Presenting the winners of my contest to provide free tuition for diverse children\’s authors and illustrators to attend Illinois SCBWI\’s 2016 conference – Prairie Writers and Illustrators Day – PWID Contest Results… PWID 2016 Faculty…PWID 2016 Faculty… The three winners who will be my guests at the conference are: Jill Kaunfung – http://jill-kuanfung.squarespace.com/ […]
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Here are the winners of my contest, two fresh author/illustrator faces who won free tuition for the Illinois SCBWI conference, Prairie Writers and Illustrators Day, Nabeeh Bilal and Jill Kuanfung. Both will be my guests at this year’s conference. Congratulations to everyone who entered.
I’m an outlier, a black female who swims. There are a few of us, you know. I grew up on the south side of Chicago. There were no public pools back then, but out school found a way. We were required to take swimming, and being on your period was an excuse that went only
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A second Illinois SCBWI member has stepped up to join in the effort to help diverse authors and illustrators attend the annual conference on Nov 5. Children’s book author Urania Smith has also stepped up to sponsor an attendee. We have a wide definition of diverse author/illustrator. So if you are in or near the
On November 5, the Illinois chapter of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) is having its annual conference, Prairie Writer’s and Illustrator’s Day. The one-day conference is held at the Wojcik Conference Center, at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. This conference contains valuable information for people who craft children’s books, with information about
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