Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/13/2020 - 03/15/2020
7:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
Maritime Conference Center
692 Maritime Blvd. - Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090
Category(ies)
UPDATE! Conference Cancelled!
Unfortunately, due to multiple faculty cancellations, we have been forced to cancel the conference. This is something of a financial and logistical nightmare, so we ask your patience as we sort out all of the issues relating to it. Please remember that Rebecca and I are volunteers with day jobs and families and we have things coming at us from all sides right now. We will take care of everything as quickly as we can, but it will take some time.
Things for you to know:
1) All conference registration fees will be refunded back to your original payment method. Each registration has to be refunded individually, so this will take some time for us to sort through. If you do not see your refund on or after March 20, please contact mddewv@scbwi.org.
2) All in-person manuscript and dummy critiques are being converted to written only critiques. You will receive your critique by email within the next week. You will have an opportunity to ask 3 follow-up questions via email within 7 days of receiving your critique.
3) All in-person portfolio reviews have been cancelled and critique fees will be refunded along with your registration fees back to your original payment method.
4) Saturday night dinner fees will be refunded back to your original payment method.
5) If you had reserved a room at the Maritime Conference Center, please contact them ASAP at (410) 859-5700 to cancel.
6) Our planned keynote speaker, Linda Sue Park, has graciously agreed to provide signed bookplates so that anyone who orders her books through this link by March 17, 2020 may receive a signed copy: https://bookswithapast.com/home/stafflists_books/1122/5385
7) We hope to offer a series of webinars featuring our planned breakout presenters over the next several months. These will be separate events with separate registrations. More info to come.
Please let us know if you have any questions. But please also do not expect an immediate response, as we will be taking care of roughly a million and twelve things in the next few weeks. We’re sorry we won’t see you this weekend. Believe us, it’s not what we planned either.
Everybody wash your hands and be well.
Sincerely
Kathy MacMillan and Rebecca Evans
Conference artwork by Olga Herrara
March 13-15, 2020 at Maritime Conference Center, Linthicum Heights, MD (near BWI airport)
Breakouts ~ Intensive Workshops ~ Keynotes ~ Panels ~ Manuscript critiques ~ Portfolio reviews ~ Social media critiques ~ Drop-in Query/First Page/Illustration Critique Booth ~ Book signings ~ Networking and social opportunities ~ and more!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!!
FACULTY:
Opening Keynote: Linda Sue Park
Closing Keynote: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Editors: Chris Hernandez (Razorbill/Penguin Random House), Rachael Stein (Sterling Children’s Books), Kat Brzozowski (Swoon Reads/Feiwal & Friends), Nicole Fiorica (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster), Feather Flores (Chronicle Books), Catherine Laudone (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers), Regan Winter (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Art Directors: Maria Middleton (Candlewick), Jim Hoover (Viking)
Agents: Andrea Cascardi (Transatlantic Literary Agency), Tara Gonzalez (Erin Murphy Literary), Susan Hawk (Upstart Crow Literary), Laurel Symonds (The Bent Agency)
Authors and Illustrators: Veronica Bartles, Melanie Conklin, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Rebecca Evans, Sue Fliess, Tracy C. Gold, Kathy MacMillan, Mike Malbrough, Angele McQuade, Annette Whipple, Lakita Wilson, Matthew Winner, Cheryl Womack-Whye, Timothy Young
BREAKOUT TOPICS: Playing with Picture Book Structure: How Changing Things Can Spark a Story ~ Real Talk: Nonfiction ~ Diversity in Children’s Literature: A Discussion of Representation vs Appropriation ~ Finding an Agent ~ Skip the Pitch: Work-for-Hire Writing Assignments ~ Lies, Goals, and Truths: Using Characterization to Fuel your Plot ~ How to Create a “Wow” Query Letter ~ Dummy Book Development ~ Thinking Outside The Bear: Developing Picture Book Characters ~ Published Authors and Illustrators Forum ~ Ask an Art Director ~ Building a Kidlit Career ~ and more!
INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS: Cash & Creativity: How Cleaning Up Your Finances Can Spark New Creative Success ~ Setting as Character ~ First Impressions School and Library Visit Workshop ~ Real Time Revision ~ Drawing on Discovery
2020 Conference Critique Information
2020 Conference Suggested Programming Tracks
3 registration options:
- Full conference (Saturday and Sunday)
- Saturday only
- Sunday only
All conference registrants are welcome to attend our free Friday evening social activities!
RATES
Full conference registration:
Includes all keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, and panels on Saturday and Saturday, as well as continental breakfast and full lunch on both days. You are also welcome to join us for Happy Hour and Kidlit Games on Friday evening. Those staying in the conference hotel will receive full breakfast with their hotel stay. Dinner is NOT included in conference registration or hotel stay. All conference registrants may purchase a dinner ticket for the hotel dining room at the hotel front desk for $26.
Early Bird Rates (Register by January 13, 2020):
- SCBWI Member $210
- Non-Member $280
Regular Rates (Register between January 14, 2020 and March 11, 2020):
- SCBWI Member $245
- Non-Member $310
Walk-in registration (If available):
- Member $280
- Non-Member $325
Saturday only registration:
Includes keynote, all breakout sessions and panels, continental breakfast and full lunch on Saturday. You are also welcome to join us for Happy Hour and Kidlit Games on Friday evening. Those staying in the conference hotel will receive full breakfast with their hotel stay. Dinner is NOT included in conference registration or hotel stay. All conference registrants may purchase a dinner ticket for the hotel dining room at the hotel front desk for $38.
