#HFGather

Free Online Sessions

#HFGathers are free online webinars for children’s writers, illustrators, and storytellers at any level.  We’d love for you to join us in community.  All are welcome. We also hold occasional online Ask Me Anything sessions, where you can ask questions about upcoming workshops.

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Upcoming #HFGathers

Free #HFGather: 2025 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session

Free #HFGather: 2025 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session

Starts: January 15, 2025

Recordings of Past Sessions

When the COVID pandemic required everyone to stay home, we began #HFGather, a series of free online sessions to help us stay connected during that time. What we discovered is that we don’t need to be on campus to feel our community. As our #HFGather host Sarah Aronson says: “We know how to make community even when we can’t be together.”

Below are recordings from past sessions that you can browse and watch at your convenience.

#HFgather: Income Streams for Children’s Book Illustrators

#HFgather: Income Streams for Children’s Book Illustrators

If you missed the live session, you can watch it here.For closed captions, hover over the bottom of the video and choose the “CC” icon. Listen to a podcast version of the #HFGather: Illustrators Pat Cummings, Shadra Strickland, Xindi Yan and Rudy Gutierrez joined us...

Watch Our Pride Celebration of Stories

Watch Our Pride Celebration of Stories

Jas Hammonds, Anna-Marie McLemore, NoNieqa Ramos and Em Dickson joined us for a PRIDE Celebration of Stories. They had a wonderful conversation with Highlights Foundation team members Alison Green Myers and Alexandra Villasante about: Supporting stories you love and...

A Celebration of Poetry with Padma Venkatraman and Margarita Engle

A Celebration of Poetry with Padma Venkatraman and Margarita Engle

Our #HFGather celebration of poetry was a wonderful way to celebrate National Poetry Month! Padma and Margarita shared poems and conversation about: From Margarita: "Poetry is a refuge for your emotions." The musicality of poetry: "There is a hope and joy and beauty...

#HFGather: Scholarship Information and Celebration Night

#HFGather: Scholarship Information and Celebration Night

Update 3/14/22: The scholarship application period for 2022 is now closed. We just introduced a new scholarship application process and we wanted to gather with the community to answer questions and to celebrate our special scholarships. Alison Green Myers and Alex...

#HFGather: Celebrating 2021 with Staff and Community

#HFGather: Celebrating 2021 with Staff and Community

We had so much fun celebrating our highlights of 2021! Virtual visitors joined us from India (hi, Steve!), Mexico (hello, Yuko!) and all over the U.S. Everyone on the Highlights Foundation Team had things to share, and we were all humbled by the stories shared by our...

#HFGather: A Monday Meditation for NaNoWriMo +

#HFGather: A Monday Meditation for NaNoWriMo +

Laurie Calkhoven helped us kick off NaNoWriMo (or any creative project!) with a Monday Meditation #HFGather. She led a 10-minute meditation, followed that with a visualization, and then provided a writing prompt. We've already heard from some attendees: "That was...

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