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Upcoming events.
FREE Shoptalk Meetings
Connect with other kidlit writers and illustrators—Whether you are taking your first step on your path to publishing or whether you are an experienced and professional author or illustrator, Eastern Up! has so many opportunities for you to learn, grow, and move forward on your writing journey.
Sign up for Shoptalk meetings here.
FREE Region-wide Peer Critiques
Region-wide Zoom critique meetings every month—members and non-members are welcome! Meet other kidlit writers and illustrators from our region and get feedback on your work at our free peer critique meetings. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by midnight one week before the critique.
Sign up for monthly critiques.
See read how the critiques work here.
Classes, Workshops, and Webinars
Events are a key benefit to SCBWI membership. Award-winning authors, esteemed illustrators, editors, agents, and publishers present lectures, conduct workshops, and give individual manuscript and art consultations at SCBWI events around the world. These gatherings are excellent networking opportunities for those both already established in and new to the fantastic, demanding world of children’s book writing and illustrating.
October Critique
October 21st 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE October 14th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/21/2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
October Critique Deadline
October 21st 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE October 14th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/21/2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
September Critique
September 18th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE September 11th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/18/2023
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
September Critique Deadline
September 18th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE September 11th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/18/2023
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
Crafting YA for Teens, Not Adults with bookseller, writer, and podcaster, Nicole Brinkley Saturday September 9th 12pm-1pm
The young adult industry's dip in sales reflects a shift from the publishing industry trying, and failing, to capitalize on an adult market. How do we refocus on creating books that actual teens want? Award-winning bookseller Nicole Brinkley talks about the history of YA, what actual teens are looking for in books today, and what techniques authors can use to weave those into their books.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.scbwi.org/events/crafting-ya-for-teens-not-adults-with-bookseller-writer-and-podcaster-nicole-brinkley/register-info
Nicole Brinkley is a writer and an award-winning bookseller. She loves plants and dragons. The rest changes without notice. You might know her from her essays on the publishing industry, her podcasts, or her general enthusiasm about all things YA.
Learn more about her at nebrinkley.com.
You can also sign up for her newsletter Misshelved where award-winning bookseller Nicole Brinkley talks about books, the publishing industry, social media, and the ins-and-outs of bookselling:
http://tinyletter.com/misshelved
August Critique
August 19th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE August 12th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/19/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
Editor's First Pages Feedback with Kat Brzozowski Monday August 14th 7pm-8pm
Editor's First Pages Feedback with Kat Brzozowski Monday August 14th 7pm-8pm
We all know how crucial first pages are when it comes to catching the eyes of agents, editors, and readers.
But what makes a first page work, and how do you make yours shine?
Senior editor Kat Brzozowski from Feiwel & Friends at Macmillan Childrens Publishing Group will read first pages submitted by attendees before the webinar and provide feedback and improvements. From voice to character to plot and everything in between, this will be a comprehensive and instructive webinar on first pages from someone who knows what makes an audience keep reading.
Registration for the workshop only: $15
Registration for the workshop AND 20-minute critique of your first 10 pages: $75
REGISTER HERE: https://www.scbwieasternny.org/first-pages-event
After you register, you will have the opportunity to submit your first page through a Google form (link will be included in your confirmation email.) Kat will choose a selection of pages to give feedback on during the call.
Even if you don't submit a page, come to learn how writers make first pages shine!
Presenter bio:
Kat Brzozowski is a senior editor at Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Childrens Publishing Group, where she has worked since 2016 after seven years at St. Martin's Press. She has edited a wide range of titles, including Anna-Marie McLemore’s When the Moon was Ours and The Mirror Season, both longlisted for the National Book Award, and new Fear Street books in R.L. Stine’s best-selling series, which has sold over eighty million copies worldwide. Kat is looking to acquire young adult fiction, especially contemporary, realistic YA with a strong hook; dark, contemporary fiction; and mysteries, suspense and thrillers. When it comes to speculative elements, she looks for projects mostly rooted in the real world. In the picture book and middle grade space, she is drawn to stories she's never seen before that feel both timeless and timely. Across the board, she's drawn to authors who bring a new perspective to their readers.
