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The Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award
Announcing: A Scholarship Award for Writers! What is it? The Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award will provide full tuition to the Annual SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, CA, to the author of a promising children’s book manuscript. Every … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, children's books, Contests, contests for writers, eastern PA scbwi, Kate Dopirak, Kate Dopirak Award, Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award, KidLit, picture book authors, picture book manuscripts, SCBWI, SCBWI Annual Summer Conference, Scholarships, writing, writing contests
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#Vacation: Vacation Time, by Joe Kulka
Vacation Time By Joe Kulka Joe Kulka is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator. He has illustrated over 20 books for children, 6 of which he wrote. Joe’s book “Wolf’s Coming!” has won multiple awards and was named … Continue reading
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Tagged Author Illustrators, children's books, eastern PA scbwi, illustration prompts, illustrator, inspiration, Joe Kulka, KidLit, picture book author/illustrators, picture book authors, picture book illustrators, Picture Books, SCBWI, summer, summer starters, vacation, Vacation Time, writing prompts
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Mindfulness, Anxiety, and a New Picture Book: Anna Forrester Has a Café Chat with Picture Book Author Gail Silver
Gail Silver’s fourth picture book, Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree, came out April 16 with Magination Press, the American Psychological Association’s children’s book imprint. Gail lives in Philadelphia, and when she’s not writing picture books she is running Yoga Child … Continue reading
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Tagged Anh's Anger, anna forrester, anxiety, books that teach, coping with anxiety, eastern PA scbwi, Gail Silver, Magination Press, Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree, mindfulness, Parallax Press, Peace Bugs and Understanding, picture book authors, Picture Books, SCBWI, Steps and Stones, The School Mindfulness Project, Yoga Child
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A Book Launch Event for Wendy Greenley’s Lola Shapes the Sky
Please join EPA member Wendy Greenley on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at the Barnes & Noble in Montgomeryville, PA, to celebrate the release of her picture book Lola Shapes the Sky, illustrated by Paolo Domeniconi, published by Creative Editions. Wendy … Continue reading
A Café Chat with Literary Agent Marie Lamba, by Laura Parnum
I recently had the very lovely pleasure of chatting with Marie Lamba at the Eastern Penn Points Café. Marie is an author as well as a literary agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency and will be joining our faculty … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, eastern PA scbwi, faculty, Interviews, Laura Parnum, literary agents, Marie Lamba, picture book authors, Picture Books, Pocono Retreat, Pocono Retreat 2019, SCBWI, ya authors, ya fiction, YA novels
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Page Street Kids Prize
Prize Announcement! Page Street Kids, the children’s book imprint of Page Street Publishing, is thrilled to announce the first annual Page Street Kids Prize, acknowledging a stand-out children’s book proposal from a debut author-illustrator. Author-illustrators with strong storytelling abilities, innovative … Continue reading
A Cafe Chat with Adam Lehrhaupt, by Lindsay Bandy
This chilly Halloween morning, we welcome author Adam Lehrhaupt to the cafe! Adam spoke at Fall Philly recently, he’s got new books on the way, and he’s basically just fun to hang out with. So, he’s here to talk books … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lehrhaupt, chicken in space, collaboration in picture books, Fall Philly, i don't draw i color, i will not eat you, illustrator notes, Lindsay Bandy, matt forsythe, picture book authors, please open this book, Revision, SCBWI, SCBWI EPA, scott magoon, shahar kober, Warning: Do Not Open This Book, working with illustrators, writing picture books
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On Illustration Notes, By Liz Garton Scanlon
Here’s the thing about illustration notes: They are not illegal. They will not get you blackballed in the industry. They will not ensure that your story won’t sell. So what’s the problem? Why the general no-no vibe around authors peppering … Continue reading
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Tagged a sock is a pocket for your toes, all the world, arthur howard, artistic collaboration, happy birthday bunny, illustrators notes, kady macdonald denton, KidLit, Liz Garton Scalon, marla frazee, noodle & lou, picture book authors, robin preiss glasser, stephanie graegin, the good-pie party, the great good summer, think big, vanessa newton, Write Tips, writing advice, writing picture books
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#LoveMadeVisible Day 22: Fairy Tale Love, by Gayle C. Krause + Critique Giveaway!!
This is a cleave poem – 3 poems in one. Read down the left column for #1, down the right column for #2 and then horizontally read the whole thing for poem #3. Fairy Tale Love by Gayle C. Krause … Continue reading
