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Workshop
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Date: May 18–21,
2006
Arrive Thursday, May 18, at 3 PM for a tour of HIGHLIGHTS
FOR CHILDREN® and Boyds Mills Press.
Depart Sunday, May 21, after lunch.
Designed For: Writers interested in
exploring the many nonfiction opportunities inchildren’s
magazines.
Workshop Tuition: $895
Limited To: 12 participants
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WORKSHOP FOCUS
Profiles, features, memoir, how-to—these are just some
of the articles that you can write for children’s magazines.
Many children’s writers get their start by first writing
for magazines. With more than six hundred magazines in today’s
children’s market, opportunity abounds for the writer
who can craft a well-researched article with a dramatic hook
and query with confidence. Magazine writing is also a good
way to understand the nuances of working with editors and
the editorial process.
This workshop will cover how to
- find ideas for the articles only you can write;
- understand what editors want;
- find the best primary and secondary sources (libraries,
archives, Web sites, subjectmatter experts)
- know the best markets for your work; and;
- write the query letter that will get you an assignment.
PLEASE NOTE: Participants
are encouraged to bring both new works and works in progress
to this workshop.
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Workshop
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Barbara Krasner
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Barbara
Krasner
More than sixty of Barbara’s articles have appeared
in Babagaznewz, Calliope, Cobblestone,
Footsteps, and Odyssey. In 2005, she serves
as one of the judges in the SCBWI Magazine
Writing Merit Awards. In January 2006, she will receive her
MFA. in Writing for Children
and Young Adults from Vermont College. She is currently at
work on a biography and two historical
novels for young people.
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Guest
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Charles Baker |
Charles
Baker
Charles currently edits two magazines (Calliope and Footsteps)
that he and his wife founded, now published by Cobblestone Publishing
Company. He is the author or coauthor of several books: The
Struggle for Freedom: Plays on the American Revolution, The
Classical Companion, Classical Ingenuity, and Myths
and Legends of Mount Olympos. He has also coauthored Ancient
Greeks, Ancient Romans, and Ancient Egyptians
for Oxford University Press, and Don’t Hold Me Back,
the biography of black folk artist Winfred Rembert for Cricket
Books. Most recently, he edited a series of four animal books
for children (Bugs, Pets, Water Animals, and Wild
Animals) for Carus Publishing Company.
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