Workshop Focus:

An Overview of Children’s Book Publishing

• Exploring Genres
• Selecting a Publisher
• What Publishers are Publishing

Getting Published The Mechanics of Submitting

• What Happens When I Submit My Manuscript? (Getting Out of the Slush Pile)
• What If My Manuscript Is Rejected?
• Acceptance!

Editing and Producing a Children’s Book

• The Editorial Process
• Art Direction and Design
• Putting It All Together: Production, Printing

The Illustration Process

• How an Illustrator Is Chosen
  The Illustrator’s Role in the Process

Business Aspects of Children’s Publishing

• Contracts and Agents
• I Have a Book! Now What?
• Reviews
• Selling Systems (Retail, Library, Sub Rights and Foreign Rights, Special Sales, Gift Market)

Promoting Your Book

• Conventions
• Libraries
• School and Bookstore Visits
• Author Web Sites
• What Does the Publisher Do?
• What Does the Author Do?
• The Remainder Table

Publishing in Children’s Magazines

• The Markets
• Choosing a Publisher
• Contracts
• Selling Fiction to Magazines
• Selling Nonfiction to Magazines

Andy Boyles
A lifelong interest in science led Andy to his position as science editor at Highlights for Children and Boyds Mills Press. From dinosaur fossils and rain forests of Madagascar to environments closer to home, Andy’s encounters with the natural world and those who study it are recorded in countless interviews and articles. A member of the National Association of Science Writers, he has received numerous writing and editing awards.

Joelle Dujardin
Bio to come.

Tim Gillner
As the Boyds Mills Press art director, Tim is directly responsible for the design and art direction of all Boyds Mills Press books. Tim has taught book illustration at Marywood University for the past five years. He is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Society of Illustrators in New York City.

Kim T. Griswell
Kim is a senior editor for Highlights, Inc. and works with the Highlights Foundation and Boyds Mills Press. She served as the coordinating editor of Highlights for six years and Highlights High Five for a year. Her work in the children’s literature field has spanned the worlds of publishing and teaching, leading her to positions as senior editor of Bookbag magazine, book development manager for The Mailbox Book Company, a university and community college instructor, and a teacher with the Institute of Children’s Literature. She holds master’s degrees in teaching writing and in literature from Humboldt State University. She has taught writing workshops across the country on such topics as Focusing Nonfiction, Mystery Writing, Creating a Sense of Place, Writing for Children’s Magazines, Nature as Muse, and The Hero’s Journey. A prolific writer and committed editor, Kim has published more than two hundred short stories, articles, and columns. Her books include Carnivorous Plants, Nonfiction Reading Practice (Grade 3), and many stories in the four-book series, Short Short Stories for Reading Aloud. In 2008, Kim was awarded a two-month writing residency at the Sitka Center for Arts and Ecology in Oregon. www.kimgriswell.com.