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Pennsylvania: West

Pennsylvania: West

SCBWI PA WEST Presents: Community is Key – In Person Event

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/14/2022
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location
Blueberry Hill Park Activity Center
Blaine's Way - Sewickley, PA 15143

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SCBWI pa west presents in person event Aug 14 from 12pm - 5pm

We’re excited to announce we are hosting our first in-person SCBWI Pennsylvania: West event in two years!

Community is Key
Sunday, August 14, 2022 
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Blueberry Hill Community Center, in Franklin Park, PA
Including 1-on-1 critiques, workshops, and community!!
The goals of the event are to develop community among our members and give YOU some time to work on YOUR craft.
 

At the event, you will have the opportunity to have ONE 10 minute 1 on 1 critique with a member of our faculty of published members. You can discuss your current WIP, your query letter, or any craft questions you have. You will leave your workshop during your designated time to attend your critique.

Read the faculty bios on the Introductory Webinar Page.

This is INCLUDED in your registration!
Following the July webinar featuring the event faculty, those registered will receive a form to request your preference a critiquer.
 
The agenda for the day is as follows (more to come about specific workshops):
12 – 1:00pm – Bring-Your-Own-Lunch Socializing
1:00 pm Welcome
1:15 – 2:45pm – Choose between: One of three workshops
15 min break
3:00 – 4:30pm –  Choose between: One of three workshops
4:30-5:00pm – Wrap up, General Q&A, Thank You!
 
Attendees are not required to preselect workshops at this time.
Round One Workshops (1:15-2:45):
Map Making-Getting Started with Amanda Zimmerman
This workshop will cover a variety of methods to organize your thoughts, identifying map elements from your manuscript, explore ways to represent your ideas and find direction as you begin building your map.
 
 
Rejection: Ways to Move Forward After Your Soul Has Been Crushed (Again) with Leah Pileggi
In this workshop learn how writing in rhyme can increase your confidence as a writer and tips to improve your writing in rhyme.
 
 
Round Two Workshops (3:00-4:30):
Bringing Characters to Life: Illustrating for Fiction and Nonfiction with Stacy Innerst
In this workshop we’ll discuss how to illustrate characters for picture books that have emotional life
and are fully-formed personalities that tell their own story.
 
 
Developing Characters, Setting, and Voice through Short Fiction with Joy Givens
Sometimes, writers of novel-length works can get so caught up in word counts and chapter titles that we begin to lose our characters and their journeys within the structure. Taking the time to explore our characters through short fiction is an engaging, rewarding way both to build skills and to deepen our broader stories. This workshop will include a discussion of short fiction elements and styles, provide examples of short fiction that support character development and world building, and lead writers through a timed writing exercise to get the creative juices flowing!
 
 
Writing for the Educational Market with Rebecca Hirsch
Want to get paid to write? Want editors contacting you? Educational publishers are looking for people to write fun fiction, lively nonfiction, kid-friendly poetry, and more. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to find and land gigs, how to please an editor, and, importantly, how to get hired back. You’ll discover tips for tackling the trickier parts of this market, including deadlines, educational specs, word count, and reading level. This workshop will give you all the tools you need to launch your career in the educational market.
 
 
Introductory Webinar– Registration Open NOW!
On July 14th at 7:30 pm Eastern, we will have a webinar with our faculty of published members. They will introduce themselves and preview the content they will share at the in-person event. This online event will help you get to know our faculty, get a sense of their skills and expertise, and help you decided which workshops to attend and your preference for your 1 on 1 critique. If you register for the webinar, you will receive a coupon code for $5 OFF this in-person event!
The webinar will be recorded.
 
 
 
We can’t wait to SEE you there!
 
 
Updated 2022 Covid-19 policy: SCBWI Regions in the U.S. must post this policy. To minimize the risk of Covid-19 at all SCBWI in-person events with more than 25 attendees, event organizers are required to implement the following attendance policy:

Attendees are required to submit proof of vaccination, or proof of a negative PCR test taken no earlier than three days prior to the event, as a condition of attendance.

SUBMIT YOUR VAXX CARD OR NEGATIVE PCR TEST HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j-45uJ1zr5-CdpSyTr6QNozxVm0ZU-qmATJyy1DUGxc/edit 

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