Oklahoma
Society of
Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
2012 Spring Conference

March 31, 2012
9:00am - 5:00pm
Embassy Suites Hotel
1815 S. Meridian, Oklahoma City

Complete your on-line conference registration here!
Or Download the conference registration form here

Speakers
		Noa Wheeler - Editor, Henry Holt
		Maggie Lehrman - Senior Editor, Amulet/Abrams Books
		Krista Marino - Executive Editor, Delacorte
		Marietta Zacker - Agent, Nancy Gallt Literary Agency
		Jim Hoover - Art Director, Viking books
Please note that all three of our editors come from closed houses that only accept agented submissions. However, for a specified limited time, they will accept manuscripts from our attendees
Two NEW OPPORTUNITIES This Year
		Illustrator Intensive: CLOSED-MAX REACHED 1-12-12 - Working Hands-On with an Art Director: - Real Assignment, Real Time with Jim Hoover, Art Director, Viking Children's Books   This year as part of the conference program, illustrators can participate in an Illustrator Intensive. Art Director Jim Hoover will assign a text to illustrate six weeks before the conference. Participants will have two weeks to produce a sketch. Jim will suggest improvements. Participants will then have three weeks to do a final illustration. Final artwork will be reviewed and critiqued in a group setting during the Intensive at the conference.     *** Intensive is limited to ten. The Illustrator Intensive is included in the conference registration price. Indicate on registration form that you wish to participate. Conference registration fee MUST be received by February 13, 2012. Specific details will be sent after registration is received.
		Writer's Pitch Session: Each attendee has the opportunity to submit a typed 60-word pitch summarizing his or her book. Pitches will be selected at random and read in front of the panel of speakers. We will read as many as time allows. Turn pitches in at the registration desk upon arrival at conference. Pitches will be anonymous.
Portfolio and Manuscript Critiques
		Manuscript Critiques: CLOSED-MAX REACHED A limited number of critiques by the editors and the agent are available.
		To secure a critique you must have a paid conference registration and paid critique fee. Manuscript deadline is February 14th. To hold your place, conference registration and critique fee may be paid in advance of manuscript deadline. The editors and the agent will provide written critiques. Each can select the two most promising manuscripts from those he or she critiqued. The author of a selected manuscript will receive a ten-minute meeting with the speaker who critiqued the manuscript. All other critiques will be handed out at the end of the conference. Manuscripts must be ten pages or less. Double space and use no smaller than a 12 point Times New Roman font. Put your name at the top of the first page and in the header of subsequent pages. Number your pages. Indicate on first page whether your manuscript is Picture Book, Easy Reader, Chapter Book, Middle Grade Novel, Young Adult Novel, Non-fiction Picture Book, or non-fiction at a higher reading level.  No more than one manuscript per paid critique will be accepted, even if shorter than ten pages. For longer works, send the first ten pages and a synopsis of no more than one page.   Manuscripts must arrive by mail by February 14, 2012. We are not responsible for late, lost or misdirected mail. Emailed manuscripts will not be accepted. Mail requiring a signature for pickup will not be accepted. Writers may not request a particular speaker for a critique; however please note with your manuscript if one of the speakers has already seen it.
		Portfolio Critiques SPOTS ARE STILL OPEN!!! The first ten illustrators who register and pay for a critique will bring portfolios to the conference to be verbally critiqued by the Art Director during the conference. This is separate from the Intensive and has an additional fee. Illustrators can participate in both the Intensive and the Portfolio Critique.
Hotel Information
	Embassy Suites Hotel 1815 S. Meridian, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 (405) 682-6000
		Room Rate: $109.00 king or double/double for 1-4 persons in a suite. Rate is per suite, per night. Suites have a pull out couch. Full hot breakfast included. Microwave & mini-fridge in every suite. Valid March 30-31, 2012. ***Cut off date to get this rate is March 16, 2012.
		Phone Reservation: State yourself as with SCBWI to secure the rate.
		On-Line Reservations: Go to www.oklahomacity.embassysuites.com – enter arrival/departure dates. On next screen (under SPECIAL ACCOUNTS) – enter the group 3-letter code SCB next to Group/Convention Code. The SCBWI rate of $109.00 appears. Click next to suite type. Continue with reservation i.e. name, address, etc.
Contacts and Questions:
		Anna Myers - SCBWI Oklahoma Regional Advisor
		Pati Hailey - SCBWI Assistant Regional Advisor