During the fantastic SCBWI OK Spring Conference this past March, we all got our Spark Ignited.
The next step?
We gotta fan that spark!
Come to our unbelievable Fall Retreat. You won’t want to miss it!
This two-day event, from Friday, October 9th through Saturday, October 10th, will have specially designed tracks for illustrators, picture book writers, and novel writers built in to the programming. There will also be a first pages panel & discussion, and an entire day devoted to editing. Manuscript critiques will also be available. (For full details, visit the OK SCBWI website.)
Meet our speakers:
Tim Jessell – Tim illustrates the best seller series Secrets Of Droon, Dog Diaries, Amare Stoudemire’s STAT, Stan Lee of Marvel Comics first children’s picture book, and covers for the reissue of Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s Newbery Honor Books. Jessell is also the author and illustrator of two picture books, Amorak and FALCON.
Learn more about Tim by visiting his website: www.timjessell.com
Janee Trasler – Janee writes and illustrates clever and funny picture books like the Chickies series, MIMI AND BEAR IN THE SNOW, CAVEMAN A.B.C. STORY, and BENNY’S CHOCOLATE BUNNY. She’s also been known to sing silly songs and play with puppets.
Learn more about Janee by visiting her website: www.trasler.com
Anna Myers – This award-winning Oklahoma author has published 20 books to much critical acclaim. She has won the Oklahoma Book Award four times for SPY!, ASSASSIN, GRAVEYARD GIRL, and RED DIRT JESSIE. She was also awarded their lifetime achievement, the Arrell Gibson Award, in 2012. She writes historical and contemporary fiction for young readers. She also had her first picture book, TUMBLEWEED BABY, published in 2014. Most importantly, she was our Oklahoma SCBWI Regional Advisor and fearless leader for 14 years.
Learn more about Anna by visiting her website: www.annamyers.info
Linda Urban – Linda writes picture books and middle grade novels from subjects as varied as an angry mouse expressing emotion (MOUSE WAS MAD), a red-headed boy searching for independence (LITTLE RED HENRY), a girl who dreams of playing pianos only to end up with a wheezy organ (A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT), and a girl who tries to fix a horrible mistake with a birthday wish (THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING). Urban’s characters are written with so much heart, yours will burst while reading about them.
Learn more about Linda by visiting her website: lindaurbanbooks.com
For full details on the retreat and how to register, visit the OK SCBWI website here: oklahoma.scbwi.org/fall-conference-2015/
Hope to see you there!
Some of our speakers and manuscript critiquers may be making guest appearances on upcoming sessions of #okscbwichat on Twitter prior to the retreat, so stay tuned!
valerie r lawson 
I will be there. Hope to see all my writing buddies. Sign up NOW!
Wonderful! I always enjoy seeing you.
And yes, you should sign up now. Only 90 spots available for this event!
Thanks, Valerie, for the great blog post about the Fall Retreat! I have shared it on FB and Twitter. Paid critique submissions are due in 3 weeks–August 1st.
Oh, that deadline will come faster than we think. Better get mine finished. 😁