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Watch for contests, scholarships, webinars and all sorts of goodies here!!!

9/26/2015

 
One of our missions at the Children's Book Academy is to reach out and provide opportunities for all creatives. This includes free opportunities to learn through our engaging webinars, fun contests with prizes, and scholarships to help those in achieving their professional goals. Our scholarships are designed to help bring more diversity of all kinds into the children's literature field and are currently offered to folks who identify as LBQTI, having a disability, being a person of color, or being low income. In addition, we also invite SCBWI RAs, ARAs, and ICs to apply, whether or not they identify with the above, because they do so much for our community. Please peruse our past and current offerings. To get first notice of these opportunities, please sign up for our not too frequent but often helpful newsletter here.

The Chapter Book Alchemist is gearing up for 2015, come join us for a magical adventure with Hillary Homzie and Mira Reisberg. Starting Jan. 12th.

And as an added bonus!!! If you sign up by December 15th, you will also receive a bonus FREE e-course learning to use Scrivener - the best novel writing software out there (value 149.00)!!!

If you need a scholarship never fear, we're here to help! The Andrea Davis Pinkney Merit Scholarship ends Thursday Dec. 4th! To find out more and/or apply for a full or half-off scholarship click here!!!

Scholarship winners will be announced Dec. 11th or sooner.

Want to Write a Novel? It's Easier Than You Think!!
Come join us for our FREE webinar on novel writing! If you've been struggling with keeping your word count down for a Picture Book, then maybe Chapter Books and Middle Grade novels are for you! Come find out on Friday Jan. 2nd at 5:30pm PST!!


Meanwhile, here are some of our other official Past Scholarship Opportunities that will be returning each year:
Pat Cummings' the Hero's Art Journey Scholarship
Nikki Grimes Poetic Techniques Scholarship
Andrea Pinkney Chapter Book Scholarship
Yuyi Morales Picture Book Scholarship
Rafael Lopez Illustration Scholarship

Meet Stephen Mooser, SCBWI co-founder and Webinar guest for Class Clown Academy Meets Children's Book Academy Thursday Oct. 30th at 5PM PDT

10/6/2014

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Here at the Academy, we love to laugh, and we love to share information. We also love to open doors. Brrrng, Brrrng (that's the sound of the doorbell ringing) as we open the door to special guest, Stephen Mooser. Steve is the illustrious co-founder, with Lin Oliver, of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and author of over 60 children's books! In this free webinar, Stephen will be sharing about how to write funny stories and how to self-publish. He'll also be sharing about his fabulously fun book Class Clown Academy. Yep all this and more is free in Class Clown Academy Meets Children's Book Academy Thursday October 30th 5PM Pacific Daylight Time. Sign up below to either attend or receive the recording afterwards. It really is an extraordinary opportunity to meet a great and funny human being. Questions are welcome in this interactive presentation!!! To find out more about Steve, visit www.stephenmooser.com
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For Writers and Illustrators: 2nd Visual Stories and the Craft of Contradiction with Chronicle Books' Kristine Brogno

9/22/2014

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Some of the funnest children's books feature what's called a 2nd visual story where either the writer has written the visual story in or the illustrator plays with their illustrator voice by adding another layer with their own purely illustrated story that isn't included in the text. Other times the writer and the illustrator do a dance between image and text to create something extraordinary that's greater than the sum of it's parts. In this fun FREE webinar, Chronicle Books Design Director and Art Director extraordinaire Kristine Brogno, and CBA founder Dr. Mira Reisberg will do a show and tell about improving your craft with both of these techniques. See some of Kristine's fabulous work here: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/kids-teens

Hosted by Mark Mitchell of Marks and Splashes on Friday October 17th at 5PM Pacific Daylight Time, don't miss this exceptional event. Register now with the form below (don't forget to hit submit) and please share this page with your friends. :) 
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The Yuyi Morales Merit Scholarship

8/14/2014

 
We are so thrilled to be offering a bunch of scholarships for the upcoming Craft and Business of Writing Children's Picture Books interactive e-Course for a second time! The course has been newly updated with all the goodies and tips Mira learned from the editors and art directors themselves! Come check it out!
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The Pat Cummings Hero's Art Journey Scholarship

6/10/2014

 
As a former Army kid, Pat has had more than her share of heroic journeys.  Besides these adventures, Pat has written and/or illustrated 35 books, won lots of awards, and done tons of good in the world. We are thrilled to be honoring her with the Pat Cummings Hero's Art Journey Scholarships Award for 10 official winners to the 2014 Hero's Art Journey interactive e-Course. Come have a peek right here.

