Welcome to the home of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Southern Breeze Region! Members of the national SCBWI who live in Alabama, Georgia, or Mississippi are automatically members of the Southern Breeze region, which produces its own newsletter, holds two annual conferences each year, and supports the work of published and "pre-published" authors and illustrators of books for children.

Southern Breeze Speakers Bureau

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WIK '08 - Otober 2008

Light Your Creative Fire!
October 17-18, 2008
Birmingham, AL
Keynote Speaker Award Winning Author
Paul Fleischman

Faculty Includes
Martha Mihalick, Associate Editor Greenwillow Books (NY)
Lindsay Davis, Agent Writer's House (NY)
Elizabeth Law, VP & Publisher Egmont USA (NY)
Laurent Linn, Senior Designer Simon & Schuster (NY)
Harold Underdown, Author of THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHING (NY)

Sarah C. Campbell, Author/Photographer "Taking Pictures that Sell"
Elizabeth Dulemba, Author/Illustrator "Illustrator's Self-Promotion - Cheap!"
Diane Shore, Author "Nonfiction/Combining Facts with Voice"
Sharon Wright Mitchell, Librarian "Research for Writers/Librarian's Tricks!"

All-Day Marketing Intensive by
Mollie Nickell, Marketing Consultant/Author & previous publisher/ editor/designer for TIME-LIFE; BETTER HOMES & GARDENS

Click HERE for info about our

2008 Writing and Art Contests.

Entries accepted between June 1-30, 2008.

 

1st Annual
Children's Book Illustrator's Show
Opening Reception, May 23rd 5:00-10:00pm

For Info, click here

 

HISTORY WRITING
RETREAT '08

Please Note: The History Writing Retreat is full!

Featuring Editor Carolyn Yoder
June 6-8
Make your history writing come alive!

Carolyn Yoder, editor of the Calkins Creek imprint at Boyds Mills Press (www.calkinscreekbooks.com/) and history editor for Highlights for Children (www.highlights.com/) will lead this retreat. Writers of historical fiction and nonfiction won't want to miss the small-group teaching, one-on-one critiques, a tour of the state archives, strategies for finding gems in primary research, and insight into what sells.
Please Note: The History Writing Retreat is full!

 

Highlights for Children -Current Needs
(As mentioned in the Summer Southern Breeze newsletter)

 

LearningTo See - By Sarah C. Campbell
(As mentioned in the Summer Southern Breeze newsletter)

 

Yosimite Excursion Article Info
(As mentioned in the Summer Southern Breeze newsletter)

 

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