SCBWI Metro NY :: Services : Course & Conference Listing

The Course and Conference Listing contains information on conferences and courses offered in the Metro New York area that would be of interest to writers and illustrators of children's books. It also includes a list of book doctors and freelance editors.

The Full 2011-2012 year listing is available for download at: Course and Conference

Please send changes or additions to scbwi_metrony@yahoo.com. Please include: Name of conference/event, date and location of event, contact information, web site, name of teacher for a course.

CONFERENCE & COURSE LISTINGS FOR 2012
* NOW INCLUDING BOOK DOCTORS & FREELANCE EDITORS *

Please send changes or additions to the chapter's PO Box or e-mail address

Note: Dates, fees, teachers, and courses are subject to change. Always call to confirm the schedule, prices, or other details. Further details on SCBWI conferences can be found on the main SCBWI website: www.scbwi.org.

SCBWI CONFERENCES (arranged chronologically by region)
Note: This list includes conference listings in upstate New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New England. For those who like to travel, these conferences are a great way to meet authors and illustrators from other nearby regions.

* SCBWI METRO NY
http://metro.nyscbwi.org/
contact: pkweissner@gmail.com

March 3rd - June 3rd
A Traveling Exhibit of LIteracy Quilts celebrating Children's Books by Muriel Feldshuh at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. Brooklyn. Contributors of squares are Aliki, Eve Bunting, Pat Cummings, Melanie Hope Greenberg, Betsy Lewin and Mo Williams among others. www.brooklynkids.org 718-735-4400.

Apr 22, 2012
1pm - 3pm Celebrate Poetry Month! Gail Carson Levine, Robert Forbes, Rhoda Levine, Christopher Myers, Alan Books of Wonder 18 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 989-3270 info@Booksofwonder.com

April 24, 2012
Getting Published Panel. Meet three publishing professionals who will share their expertise about publishing books for children and young adults. You’ll have an opportunity to direct questions to Tim Ditlow, Associate Publisher, Amazon Children’s Publishing; Louise May, Editorial Director, Lee & Low Books; and Linda Pratt, Literary Agent, Wernick & Pratt Agency.6:30–7:30 p.m. Admission $5. Tickets at The New School Box Office, 212-229-5488. Readings at 66 West 12th Street, Room 510. Information: 212-229-5611.

Apr. 26-28
41st ASJA Writers Conference (Annual American Society Of Journalists and Authors). Info:http://www.asja.org/wc/ The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 East 45th St. at Madison Avenue, NYC

May 4
6:30 p.m. PEN World Voices Festival. "A Literary Safari," featuring Debby Dahl Edwardson and other authors, Westbeth Center for the Arts, 57 Bethune St., NYC. (212) 334-1660

May 5
3:00 p.m. PEN World Voices Festival. "In Conversation: Brian Selznick," with David Levithan. The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., NYC. (212) 334-1660

May 5
11am SHANA COREY, author of Here Come the Girl Scouts!, the amazing, all-true story of the first Girl Scouts and their visionary founder. Juliette Gordon Low.BookCourt, 163 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

May 5
5:00 p.m. PEN World Voices Festival. "Children's Rights," with Patricia McCormick, Janne Teller, and other authors. Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Sq., NYC. (212) 334-1660

May 18
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and Brooklyn Public Library host a Student Awards Ceremony for entries from the EJK Bookmaking Competion. Central Library will host the event and and exhibition of winning entries will be on display from May 2nd. INFO: 718.230.2487 BPL Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.

May 20
1pm Bank Street Books presents Michael Buckley who talks about the final installment of The Sisters Grimm series. Bank Street Bookstore, Broadway and 112th Street, New York, NY 10025

SCBWI REGIONAL CONFERENCES
Contact Info:
* NEW ENGLAND www.nescbwi.org
* NEW JERSEY http://www.newjerseyscbwi.com/allevents.shtml
* EASTERN NEW YORK http://scbwi-easternny.org/conferences.php
* EASTERN PA http://www.scbwiepa.org/events.html

April 20 - April 22

New England: North (Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine)
Annual NESCBWI Conference: "Keeping it Real: Reality and World-building in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Illustration"
Contact: Kathryn Hulick, Joyce Johnson nescbwi12@gmail.com

April 20 - April 22
Pennsylvania: East - Eastern Pa
20th Annual Pocono Mountain Retreat
at the Shawnee Inn, Shawnee on the Delaware, Pa
CONTACT: Marilyn Hershey drinkmilk@zoominternet.net

