I'll be speaking at (and hosting) an upcoming SCBWI conference on May 14, 2011 in Sioux Falls, SD.  If you live in the Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, or Iowa areas, please check it out!  (Or even if you'd like to come from further away, we'd of course be glad to have you!)

This year's list of conference speakers is outstanding, and even includes a NYT Bestselling author!

Jacqueline West - NYT Bestselling Author 
Kerry Sparks - Associate Agent (Levine-Greenberg Agency) 
Emilia Rhodes - Assistant Editor (Simon & Schuster) 
Nathan Gassman - Art Director (Capstone Publishing) 

Also, one on one manuscript and portfolio critiques with the conference faculty are available.  

For more information or to register, check out the SCBWI Dakotas website:http://www.dakotas-scbwi.org/Spring_Conference.html

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