Conference Agenda

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
8:00 - 8:45	REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN Gallery of Illustration
9:00 - 10:00	WELCOME & KEYNOTE ADDRESS Welcome: Luella Jones, UVU Conferences & Workshops Introduction: Keynote Speaker: Chris Crutcher, Author
10:10 - 11:10	WORKSHOP SESSION A When Real Life Fiction Meets the Censor - Chris Crutcher & Chris Crowe How To Do a Picture Book While Dealing With the Various Publishing Houses - Guy Francis Using Picture Books in Secondary Education - Sonia Osborne Beehive Bash Award Winners - Janell P. Matthews
11:20 - 12:30	GENERAL SESSION Introduction: Sydney Husseman, SCBWI Regional Advisor Keynote Speaker: Joy Neaves, Editor for Front Street Books
12:30 - 1:30/2:00	TAKE A BREAK - LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 - 2:00	BOOK SIGNING Keynotes and workshop authors/illustrators
2:10 - 3:10	WORKSHOP SESSION B Joy Neaves, Editor for Front Street Books Compositional Details in Illustration - Brett Helquist Inspired by Children’s Books: Exciting Classroom Publishing Project - Nancy Peterson Best Books 2006 - Pat Castelli & Anne Nabaum
3:20	CLOSING SESSION Our Favorite Books - That We Didn’t Write or Publish Moderator: Nancy Peterson, UVU School of Education
4:30	Closing & Door Prizes
Thursday, March 29, 2007
8:00 - 8:45	REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN Gallery of Illustration
9:00 - 10:00	WELCOME& KEYNOTE ADDRESS Welcome: Luella Jones, Conferences & Workshops Introduction: Speaker: Brett Helquist - Illustrator
10:20 - 11:20	WORKSHOP SESSION C Can Bad Words Be Good? - Chris Crutcher Peer Critiques - Sydney Hussemann **Please bring 5 copies of your first 500 words of picture book, novel, synopsis, or cover letter The Magic of Pictures - Scott E. Franson How to get Reluctant Readers to Read Using Best Books - Luann Staheli
11:30 - 12:30	WORKSHOP SESSION D Writing Your Own Fairy Tales - Mette Harrison Publishing With A Small House - Joy Neaves Graphic Novels - Matthew Armstrong Move Over Oprah: Book Clubs In and Out of the Classroom - Leslie Lord Robbins
12:30 - 1:30/2:00	PUBLICATION LUNCHEON Books by our local authors and illustrators that have been published in the past year Award Ceremony for Gallery of Illustration
1:30 - 2:00	BOOK SIGNING Keynotes and workshop authors/illustrators
2:10 - 3:10	WORKSHOP SESSION E Exercise Your Writing - Sarah Zarr Submissions 101 - Sydney Hussemann Combining Pictures and Words: Art in the Classroom - Sherry Meidell
3:20 - 4:20	WORKSHIOP SESSION F First Pages - Cheri Earl maybe Carol Character Design - Brett Helquist A Way With Words: Inspiring Writers in the Classroom - Merlyn Schofield Planning Successful School Visits and Author Fairs - Tommie Leydsman
4:30	Closing & Door Prizes

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