April 30
New York: Eastern Upstate
Capital Region Shoptalk at Guilderland Library/6:30 pm
Contact: Lois Huey lmfH@ aol.com

May 12
Pennsylvania: East -PA East
Making Picture Books — a workshop for children’s book writers and illustrators
8:30 am – 5:00PM at the The Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia
CONTACT: Adrienne Wright adillustrate@gmail.com

June 8 - June 10
New Jersey SCBWI
Annual Summer Conference
Wyndham Hotel and Conference Center Princeton, NJ
CONTACT: Kathy Temean kathy@new jerseyscbwi.com

* Annual SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles August 3-6
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel Contact: SCBWI, 8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, conference@scbwi.org, 323-782-1010

Non-SCBWI CONFERENCES and EVENTS (arranged chronologically)

Disclaimer: Non-SCBWI events are listed as a courtesy, and listing them does not indicate an endorsement by SCBWI. For further details, please address questions to their contact person.

New Hampshire Writers' Project Writers' Day Conference
March 31, 2012
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester
Multi-genre writing conference with 30 publishing professionals and award-winning authors. Workshops and discussions on the craft and business of writing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays.
Contact: www.nhwritersproject.org, 603-314-7980

April 25-27
The 28th Annual Winners! Workshop: A Closer Look at Judy Freeman's 100+ Top-Rated Children's Books of 2011 8:30am - 3:30 pm

April 25, The Mansion, Voorhees, NJ
April 26, The Pines, Edison, NJ
April 27 Birchwood Manor, Whippany, NJ
Presented by Judy Freeman, Children's Literature Consultant
www.JudyReadsBooks.com

May 1
6 - 8 P.M. Launch Party for The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova at Books of Wonder, 18 W. 18th St. NYC http://www.booksofwonder.com/events050112.asp website: www.zoraidawrites.com

May 3
7 P.M Book Signing for The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova at Barnes and Noble on 86th St between Lexington and 3rd, NYC
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/76030

Simmons College Summer Institute in Children's Literature
TBA
Contact: Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, www.simmons.edu, 617-521-2540
Annual One-on-One Plus Conference
TBA
Rutgers University School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies (SCILS). Co-sponsored by SCILS and the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature.
Contact: ruccl.org@nac.net, www.ruccl.org, 732-932-7500

Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature
TBA 2012
Westport, CT
Contact: Joan Hume, jhume@westportlibrary.org
www.westportlibrary.org/rabbithillfestival/, 203-291-4818

Annual Connecticut Children's Book Fair
TBA
Rome Ballroom, University of Connecticut, South Campus.
Contact: Suzanne Staubach, suzystaubach@uconn.edu, or Terri Goldich, terri.goldich@uconn.edu, http://bookfair.uconn.edu, 860-486-1307 or 860-486-3646

MANHATTAN COURSES (arranged alphabetically by institution)

92nd Street Y, Unterberg Poetry Center Writing Program, 1395 Lexington Ave., NYC 10128
Occasional classes in writing for children.
Contact: www.92ndsty.org, 212-415-5500

Baruch College, Dept. of Continuing Studies, 17 Lexington Ave., NYC 10010
Contact: www.baruch.cuny.edu 646-312-1000 x5

Cooper Union, Continuing Education, 30 Cooper Square, NYC 10003
Contact: www.cooper.edu/ce, 212-353-4195 continuing@cooper.edu

Gotham Writer's Workshop, 555 Eighth Avenue, suite 1402, NYC 10018
Contact: www.writingclasses.com, 212-974-8377, outside of NYC toll free 877-974-8377

The Learning Annex
Occasional classes in writing for children.
Contact: www.learningannex.com, 212-371-0280

The Manuscript Workshopwith Barbara Seuling on the Upper Westside.
Wednesday evenings 7-8:30pm 6 sessions $150.00 Enrollment limited.
Contact: barseul@earthlink.net or 212.877.2668

Marymount Manhattan College Writing Center, 221 E. 71st St., NYC 10021
Contact: http://marymount.mmm.edu, 212-517-0400

Media Bistro, 475 Park Avenue S 4fl NY, NY 10016 212-389-2000
Occasional workshops in writing for children.
Contact: learn.info@mediabistro.com, www.mediabistro.com/courses

