Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program: What are You Waiting For? Apply!
© Sylvia Liu |
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my experience with the Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program on Kathy Temean's blog. Here's the beginning to that post:
My Experience with the Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program
By Sylvia Liu
Authors and illustrators: let me give you some advice. Run,
don’t walk, to apply for the Nevada SCBWI Mentor
Program, now open to applications until June 15, 2015.
A year and a half ago, I participated in this program, and
it was one of the best things I’ve done for my development as an illustrator.
Every couple of years, the Nevada SCBWI runs a six month mentorship program for
about 25 writers and illustrators. Each person is paired with an established
author, editor, or illustrator mentor to work with for six months. The program
opens and ends with in-person conferences in Nevada. It is open to any SCBWI
member worldwide, with some preference given to Nevada region members.
Participants on the writing track work on a full-length
novel or three picture book manuscripts. Those on the illustration track work
on their portfolio. Here’s a recap of my experience.
Assignment of Mentor
and First Conference
I did the illustration track and was assigned to Caldecott
winner David
Diaz as my mentor. The other illustration mentor was E.B. Lewis. Each of them had three illustration
mentees, and the rest of the Nevada program was composed of writers and their
mentors.
Fallen Leaf Retreat, Nevada, on the morning we left the first retreat |
If you enjoyed this post, you may also like:
- Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program: An Illustrator's and Writer's Dream (my review of the first conference)
- A Whirlwind Month of Creativity (a report from the second conference)
- My author & illustrator friends in Bookstores