30 CRAFTING SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR VISITS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
27 GOING DIGITAL: SCHOOL VISITS SUCCESS
Webinar: https://inlandnw.scbwi.org/
28. SELF PROMOTION FOR INTROVERTS
Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
29. ILLUSTRATOR CHAT WITH PAT CUMMINGS
Webinar: www.highlightsfoundation.org
30 WHAT ILLUSTRATORS BRING TO PICTURE BOOKS
Webinar: https://cencal.scbwi.org/
31 PLAYING WITH PICTURE BOOK STRUCTURE
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
31 LANDING A PICTURE BOOK DEAL
Webinar: https://westcentny.scbwi.org/
JUNE 2020
2 SAVE THE CAT WRITES A NOVEL
Webinar: https://iowa.scbwi.org/
3-7 GATHER RETREAT FOR PUBLISHED AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
4 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter Pitch Party: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
4 WORLD BUILDING FOR REALISTIC AND FANTASY STORIES
Webinar: www.scbwi.org
4. DIY AUTHOR SWAG: HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS, BOOKMARKS AND MORE
Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
4. SO YOU WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR?
8-Week Online Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
5 CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING LEVEL ONE
New York City, NY: www.writingclasses.com
6 COLLABORATIVE NOVEL WORKSHOP
Online Workshop: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
6 COMICS: PACING, PANELS AND PITCHES
Webinar: https://alaska.scbwi.org/
9 REVISION RETREAT
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
11 QUERY GODMOTHER
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
11 CHARACTER BUILDING FOR WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Webinar: www.scbwi.org
11. CHARLESBRIDGE: PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
For Illustrators: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
11-14 NOVELS IN VERSE: ANALYZE AND GENERATE
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
14. SURVIVING SELF-DOUBT
Webinar: https://westcentny.scbwi.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/
18 WRITING OUR LIVES: FROM DETAIL TO THE EVOCATIVE SCENE
Webinar: www.scbwi.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
25 TELLING THEIR STORIES: WRITING NF PB BIOGRAPHIES
Webinar: www.scbwi.org
26-28 WHITE MOUNTAINS RETREAT with Agent Rebecca Podos and Editor Ashley Hearn
Squam Lake, NH: https://jgagnon90.wixsite.com/squamwrites
JULY 2020
2 SUBMISSIONS STUDIO: WRITING QUERIES, STRATEGIZING SUBMISSIONS…
Webinar: http://www.scbwi.orghttp://www.scbwi.org
6-9 DISRUPTING YOUTH LITERATURE SYMPOSIUM
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9 STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART: HOW TO MAKE READERS FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR CHARACTERS
Webinar: www.scbwi.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
16-20. SUMMER CAMP INTENSIVE IN ILLUSTRATION
Online Workshop: 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
1-4 SCBWI SUMMER SPECTACULAR
Online Conference: www.scbwi.org
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
14-16. WOW: WORDS ON THE WEB WIRED WEEKEND
Online Conference: https://illinois.scbwi.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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