Are you serious about a career in writing or illustrating children's books?

2005-12-13T03:17:00.000-08:00

SCBWI

The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators is a professional information and networking society of over 19,000 authors, agents, editors and illustrators world wide. Based in Los Angeles, the SCBWI is the largest of its kind and has chapters in 200 regions.

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It has helped me in many ways. Our membership package is an invaluable tool for aspiring and professional writers and artists. It includes indispensable 'how to' articles and a directory of publishers in the field.
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One of the best things about SCBWI membership is the networking opportunity it presents. I have made fruitful contacts the world over. Now that's technology well used! As creative people we need community not competition.
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I sincerely recommend SCBWI to you as a great next step towards moving your career forward or becoming a professional in the field of children's literature. I recently volunteered to spearhead a new Caribbean chapter. (Click here to learn more about Joanne Johnson.)
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SCBWI Caribbean South

SCBWI Caribbean South was launched in Trinidad in September 2005.
Meetings are open to non-members and are held the last Saturday of each month in the NALIS AV auditorium in Port-of-Spain from 10 am to NOON.
At least one monthly newsletter is circulated via email and are archives alone with related activities on our blog: http://www.scbwi-caribbeansouth.blogspot.com/
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SCBWI Caribbean South will be responsible for helping its SCBWI members in their careers and will include Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barts, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago; Guyana and Venezuela too.
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JOIN NOW via www.scbwi.org

For further information and membership details log on to www.scbwi.org or contact me as your Regional Advisor: Joanne Johnson (868) 762-6225

joanne@caribbeanchildren.com

Let me know where you are and how SCBWI Caribbean South can serve you!
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SCBWI Caribbean North

http://www.scbwi-caribbean-north.blogspot.com/

OTHER ISLANDS - If you are based in another island of the region: Nassau, Bahamas and will be responsible for Caribbean North including: The Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, U.S. British Virgin Islands- contact Rosemarie Johnson Clarke at rosemariejc@coralwave.com
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She is a former Features Editor for The Nassau (Bahamas) Tribune. In her newspaper days she co-founded a magazine for high school students which won Pan American Health Organisation & Planned Parenthood international awards. She is the Children’s Book-Buyer for an independent book store in Nassau, and also co-ordinates children’s programmes for the store. She is the founder of a School Librarians’ Network which meets monthly and encourages the exchange of ideas and information about kids and books. She is a freelance editor/writer and her work has appeared in U.S. and Bahamian publications. She has studied writing for children through Vermont College.

Joanne Gail Johnson

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Are you serious about a career in writing or illustrating children's books?