Calling
Volunteers
We sincerely appreciate your help. We're looking for volunteers
for our East Bay Series, contact lea_lyon@pacbell.net,
and Fall Conference Volunteers, contact Colette, mvpurpleleaf@yahoo.com
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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 greatern 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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LOGO
CONTEST - Calling all illustrators!! Submit your ideas
by 3/15
Happy Nearly Spring! A time for new beginnings, new writing
ideas, cleaning (well, maybe) and other changes! We are looking
to change and feature our own region logo. We would love your
ideas!!!
SCBWI has its own logo as seen in the masthead for this
newsletter (exluding photo.) But we need one to really capture
the spirit, beauty and creativity of writing and illustrating
children's literature from us around the Bay! Our region
is across the Golden Gate, across the Bay Bridge and across
the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
Have fun and enjoy the colors of spring
in your writing and illustrating adventures!
Margaret Speaker Yuan, regional advisor
Colette
Weil Parrinello, assistant regional advisor
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East
Bay Meeting - Wed., April 16, 7 - 9 pm, Jennifer
Laughran, associate agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Jennifer Laughran is our guest speaker for the April
16th East Bay meeting. She is new to the Andrea
Brown Literary Agency, but not to the world of children's
books. She's been a children's bookseller for more than a
decade, and is the founder of the extremely popular YA event
series "Not Your Mother's Book Club". Her knowledge of the
market and extensive experience working with publishers will
be a definite asset for her clients. Visit Agents
Bio's for more about her.
7- 9 PM, River of Words, 2547 Eighth Street, 13B,
Berkeley, CA
$5 SCBWI members, $10 non-members - Registration at the
door only
Our sincere thanks to our volunteer coordinator, Lea Lyon.
We are seeking volunteers to assist with refreshments, room
set up, registration and carpool arrangement from BART. Contact
lea_lyon@pacbell.net
Upcoming meetings
Tuesday, July 15
Tuesday, Oct. 14
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San
Rafael Brown Bag Lunch Meetings - Cancelled
We have cancelled these meetings. We apologize to those
who have been attending. We found that this time slot and
location is difficult for attendees. Thank you for everyone's
input and suggestions! Stay tuned. New programs in development!
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the Bay Series - KICKOFF MEETING
Concord Public Library, May 3rd, 2 - 5 PM
Thank you again to an SCBWI volunteer member who found
and booked our location! Program information to follow!
If you are interested in helping create this wonderful
new series or if you'd like to be a presenter, please contact
Margaret, books4women@yahoo.com.
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THE DATE - FALL Conference
October 25, Saturday, 9:00 - 5:00 pm
YWCA of Berkeley
We are excited about our Fall Conference--the first in
the East Bay. Our distinguished speakers will include:
Getchen Hirsch, associate editor, HarperCollins,
Julie Romeis, editor, Chronicle Books,
Jennifer Jaeger, agent, Andrea Brown Agency
YA Author Panel with Carrie
Watson, author of QUAD, Leigh Purcill,
author of Love Meg and Elizabeth Partridge
Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency,
First Pages by our speakers and much
more!
We are seeking volunteers to help
at the event and a couple of volunteers to explore setting up
an SCBWI author bookstore during the conference. Please
contact Colette at mvpurpleleaf@yahoo.com or
Margaret at books4women@yahoo.com
This event is not sponsored by the YWCA.
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Kudos
- Share Your Good News
If you are an SCBWI member and have great news to
share please pass it along to Colette, mvpurpleleaf@yahoo.com.
We would love to share the news and, space permitting,
your published cover or illustration.
Featured YA Authors -
Fall 08 Conference
Carrie
Watson, Chico, CA, author of QUAD will
be a guest speaker on our Fall 08 Conference Panel of YA authors.
Other panelists include Leigh
Purtill, West Hollywood, CA, author of Love
Meg and Elizabeth
Partridge, San Francisco, CA, author of YA biographies
including John
Lennon, All I Want is the Truth.
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Meeting - Save the Date: July 8th, 7 - 9 pm
Redwood High School, Larkspur
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Kittridge
Writers' Retreats
Our first Kittridge Retreat at Green Gulch Zen Center was
quite an engine starter for attendees. From critiquing, editing,
new starts, new endings, to new submission ideas. Everyone
seemed to enjoy the rain, walks, vegetarian meals, mud and
time to focus on writing and illustrating. See Retreat
Moments. Our group pictures do not show all
the 16 writers and illustrators that attended.
New
Retreat: June 13 & 14 One
Space Left
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