Kat will be open to unagented submissions for a limited time after the event from attendees.
There are also critique slots available (20 min Zoom call critique for 10 pages of ms) for an additional $60.
August Critique Deadline
August 19th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE August 12th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/19/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
SCBWI Summer Conference
SCBWI Summer 2023 Virtual Conference!
Hey friends,
Don’t forget to check out the link to see all the exciting things happening for this years virtual summer conference.
July Critique
July 17th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE July 10th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/17/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hey all,
You can use this Google form to sign up and submit for the July 17th critique:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline
*MONDAY July 10th MIDNIGHT
Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique
There's no Shoptalk meeting this month. See you at the critique!
Happy writing,
Kerry
July 17th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE July 10th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/17/2023
10:30am - 12pm
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision
by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
Kerry
p.s. If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
July Critique Deadline
July 17th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE July 10th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/17/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hey all,
You can use this Google form to sign up and submit for the July 17th critique:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline
*MONDAY July 10th MIDNIGHT
Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique
There's no Shoptalk meeting this month. See you at the critique!
Happy writing,
Kerry
July 17th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE July 10th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/17/2023
10:30am - 12pm
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision
by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
Kerry
p.s. If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
June Critique
June 24th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE April 17th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/24/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Peer critiques are free to members and nonmembers, but you must register to submit and participate.
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline
*SATURDAY June 17th MIDNIGHT
Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique
JUNE CRITIQUE
SATURDAY June 24th 10am-12pm
Register and submit your pages for the critique BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline (one week before the critique date).
Then follow the instructions for uploading your submission in the confirmation email.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/june-critique/
Picture Books: Emotional Nonfiction—What is it?
Emotional Nonfiction Picture Books: What is it?
Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/220/2023
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/emotional-nonfiction-picture-books-what-is-it/
Nonfiction picture books are often an easier sell. There are so many potential markets, and facts are less subjective than fiction. But Emotional Nonfiction takes nonfiction to a whole new level, playing with format and weaving the strategies of fiction into facts to help young readers fall in love with our world. If you can make someone care, they will follow you anywhere.
One week before the workshop, writers can submit a pitch or log line (50 words max) for a nonfiction picture book. Or participants can write one during the workshop. Writers will receive live feedback with suggestions for how to layer their idea to reach the heights of Emotional Nonfiction. There will be time in the workshop to revise and resubmit.
In-workshop completion of a planning tool will also help writers clarify and level up their premise and think deeply about their pitch package to agents and publishers.
Live feedback will be given.
A list of mentor texts and handouts will be provided.
Lisa Lerner has been writing children’s stories for educational publishers such as Scholastic and McGraw Hill for more than 20 years. Her first Emotional Nonfiction early reader, AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD (Heinemann) is the true story of her daughter’s fifth grade teacher’s expedition to the Arctic. Lisa is also the author of the crossover YA novel JUST LIKE BEAUTY (New York Times Notable Book of the Year, currently in development with Lars Von Trier and Patriot Pictures as a movie shooting in 2023). Long ago, Lisa was a professional rubber stamp cutter, children’s party entertainer, and NYC performance artist. She is a proud member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, The Writers Grotto in San Francisco, and is currently serving as a trustee on the board of the Kingston Public Library. In her spare time, she enjoys petting rabbits and eating cake. Please visit www.lisalerner.com to learn more.
Register here:
https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/emotional-nonfiction-picture-books-what-is-it/
June Critique Deadline
June 24th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE April 17th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/24/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Peer critiques are free to members and nonmembers, but you must register to submit and participate.
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline
*SATURDAY June 17th MIDNIGHT
Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique
JUNE CRITIQUE
SATURDAY June 24th 10am-12pm
Register and submit your pages for the critique BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline (one week before the critique date).
