Thursday, December 18, 2014
Spinning a Tale as Old as Time: Writer’s Workshop with Tracy Barrett
Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/10/2015
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Aina Haina Public Library
5246 Kalanianaole Hwy - Honolulu, Hawaii 96821
Tuition
Non-Members $50; SCBWI Members $25
CONTACT hawaii@scbwi.org FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Advance registration required.
Limited Seating.
Interested in writing nonfiction or historical fiction for children and young adults? Tracy Barrett, an award-winning author of numerous books and magazine articles for young readers, will be holding a writer's workshop on January 10, 2015 at the Aina Haina Public Library. The workshop will be a combination of lecture/presentation and participant involvement.
Tracy holds a Bachelor's Degree with honors in Classics-Archaeology from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. She taught at Vanderbilt University for twenty-eight years. Her scholarly interests in the ancient and medieval worlds overlap in her fiction and nonfiction works.
A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study medieval women writers led to the writing of her award-winning young-adult novel, Anna of Byzantium(Delacorte). Her most recent publications are Dark of the Moon (Harcourt) a YA retelling of the myth of the minotaur, King of Ithaka, a YA novel based on Homer's Odyssey; the popular middle-grade series The Sherlock Files (both Henry Holt) and The Stepsister’s Tale (Harlequin Teen, 2014) which received starred reviews from both Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus and was a PW Book of the Week.
Read more about Tracy Barrett at her website: http://www.tracybarrett.com/bio.htm
Registration and information: hawaii@scbwi.org
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
Aspiring Keiki Artists at Our Lady of Good Counsel
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Lee & Low's New Voices Award Contest
https://www.leeandlow.com/writers-illustrators/new-voices-award
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Family Book Night Interview
An Interview with Tammy Yee
Tammy Yee is the author/illustrator of more than 24 children's books set in the Hawaiian Islands. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview Tammy about her projects and what she enjoys most about being an author and illustrator. You can read more about Tammy and her many projects at tammyyee.com.
You've written and illustrated a number of books. Do you have a preference for either writing or illustrating?
I love both writing and illustrating. I tend to be very visual as I create--a book develops like a movie or a storyboard in my mind, with different parts of my brain toggling on and off. As a writer, I begin with a blank canvas that I must fill with interesting characters and a fresh, compelling story. As an illustrator, I'm given a story and I must create a visual world that doesn't merely interpret, but adds to that story. Because writing is more intellectually and creatively challenging, it can be tempestuous. Because illustrating (32 pages of art) is more physically challenging, it can be arduous. Both are just as gratifying.
Read more...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Read To Me International’s The Write On! Writers’ Conference
Renown Hawaii children’s book author and illustrator Tammy Yee is the featured conference luncheon speaker. Her more than 24 books, which reflects the beauty and aloha of Hawaii, include the Tsunami Quilt, A Is For Aloha, Lullaby Moon, and Baby Honu’s Incredible Journey.
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Children's Literature Hawaii Biennial Conference
For more information, visithttp://www.childrensliteraturehi.org/ andhttps://www.facebook.com/CLH2014conference
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
2014 LORIN TARR GILL BIENNIAL WRITING COMPETITION
Cash awards will be presented in the following categories:
First Place $125
Second Place $100
Third Place $75
Honorable Mention $25
You may submit one entry only in each category.
Entries should not have been previously published.
Authors retain all rights and may submit their entries elsewhere.
Maximum Length:
- Fiction and Nonfiction: 8 pages, double-spaced, using standard 12-point font
- Poetry: 40 lines, single-spaced, using standard 12-point font
Place the title and page number ONLY on each document page. Do NOT include your name, as judges will receive unmarked entries.
Submit a separate cover page for each entry with:
- Full title of entry
- Author’s full name (no pen names)
- Mailing address, phone number, and email address.
EMAIL ENTRIES to the 2014 Lorin Tarr Gill Chair Susan Killeen: LTG@nlapwhonolulu.org
Entry fee: $10 for each entry (Since only one entry is allowed per category, the maximum fee would be $30 for one entry in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry.)
MAIL CHECKS for entry fees, payable to "NLAPW-Honolulu" to:
Susan Killeen
1570 Bertram St.
Honolulu, HI 96816
DEADLINE: March 31, 2014
Winners will be notified in advance.
Awards will be presented at the May 5th, 2014 Honolulu Pen Women meeting at the Pacific Club, 1451 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu 96813.
Presented by
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN – HONOLULU BRANCH
www.nlapwhonolulu.org
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