Lindsey Carmichael from Lewis Lake, Nova Scotia, is the recipient of the 2015 Martha Weston Grant. She received $1,500 to cover her expenses to attend the annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles.
Grant coordinator Lissa Rovetch noted the judges, consisting of herself, Ashley Wolff, Julie Downing, Susan McCombs and Dory Weston, received many outstanding applications all of which reflected Martha Weston’s generous spirit.
After publishing more than 50 picture books and easy readers as an illustrator and/or author, Martha (Hairston) Weston published her first middle grade novel shortly before her death. Martha always took time to encourage others, and the Hairston family established the Martha Weston Grant to honor and continue her efforts. The SCBWI wishes to thank the Hairston family for making the grant possible, to the judges for volunteering their time, and to Lissa Rovetch who served again this year as Grant Coordinator. Applications will again be accepted in early spring. Rules and procedures can be found under the Awards and Grants section of the website. If you are interested in applying for this very special grant, please mark your calendars for early next year when the application process opens.
Visit CocaoStomp for Jamie Temairik's latest exclusive TEAM BLOG video interview with illustrator, Caldecott winner and Summer Conference keynote speaker David Weisner who takes the form of a zombie sock puppet (another undead illustrator!).
Two days from now: Blog-mania! Stay tuned...
Visit Alice's CWIM Blog for Alice Pope's exclusive interview with author and Summer Conference keynote speaker Kathleen Duey, the latest in our TEAM BLOG keynote interview series (with more to come!).
Kathleen offers lots of great advice for conference goers and talks about, among other things, fear (and why it's good for you).
Three more days until the Summer Conference Blog-apalooza!
photo: Sonya Sones
Visit Jolie Stekly's Cuppa Jolie blog today for an exclusive TEAM BLOG interview with Newbery winner and SCBWI Summer Conference keynote speaker Karen Cushman.
We're counting down to the Summer Conference ... only four more days! More exclusive interviews to come this week, and then our conference blog-o-rama begins.
Be sure to visit Lee Wind's blog today to read his terrific interview with SCBWI Summer Conference keynote speaker Ellen Hopkins.
And be sure to check out all the TEAM BLOG blogger's sites between now and the conference (which starts August 7) for more exclusive interviews, features and scoop. (You can find the TEAM BLOG blogroll on the right of this blog.)
You can still register for the event, full- or part-time. Click here for the registration page.
If you don't have the time (or the funds) to attend the entire SCBWI 38th Annual Summer Conference, there is an option to attend part-time.
You can quickly register online as a part-time attendee and there are a number of great one-day and two-day options. There are excellent sessions each day of the conference as wall as special events, so you can't go wrong with whatever you pick. Here's what you can choose from:
Friday, 8/7/2009 Registration - Non-Member - $200
Full-day Friday Registration
Saturday, 8/8/2009 Registration - Non-Member - $200
Full-day Saturday Registration
Sunday, 8/9/2009 Registration - Non-Member - $200
Full-day Sunday registration. Does NOT include a ticket to the Golden Kite Luncheon. Tickets to the Golden Kite luncheon are $75 each and must be purchased separately.
Monday, 8/10/2009 Registration - Non-Member - $200
Full-day Monday Registration
Friday/Saturday Registration - Non-Member - $400
Friday/Saturday, 2-Day Registration
Saturday/Sunday Registration - Non-Member - $400
Saturday/Sunday, 2-Day Registration. Does NOT include a ticket to the Golden Kite Luncheon.
Sunday/Monday Registration - Non-Member - $400
Sunday/Monday, 2-Day Registration. Does NOT include a ticket to the Golden Kite Luncheon.
Click here for the conference registration page. Hope to see you there! And don't forget--you can read about any conference happenings you miss right here on the conference blog.
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David's name is spelt WIESNER. Not Weisner. It would be lovely if you would correct this. Just saying...