New Webinar Coming on Writing the Cover Letter and Pitch that Editors and Agents Want to Read

1/1/2014

 
Don't miss our next exciting webinar January 21st 6PM Pacific Standard time. Details here!!

Webinar with Publisher Renee Ting

10/9/2013

 
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Hullo, we have a super exciting interactive webinar coming up with Renee Ting, editor and publisher of Shen's Books, Mark Mitchell of Make Your Splashes, and me this Friday October 11th at 2PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Come with questions but no pitches. We'll be talking about multiculturalism, art, and what editors look for in a well written story. To register click this link here.

It should be a blast!!!

Unblocking and Reveling in Creativity, Narrative, and Our Own Hero's Journey!

9/26/2013

 
Meet Maya Gonzalez, multi-award-winning author/illustrator of over 20 picture books (and me) October 1st 6PM Pacific Standard Time for a standout webinar/workshop on working through creative blocks, creating creative flow, the art of narrative in text and art, and discovering your own hero's journey. This webinar is for both writers and illustrators or aspiring artists. Mark Mitchel of Make Your Splashes will be asking his usual insightful questions and facilitating this event. Come with questions, come with party hats. We are working our butts off to create something wondrous and super helpful for you. Just sign up below to receive the super special somewhat secret link. (This has now been removed) Do attend the event if you can, and/or receive the video recording later :) Of course, LIVE is the most fun :)
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Creating Wonderful Characters Workshop/Webinar and Contest!!

9/26/2013

 
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Woop woop!! We have some super exciting news.
This Thursday September 26th at 6PM Pacific Standard Time, the brilliant Marsha Diane Arnold
and I, supported by Mark Mitchell of Make Your Splashes, will be sharing with you tips and tricks to make your children's book characters memorable. Marsha will be focusing on writing and I'll be focusing on art. We'll also be sharing information about our super exciting 1 week contest with FABULOUS PRIZES including!!
  • First prize – The opportunity to submit your manuscript to extraordinary editor Christy Ottaviano of Christy Ottaviano Books at her own Henry Holt imprint, and the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course for free!
  • Second prize – A one-on-one Skype critique with Marsha Diane Arnold and the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course for free!
  • Third prize – The opportunity to submit your manuscript to Karen Grencik of Red Fox Literary Agency!
  • Fourth prize – The opportunity to submit your manuscript to Mira Reisberg of Hummingbird Literary Agency!

Bring questions and your own sweet self, it's FREE!! To register click here. Even if you can't make it to the event, if you register, we'll send you a video recording link for later!!! - See more at: http://www.picturebookacademy.com/news.htm

And here is the link to the contest which ends October 2nd!! Do join us - it will be fun.

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  • Home
  • WRITING
    • Mastering Great Graphic Novels >
      • 2023 Mastering Graphic Novels Registration
    • Craft & Business of Writing Childrens Picture Books
    • The Chapter Book Alchemist
    • New!! Middle Grade Mastery Instant Access
    • 2022 Kidlit Palooza >
      • 2022 Palooza Program
      • 2022 Palooza Faculty
  • ILLUSTRATION
    • NEW!! Craft & Business of Illustrating Children's Books Instant Access
    • Never a Dull Moment Workshop
  • TECH
  • About Us
    • Why Us?
    • Meet the Faculty, Lives & GT Judges
    • Testimonials
    • Books by Students
    • Our Bookshop
    • As Seen In
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
  • Blogfish
  • MN Course Access
  • Community
    • Our Bookshop
    • Come Play With Us!
    • Resources
    • Course Scholarships >
      • Yuyi Morales Picture Book Scholarship
      • Andrea Davis Pinkney MG CB Mastery Scholarship
      • Rafael Lopez Illustrating Childrens Books Scholarships
      • Larissa Marantz Merit & Need Scholarship