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OUR First ONLINE Critique Group Has Been Hatched!
Here's what we did! Let us know your thoughts about this - Interest? Cost? Click here to see how its being run.
Calling Illustrator Speakers for our East Bay Meetings
New River of Words location at 933 Parker Street, #38, near the corner of 8th and Parker, in Berkeley
We are seeking illustrator presenters for these meetings. Please contact Margaret at books4women
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Your dedicated volunteer efforts enable us to grow with new programs and expanded geographical reach.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT!
Our SPEAKERS' LIST page is now up and speakers are getting bookings!! We will open the page for submissions in the fall. To see who's listed there now, please visit our Speakers' List |
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Not a member of SCBWI? Join today!
SCBWI is the largest children's writing organization in the world with over 19,000 members in 70 regions. We're the only organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate or share a vital interest in children's literature. Application is at
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators |
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About SCBWI Northern California
Three regions compose the greater Northern California area. Please check the website for the region closest to your home zip code and for all the Northern CA programs offered
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 Dear SCBWI Members and Friends:
Whew! Time is flying by! Time to spread your wings! More great meetings and conferences are coming your way, so check your calendars. Whether you are just learning about children's writing, recently published or frequently published, SCBWI is an excellent resource to further your skills, drills and dreams.
So plan on attending, participate in critique or portfoio review groups and get involved. Our children need your creative views.
Happy writing and illustrating,
Colette Weil Parrinello, assistant regional advisor
Margaret Speaker Yuan, regional advisor | |
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Join us Wednesday, JUNE 3rd, 7 - 9 PM for the Second Meeting of the NORTH BAY SERIES!
Library at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Author Hillary Homzie Presents
How to Get Started As a Children's Writer
Meeting fee: SCBWI members $10, non-members $15
Contact our North Bay Series volunteers with questions:
Charles Markee, grandkee70@comcast.net, Lisa Shulman, lisa@lisashulman.com, Hillary Homzie, hbhomzie@sbcglobal.net, Mary Amerata, mamervom@hotmail.com and
Dianne Casey, dcaseyart@gmail.com |
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BEYOND THE BAY SERIES
Saturday, June 20th, 2 - 4 PM
DON'T MISS THIS INSIDE LOOK . .
"BEHIND THE BOOKS"
Presented by Judy Wheeler, owner of Towne Center Books, and her husband, Bob Ditter, Book Sales Rep.
Judy reveals what it takes to get your book into their store! She will share the story behind the childrens book selection - what she buys and why. Bob reveals the selling process from a sales rep's point of view, which books does he push and how!
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
1924 Trinity Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Meeting Fee: SCBWI Members $10, Non members $15
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Our Summer 2009 Retreats at Dominican University Are SOLD OUT
A three-day Novel Revision Retreat
with Darcy Pattison
OR
A Kittridge Retreat
with uninterrupted creative time
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Get Your Novel Into Fighting Shape for Submission! With Darcy Pattison
July 16 to 19, 2009
Three Day Workshop
If you would like to add your name to the waiting list, contact Margaret Speaker Yuan, books4women@yahoo.com
Click here for more information.
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Summer Kittridge at Dominican
 July 16 - 19 (Thursday thru Sunday brunch)
If you would like to be on this waiting list, also contact Margaret.
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 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR OUR FALL PROGRAMS!!!!!
Creativity to Mastery Fall Conference
Saturday, OCTOBER 24th, 9 - 5 pm
Kittridge Retreat Sept 17 - 19th Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
These retreats sell out fast. We're all eager for some space to write and illustrate and this is the place to focus!
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Events Calendar
June 3 /North Bay Series with Hillary Homzie (7 - 9 PM) June 20 / Beyond the Bay Program, Judy Wheeler, Town Center Books, "An Inside Look at Book Seller's Purchasing & Promotion" (2 - 4 PM)
June 30 / SCBWI at Redwood High Program to be announced (7 - 9 PM)
July 16 to 19 / Darcy Pattison Novel Revision Retreat, Dominican College, San Rafael or Kittridge Sumer Creative Get Away Retreat SOLD OUT
Sept. 18 to 20 / Kittridge Retreat at Green Gulch Farm with optional Thursday night on Sept. 17 / Fall Creative Get Away Retreat (extra night opportunity)
October 24 / Creativity to Mastery All Day Fall Conference, Mills College, Oakland
December 5 / Beyond the Bay (2 - 4 PM)
Program information will be posted on our web site, www.scbwinorthca.org
as soon as we have it available. If the links don't work, please copy and paste them into your browser address window. |
Observe, Learn, Read, Feel, Write, Illustrate
Love Children's Literature
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Regional advisor: Margaret Speaker Yuan books4women@yahoo.com
Critique group coordinator: Nanette Cooper-McGuiness nmc22@cornell.edu
Beyond the Bay Series coordinators: Keely Parrack, k.parrack@comcast.net
North Bay Series coordinators: Charles Markee, grandkee70@comcast.net, Lisa Shulman, lisa@lisashulman.com, Hillary Homzie, hbhomzie@sbcglobal.net, Mary Amerata, mamervom@hotmail.com and Dianne Casey, dcaseyart@gmail.com
East Bay volunteer coordinator: Lea Lyon lea_lyon@pacbell.com
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