Highlights Foundation Workshop: Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books
Registration is now open for the second annual Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.”
When: May 15-18, 2011 (starts with dinner on the 15th and ends with lunch and an optional tour of Highlights on the 18th)
Where: Highlights Founders’ home in Boyds Mills, PA (about 2.5 hours outside New York City)
What: A hands-on workshop specifically designed for writers of Jewish-themed content. Whether your manuscript has slight or overwhelming Jewish content, this is the workshop for you. Unlike a one-day conference, this workshop includes one-on-one manuscript critiques with an expert in Jewish children’s literature or an editor; an editor panel; a discussion of Jewish children’s books with prominent Jewish librarian Linda Silver, author of Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens; and real-time writing with immediate critique.
In addition, you’ll learn
- The future of Jewish children’s literature
- What agents and editors look for
- Best practices in writing Jewish content for children
Faculty
- Linda Silver, author Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens
- Margery Cuyler, Publisher, Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books/Shofar Books
- Natalie Blitt, expert on Jewish children’s literature and former program director and book selection committee chair, The PJ Library
- Ruth Katcher, Editor-at-Large, Egmont USA
- Debra Hess, Senior Editor, Highlights for Children
- Laurel Snyder, author of Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher and Penny Dreadful
- Barbara Krasner, workshop leader
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10:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Sunday, April 3, 2011
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Twelfth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference
November 21, 2010 in New York City
Sponsored by the Jewish Book Council
Formerly the annual event hosted by the 92nd Street Y, we are very excited to have new sponsorship and leadership by the Jewish Book Council for 2011. This event has become a tradition in the Jewish children’s writers community. Attendees have walked away with new friends, critique partners, and relationships with agents and editors that resulted in representation, book contracts, and magazine article assignments.
Don’t miss out!
Just browsing. Fantastic site!! Love the most recent interview. Have thought about sending something to Eerdmans. Thanks for doing this.
Ann
Thanks, Ann, for coming onto the site!
Hi, my name is Sheila Baslaw, I live in Ottawa Canada and I write Jewish themed children’s stories.
I was thrilled to read about a conference for Jewish Children’s Book Writers. Are there plans to hold a conference this year? Please send me any information available.
I await your reply with eager anticipation and thanks.
Sheila
Sheila,
The 14th Annual Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference, sponsored by the Jewish Book Council, was recently advertised in Jewish Book World with a date of November 18, 2012. There is also the possibility of a multi-day workshop sponsored by the Highlights Foundation in June 2013. Stay tuned!
Barbara
I will stay tuned for sure!!!!
I await further details as I plan to attend the conference on Nov.18.
With thanks
Sheila B