New School Forum on Writing for Children Spring 2012 Lecture Series, moderated by Deborah Brodie
Tuesdays at 6:30–7:30 p.m. Admission $5. Tickets at The New School Box Office, Mon–Fri 1–7 p.m.;
call 212-229-5488. Readings at 66 West 12th Street, Room 510. For more information: 212-229-5611.
Tuesday, February 7—Andrea Davis Pinkney
Tuesday, March 27—Enrique Floris-Galbis, Artist and Novelist
Tuesday, April 24— Getting Published Panel Tim Ditlow, Associate Publisher, Amazon Children’s Publishing; Louise May, Editorial Director, Lee & Low Books; Linda Pratt, Literary Agent, Wernick & Pratt Agency.
Tuesday, May 1—Selene Castrovilla - Author

NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, 726 Broadway 6 fl NYC 10012
MFA in creative writing with concentration in children's writing. Courses in writing for children, graphic design, illustration, and book production.
Contact: www.scps.nyu.edu, 212-998-7289, scps.libarts@nyu.edu

NYU Steinhardt School of Education, Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Department of Teaching & Learning, 82 Washington Sq East, NYC 10003.
Courses in children's literature taught by Prof. Constantine Georgiou.
Contact: www.nyu.edu/education, 212-998-5460

Parsons School of Design, Continuing Education, 66 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10011
Courses in illustration, graphic design.
Contact: www.parsons.edu, 212-229-8933 x3

Pratt Institute (Manhattan) Continuing Education, 144 W. 14th St., NYC 10011
Courses in illustration, graphic design.
Contact: www.pratt.edu, 212-647-7199

Quackenbush Studios Children's Book Writing and Illustrating Workshop, 460 E. 79th St., NYC 10075
Four-day writing & illustration workshop held annually in July since 1982, taught by Robert Quackenbush. Enrollment limited to 10.
Contact: rqstudios@aol.com, www.rquackenbush.com, 212-744-3822

School of Visual Arts Continuing Education, 209 E. 23rd St., NYC 10010
Courses in children's book illustration.
Contact: www.schoolofvisualarts.edu, 212-592-2000

Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065
Sketch Night LIVE MUSIC AND MODELS
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-9:30PM $15/ $7 Students with ID
(212) 838-2560 http://www.societyillustrators.org/

The Writer's Voice, West Side YMCA, 5 W. 63rd St., NYC 10023
Contact: www.ymcanyc.org

BROOKLYN-QUEENS-LONG ISLAND

Brooklyn College Adult and Continuing Education, 2900 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11210
Contact: www.brooklyn.cuny.edu, 718-951-5000

Hofstra University UCCE, Davison Hall, Room 205, Hempstead, NY 11550 516-463-7200
Courses on writing for children, Spring Children's Literature Conference, Summer Writing Workshops.
Contact: www.hofstra.edu/ucce CE@HOFSTRA.EDU

Long Island University/C.W. Post/Southampton College Adult Education, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548.
Contact: www.liu.edu/liu_start.html, 516-299-2000 or 800-LIU-PLAN

Pratt Institute School of Art & Science, 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205
Offers courses in illustration, graphic design.
Contact: www.pratt.edu, 718-636-3600

Queens College Continuing Education, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367
Contact: www.qc.cuny.edu/psc, 718-997-5704

WESTCHESTER - ROCKLAND - NEW JERSEY/PENNSYLVANIA - NEW ENGLAND

College of New Rochelle School of Arts and Sciences, 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle, NY 10805
Contact: www.cnr.edu, 914-654-5000 or 800-933-5923

Highlights Foundation Workshops Weekends, 814 Court St., Honesdale, PA 18431

Workshops for small groups. 2011-12 listing: www.highlightsfoundation.org/pages/current/FWsched_preview.html
Contact: contact@highlightsfoundation.org, www.highlightsfoundation.org, 570-253-1192

Hudson Valley Writers' Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Ongoing classes in writing for children, classes for children and teens, special events featuring presentations by children's book authors.
October 22, 2011 1-3pm Children's & YA Book Panel with Nora Baskin, Tony Abbott and Elise Broach.
Writing for Children & Young Adults workshop this fall with Nora Baskin. 8 Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30, Oct. 5 through Nov. 30 (no class on Nov. 23).
Contact: www.writerscenter.org, 914-332-5953 info@writerscenter.org

Manhattanville College Summer Writer’s Week, 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY 10577
Contact: www.manhattanville.edu, 914-694-3425

Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Writing and drawing workshops.
Contact: www.eomega.org, 845-266-4444 or 800-944-1001

SUNY-Purchase College Office of Continuing Education & Summer Programs, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Courses in writing and illustrating children's books offered from time to time.
Contact: www.purchase.edu/ce, 914-251-6500 x1