Early Bird Rates (Register by January 13, 2020):
- SCBWI Member $170
- Non-Member $240
Regular Rates (Register between January 14, 2020 and March 11, 2020):
- SCBWI Member $200
- Non-Member $255
Walk-in registration (If available):
- Member $220
- Non-Member $275
Sunday only registration:
Includes intensive workshop and closing keynote luncheon, continental breakfast, and full lunch on Sunday. You are also welcome to join us for Happy Hour and Kidlit Games on Friday evening. Those staying in the conference hotel will receive full breakfast with their hotel stay. Dinner is NOT included in conference registration or hotel stay. All conference registrants may purchase a dinner ticket for the hotel dining room at the hotel front desk for $26.
Early Bird Rates (Register by January 13, 2020):
- SCBWI Member $100
- Non-Member $125
Regular Rates (Register between January 14, 2020 and March 11, 2020):
- SCBWI Member $120
- Non-Member $150
Walk-in registration (If available):
- Member $140
- Non-Member $175
Critique registration:
10-page manuscript critiques and portfolio reviews will be available from faculty members for $60 each. Please click here to read more about Conference Critique Registration. The last day to register for critiques will be February 5, 2020.
CRITIQUE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
Our Drop-in Query/First Page/Illustration Critique Booth, featuring critiques by Published and Listed Members of SCBWI, will be available to all conference attendees on Saturday during breakout sessions. Sign-ups for these critiques will take place at the booth and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each 10-minute critique (of one manuscript first page, one query letter, or one illustration) costs $10.00, to be paid directly to the critiquer. Complete schedule of drop-in critiquers will be posted the week before the conference.
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CONFERENCE BOOKSTORE
Books With a Past will once again be our conference bookseller.
All attendees who register for the conference by February 14, 2020 are eligible to request ONE kidlit title that they have authored or illustrated be sold in the conference bookstore, and may participate in the Saturday afternoon book signing. This applies to both traditionally published and self-published authors. To request that your title be sold in the bookstore, simply fill out the requested information on the registration form and register by February 14. If the bookseller has any questions about stocking your title, she will contact you directly to make arrangements for you to bring copies to sell on consignment through the conference bookstore.
New This Year! Prints of original kid lit illustrations will be sold on a consignment basis through the conference book store, with 60% of the sale price going to the illustrator. All Illustrators, published and pre-published, who register for the conference by February 14, 2020 may sell 5 high quality prints of a single original, uncontracted kid lit image in the conference book store, and may participate in the Saturday afternoon signing. To request that your prints be sold in the bookstore, simply fill out the requested information on the registration form with the word “PRINT” after your image title. Attendees already registered who wish to sell prints should email their information to mddewv@scbwi.org. Prints may be either matted or un-matted, but make sure each print is in a clear plastic sleeve with a stiff backing board, and clearly labeled with your name and price. Author-illustrators must choose between selling prints or books (not both). For more information email mddewv-ic@scbwi.org
CONFERENCE POLICIES
Cancellations: No refunds for critique fees will be issued after February 1, 2020. No refunds for conference registration fees (except in the case of illness as noted below) will be issued after February 21, 2020. For cancellations, please contact mddewv@scbwi.org
During this period of public health concerns, SCBWI had modified its cancellation/refund policy as follows: If you are sick and cannot attend an event, you will be able to receive a full-tuition refund up until the day of the event so that you can stay home, take care of yourself, and prevent the spread of illness. This policy is in effect until September 1, 2020. Be well.
Meals: Your conference fee includes continental breakfast and a full buffet lunch. If you choose to reserve a room at the conference hotel (see lodging information below), your hotel stay will include a full breakfast buffet in the hotel dining room. Those wishing to attend the Saturday dinner and Open Mic Café may purchase a dinner ticket at the front desk of the hotel for $26. The Maritime Conference Center offers a wide array of meal options and is able to accommodate any dietary needs. Please note any dietary needs on the registration form. If you book a room at the conference hotel, please also notify the hotel of your dietary needs.
Children under 18: High school students are welcome to register and attend the conference under the supervision of a parent or guardian who is also registered. We are unable to accommodate other children at the conference.
Accommodations: If you require any accommodations to best enjoy the conference, please contact mddewv@scbwi.org with your specific needs. Requests should be made as soon as possible but at least 3 weeks prior to the conference.
Registration and payment: Registration will be accepted online and payments accepted via credit card or PayPal account. Please note that PayPal is the system we use to process credit card payments, so if you do not have a PayPal account, simply select “pay with credit card” and PayPal will process the payment with your card.
LODGING
Lodging is provided by the Maritime Conference Center. Hotel charges are separate from conference fees and lodging is handled entirely by the Maritime Conference Center. Lodging includes full breakfast buffet in the dining room. (Your conference registration covers snacks and lunch.) The Maritime Conference Center is able to handle any dietary needs, and also offers a 24-hour shuttle from BWI.
You may register for a room at the hotel by contacting the Maritime Conference Center at (866) 900-3517. Be sure to state that you are registered for the conference in order to receive the conference rate.
Dinner tickets may also be purchased at the hotel front desk for $38 each. There are also many restaurants in the area. If you plan to attend or perform at the Open Mic Night on Saturday evening, you must purchase a dinner ticket through SCBWI or at the hotel front desk.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
January 13, 2020: Early Bird registration deadline
February 1, 2020: Last day to request a refund of critique fees
February 5, 2020: Last day to register for critiques
February 7, 2020: Critique submissions due
February 14, 2020: Last day to register and have your book in the conference bookstore
February 21, 2020: Last day to request a refund of conference registration
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