Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/27/2018
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Wojcik Conference Center, Harper College
1200 W. Algonquin Rd. - Palatine, IL 60067
Illustration by Kris Easler
REGISTRATION:
Registration opens here (homepage) August 15
$165.00 SCBWI members / $205.00 non-members
STELLAR FACULTY:
Editors:
Russell Busse, Senior Editor at Abrams Books for Young Readers
Michael Joosten, Associate Editor at Random House Children’s Books
Weslie Turner, Associate Editor, Imprint/Macmillan
Talia Benamy, Assistant Editor at Philomel Books (off site, critiques only)
Cheryl Eissing, Assistant Editor at Philomel Books (off site, critiques only)
Lisa Kossnar, Editor, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (off site, critiques only)
Agents:
Adriana Domínguez, Agent at Full Circle Literary
Deborah Warren, Founder and Agent at East-West Literary
Art Directors:
Jim Hoover, Associate Art Director at Viking Children’s Books/Penguin Random House
John Sanford, Senior Art Director at Cricket Media
Erin Hookana, Assistant Art Director, Cricket Media
Marketing and Publicity Consultants:
Barbara Fisch & Sarah Shealy, Co-Principals of Blue Slip Media
Faculty Authors and Illustrators:
Kelly Light, PAL Author-Illustrator
Esther Hershenhorn, Illinois PAL Author & SCBWI-IL RAE
Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, Illinois PAL Author
Eileen Meyer, Illinois PAL Author
Sherri Rinker, Illinois PAL Author
CONFERENCE DETAILS TO THE RIGHT (above, in the upper box)
Dates to remember*
| August 15 | Registration opens here, on this page of the website, on Wednesday at noon. |
| September 15 | Deadline for manuscript critiques and manuscript contest. Please see the Guidelines for details (note new guidelines for graphic novels) |
| September 15 | Deadline to e-mail Illustration Contest entries. See the Guidelines for details. |
| September 15 | Deadline for PAL/Independently Published Marketing Consultation materials. |
| October 1 | Cancellation deadline to get a refund, minus a $50 cancellation fee. After this date there will be no refunds. Fees for Extras are non-refundable. |
| October 2 | Virtual Folder link will be emailed to attendees. |
| October 15 | Registration ends |
| October 20 | Illustrator postcards should be received. See Extras page for details. |
| *Please be aware, Prairie Writer’s & Illustrator’s Day has traditionally been a sellout event, and many of our Extra opportunities also fill before their deadlines. |
This event is fully booked.
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