JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC
AUGUST 2021
21 TAKING RISKS WITH CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
21-27 THE WHOLE NOVEL WORKSHOP
One-Week Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
24 HOW TO STAND OUT IN THE PICTURE BOOK MARKET
Webinar: https://austin.scbwi.org/
26 NOVELISTS AT WORK: CRAFTING YOUR PITCH TO SELL YOUR STORY
4-Week Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
26 WRITING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
28 HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE PICTURE BOOKS
Online Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
28 TOP 10 REASONS YOU ARE NOT GETTING PUBLISHED
Webinar: https://hawaii.scbwi.org/
28-31 WRITING FIRST CHAPTER BOOKS AND EARLY READERS
3-Day Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
SEPTEMBER 2021
2 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
4 EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING SERIES
8-Part Webinar Series: https://newmexico.scbwi.org/
7 AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF THE SLUSH PILE
Webinar: https://newmexico.scbwi.org/
9 CAPTURING AN EDITOR’S ATTENTION THROUGH INNOVATION
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
9 EARLY READERS CATCH THE WORMS
Webinar: https://midatlantic.scbwi.org/
9-11 CHAPTER ONE: HOW TO BEGIN YOUR CHAPTER BOOK SERIES
3-Day Online Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
12-15 PB&J: PICTURE BOOKS AND ALL THAT JAZZ
3-Day Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
14 KILLER SCENES AND PERFECT PACING
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
14 THE IMPORTANCE OF BACK STORY
Webinar: https://austin.scbwi.org/
17-18 THE BASICS AND BEYOND
Online Conference: https://dakotas.scbwi.org/
18 WHY BACK MATTER MATTERS with Laurie Wallmark
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
18 GROW WITH THE PROS: Agent Jennifer March Soloway
Webinar: https://indiana.scbwi.org/
18 WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Master Class: https://write2ignite.com/
18 NONFICTION THAT ROCKS THE WORLD
One-Day Online Conference: https://iowa.scbwi.org/
18 YOUNG ADULT MASTER CLASS
Online Workshop: https://write2ignite.com/
19-23 THE CRAFT AND HEART OF WRITING POETRY FOR CHILDREN
5-Day Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
20 SKIP THE SLUSH: WORK-FOR-HIRE WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
Webinar: https://epa.scbwi.org/
21-23 RHYMING PICTURE BOOK
2-Part Webinar: www.highlightsfoundation.org
22 CRASH COURSE IN CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING
10-Week Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
22 LINE EDITING YOUR MG OR YA NOVEL
10-Week Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
23 FINDING THE PERFECT AGENT
Webinar: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
24-26 CREATING TOGETHER CONFERENCE
Online Conference: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
25 TURNING SUBMISSIONS INTO ACQUISITIONS
Online Boot Camp: https://florida.scbwi.org/
25 FINDING WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING FOR
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
25-26 CULTIVATING YOUR CREATIVITY
Online Conference: https://arizona.scbwi.org/
26 SCARY SECRETS FOR WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING THRILLING KIDLIT
Webinar: https://michigan.scbwi.org/
27-29 NOVELS IN VERSE INTENSIVE
3-Day Online Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
29 CREATING AN IMAGE SYSTEM FOR YOUR VERSE NOVEL
4-Week Online Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
30 RE-VISION WEEK TUNE UP
Challenge: https://laurenkerstein.net/
30 RELATIONSHIPS IN CONTEMPORARY MG AND YA NOVELS
4-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
OCTOBER 2021
2 MEANING & MUSIC: WRITING PICTURE BOOKS THAT SING
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
2 HOW TO USE PHYSICAL ACTION LIKE A PLAYWRIGHT
Webinar: https://oklahoma.scbwi.org/
2 REVISIONS: HOW MUCH REVISION IS TOO MUCH?
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
3-6 TELLING IT TRUE: THE ART OF STORYTELLING IN NARRATIVE NONFICTION
3-Day Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
3-9 THE WHOLE NOVEL WORKSHOP: HISTORICAL FICTION
Online Intensive: www.highlightsfoundation.org
4 RETHINKING YOUR NONFICTION PICTURE BOOK
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
7-10 ANTI-RACISM AND LIBERATORY PRACTICES IN CHILDREN’S LIT
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9 ADAPTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT INTO A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Webinar: https://sfsouth.scbwi.org/
16 PICTURE BOOKS WITH HEART
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
17 FILLING THE WRITER’S TOOLBOX
4-Week Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
18 PERFECTING THE PICTURE BOOK
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
18-22 FALL CHRISTIAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS ONLINE CONFERENCE
Virtual Conference: https://writingforyourlife.com/
19 SUBMISSION-READY WITH HEART
3-Week Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
19 PERFECTING THE NONFICTION PROPOSAL
Webinar: https://austin.scbwi.org/
21-24 COLOR, LIGHT, LINE AND TEXTURE
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
23 BECOMING A NONFICTION WRITER
2-Part Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
NOVEMBER 2021
1-30 NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH
Challenge to write a novel in one month: https://www.nanowrimo.org/
2 MAJOR & MINOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
4 THE ABCs OF POETRY: WRITING IN VERSE FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
8-11 FEELINGS, AN ADVANCED ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOP with Patricia Lee Gauch
Online Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9 CREATING CHARACTERS WITH DEPTH AND STAYING POWER
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
DECEMBER 2021
2 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
4 THE ABCS OF WRITING VERSE NOVELS with Nikki Grimes
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
12 WRITING NEURODIVERGENT CHARACTERS WITH SENSITIVITY
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
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