FOUNDERS WORKSHOPS
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FALL 2006 WORKSHOPS
The Hero's Journey: Bringing the Power of Mythic Structure to Your Writing
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Workshop Leaders: Marileta Robinson, senior editor of Highlights for Children, and Kim T. Griswell, coordinating editor of Highlights for Children
October 19-22 * Tuition: $595 * Limited to 12 Participants
Writing Novels for Young Adults
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Workshop Leader: Rich Wallace, author
October 26-29 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 8 Participants
A Crash Course in the Business of Children's Publishing
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Workshop Leader: Clay Winters, president of Boyds Mills Press
Guest Faculty: Kent Brown, editor in chief of Highlights for Children and publisher of Boyds Mills Press; Larry Rosler, editorial director of Boyds Mills Press; Tim Gillner, art director of Boyds Mills Press; Kim T. Griswell, coordinating editor of Highlights for Children; and Marileta Robinson, senior editor of Highlights for Children
November 2-5 * Tuition: $595 * Limited to 15 Participants
Writing Fiction for Children's Magazines
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Workshop Leaders: Paula Morrow, children's literature specialist for twenty-five years, and Marileta Robinson, senior editor of Highlights for Children
November 10-12 * Tuition: $495 * Limited to 12 Participants
Writing Your First Novel
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Workshop Leader: Sandy Asher, recipient of the National Jewish Book Award
Guest Faculty: Wendy Schmalz, a literary agent with twenty-five years' experience
November 16-19 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 12 Participants
SPRING 2007 WORKSHOPS
NEW Writing About Sports
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Workshop Leaders: Rich Wallace, author, and Sandra Neil Wallace, writer and TV host
March 15-18 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 8 Participants
Nonfiction: It's More than Just the Facts!
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Workshop Leader: Carolyn P. Yoder, editor of Calkins Creek Books and author
March 29-April 1 * Tuition: $995 * Limited to 10 Participants
Writing from Nature: Blazing a Trail from Field Journal to Publication
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Workshop Leader: Mark Baldwin, director of education programs of Roger Tory Peterson Institute and author.
Guest Faculty: Andy Boyles, science editor of Highlights for Children;
Lindsay Barrett George, children's book author and illustrator; Paul Kowalczyk, forester; Solon Morse, ecologist and illustrator at Roger Tory Peterson
Institute; Ed Wesely, director of the Butterfly Barn Nature Center
April 18-22 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 15 Participants
Nonfiction Magazine Writing: Articles That Sell!
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Workshop Leader: Barbara Krasner, author of more than sixty articles published in children's publications.
Guest Faculty: Charles Baker, co-editor of Caliope, former editor of Footsteps
April 26-29 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 12 Participants
Picture Books A-Z
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Workshop Leader: Juanita Havill, author of sixteen children's books
Guest Faculty: Susan Pearson, editor and author
May 3-6 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 12 Participants
Writing from the Heart: A Guided Writers' Retreat
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Workshop Leader: Joy Cowley, highly regarded author of the much-loved Mrs. Wishy-Washy and dozens of other popular children's books
June 23-30 * Tuition: $895 * Limited to 12 Participants
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Jo Lloyd, Program Assistant
Phone number: (570) 253-1192
E-mail: contact@highlightsfoundation.org for more information or an application