Then follow the instructions for uploading your submission in the confirmation email.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/june-critique/
Falling Leaves 2022
2023 Falling Leaves Masterclass Retreat
Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/02/2023 - 06/03/2023
4:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Silver Bay YMCA
87 Silver Bay Road - Silver Bay, New York 12874
This annual masterclass retreat provides attendees with a one-on-one critique with one of our faculty editors, group critique opportunities and faculty-led evening workshops at beautiful Silver Bay YMCA on Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
Falling Leaves is returning the summer of 2023!
SAVE THE DATE: June 2-3rd, 2023
Falling Leaves is by application only and we have a rotating focus each year: 2019 was Picture Books and in 2022 the focus will be on novels: YA, MG, novels in verse, and graphic novels.
We will be updating here with application deadlines and faculty information.
A Google form will be posted here when applications are open. Deadline to apply tbd.
Registration fee will be posted here. (Room and board at Silver Bay are additional.)
You will be notified of acceptance by August 1st. If accepted an invoice will be sent to you with payment instructions.
Upon receipt of your registration fee you will be required to book your room at Silver Bay.
May Critique
May 15th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE May 8th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/15/2023
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Peer critiques are free to members and nonmembers, but you must register to submit and participate.
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline
*MONDAY May 8th MIDNIGHT
Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique
MAY CRITIQUE
MONDAY May 15th 6:30pm-8:30pm
Register and submit your pages for the critique BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline (one week before the critique date).
Then follow the instructions for uploading your submission in the confirmation email.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/may-critique/
May Critique Deadline
May 15th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE May 8th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/15/2023
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Peer critiques are free to members and nonmembers, but you must register to submit and participate.
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline
*MONDAY May 8th MIDNIGHT
Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique
MAY CRITIQUE
MONDAY May 15th 6:30pm-8:30pm
Register and submit your pages for the critique BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline (one week before the critique date).
Then follow the instructions for uploading your submission in the confirmation email.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/may-critique/
April Webinar
Writing Series Fiction Workshop: Chapter Books & Lower Middle Grades April 25th 6:30-8:30pm
Writing Series Fiction: Chapter Books & Lower Middle Grades
April 25
6:30-8:30pm
James Preller is a widely published children’s author, with work ranging from picture books to YA. His titles include Bystander, Blood Mountain, The Courage Test, and Six Innings. He is also a successful series author: Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, Scary Tales, The Big Idea Gang, and — new from Scholastic — Exit 13. He blogs regularly at www.Jamespreller.com
This engaging and interactive workshop:
* Examines a variety of series options, each operating under unique rules (from “Twilight Zone” to Roadrunner, Junie B. Jones to The Magic Treehouse, Goosebumps to Exit 13).
* Offers students writing and sharing opportunities.
* Encourages open discussion, questions, and shared information from the collective wisdom of the room.
* Explores how to take a single book idea and make it series worthy.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/writing-series-fiction-workshop-chapter-books-lower-middle-grades-april-25th-630-830pm/
April Critique
April 15th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE April 8th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/15/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Peer critiques are free to members and nonmembers, but you must register to submit and participate.
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline SATURDAY April 8th MIDNIGHT.
APRIL CRITIQUE
SATURDAY April 15th 10am-12pm
Register and submit your pages for the critique BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline (one week before the critique date).
Then follow the instructions for uploading your submission in the confirmation email.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/april-critique/
April Critique Deadline
April 15th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE April 8th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/15/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Peer critiques are free to members and nonmembers, but you must register to submit and participate.
Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline SATURDAY April 8th MIDNIGHT.
APRIL CRITIQUE
SATURDAY April 15th 10am-12pm
Register and submit your pages for the critique BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline (one week before the critique date).
Then follow the instructions for uploading your submission in the confirmation email.
Register here: https://easternny.scbwi.org/events/april-critique/
Class description: Nonfiction picture books are often an easier sell. There are so many potential markets, and facts are less subjective than fiction. But Emotional Nonfiction takes nonfiction to a whole new level, playing with format and weaving the strategies of fiction into facts to help young readers fall in love with our world. If you can make someone care, they will follow you anywhere.