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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.

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IMPORTANT wik08 FACULTY CHANGE

Elizabeth Law, editor with Egmont USA, will not be able to attend. Graciously taking her place will be editor Andrea Welch, of the new Beach Lane Books imprint of Simon & Schuster! We are very excited about having Andrea come!
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WIK '08 - October 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)
Andrea Welch, Beach Lane Books (imprint of Simon & Schuster) (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 Z. Shore, Author "Nonfiction/Combining Facts with Voice"
Sharon Wright Mitchell, Librarian "Research for Writers/Librarian's Tricks!"

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

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2008 Writing and Art Contests.

Entries accepted between June 1-30, 2008.

 

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SOUTHERN BREEZE, SCBWI
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2008
Aug. 1 - 4 Annual SCBWI Summer Conference; L.A., CA


Aug 22 / Oct 14 wik08 Registration Opens/Closes (Fall Conference)


Sept 13 wik08 Early Bird, Special Rate, Closes


Sept 13 Manuscripts Due for wik08 Formal Critiques

Oct. 17-18 Writing & Illustrating for Kids Fall Conference (wik08); Birmingham, AL
Writing & Illustrating Contests winners announced during wik08!

2009
Feb. 27- Mar 1 Annual So. Breeze Springmingle Conference 2009 (SM09); Atl, GA


Aug. 7 - 10 Annual SCBWI Summer Conference; L.A., CA

June 1 - June 30 Annual Writing & Illustrating Contests; Submissions Open/Close

Oct. 17 Writing & Illustrating for Kids Fall Conference (wik09); Birmingham, AL

Writing & Illustrating Contests winners announced during wik09!

 

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