Friday Night
September 17th
Three Ring Circus
Faculty Meet and Greet!
Overland Park Doubletree
10100 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS
7 pm to 9 pm
The High Wire Act with Bruce Hale:
Make Your Story Unputdownable!
Entertainment: TBA
The Clown Car: Faculty Meet and Greet and Book Signing. a drink ticket and hor d'ouvres)
Meeting the Carnies: Ten-minute one-on-one manuscript consultations with Editors, Agents and Authors
Enjoy the Friday night events at a discount when you sign up for the VIP Consultation. You don't have to participate in our Friday night social events to receive Individual Consultation.
Meeting the Carnies
Manuscript Submission Instruction:
One-on-One with editor or agent
(21 participants max)
One-on-One with faculty author
(17 participants max)
Prerequisites:
• Participated in a previous consultation at a Kansas SCBWI conference, or
• Active in a critique group, or
• Published by a traditional publisher
For individual manuscript consultations, submit two copies (700 words maximum) in STANDARD manuscript format, plus two copies of a 25 word or less elevator pitch. Once you register for a consultation you will get instructions on where to submit, and how to indicate your choices of consultants (our two editors, agent, and authors). We'll forward your manuscript to the faculty ahead of time. First come, first served
All one-on-one consultations will be held Friday night.
Deadline to submit: August 21st.
No refunds on this portion after the above deadline.
Circus Auditions
Manuscript Submission Instructions:
Group Manuscript Critiques will be available with our editors and agent on Saturday. There is an additional fee for these critiques.
Only one Group Critique per person!
Group critiques held during 2nd & 3rd breakout sessions (30 participants max)
No prerequisites. First come, first served
Circus Audition Instructions:
Bring six copies of your manuscript (a maximum of 500 words) in STANDARD manuscript format, plus a 25 word or less elevator pitch that you'll read aloud. Once you register for a consultation you will get further instructions on how to indicate your choices of consultants (our two editors, agent, and authors).
How the session will work: Each participant will have 9 minutes to read their story summary and their 500 words. The other four participants will make notes on their copy of the manuscript. Then the editor or agent will comment on the manuscript. If time, other participants will comment as well, and then the author gets all copies of manuscript back.
Questions re: consultations and critiques can be directed to Sue Ford, Critique Coordinator, at ks.critique@yahoo.com
Sorry no illustrator sessions this year.
We didn’t have enough participation in 2009, so we’re planning an illustrator event for another time.
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Got a general conference question? Or a question about registration? Contact Kim Peek, Regional Advisor, ks_scbwi@yahoo.com.