Every industry has its own language. So, what do agents and editors mean when they say they’re looking for “high concept” or “lyrical” picture books? Grab your cape and slip on your super decoder ring—because we’re busting publishing buzzwords wide open! Join us August 21st at 8pm ET/5pm PT for
At Picture Book Summit, we want to help you breakthrough in the crowded field of publishing. So, let’s start at the beginning—your ideas. If your ideas are unoriginal and unexciting, your manuscripts will be too. That’s why we’re hosting a FREE online Mini Summit to show YOU ways to turn
What do we love at Picture Book Summit? (Besides picture books, of course!) We love being able to give you a leg up in today’s marketplace by providing you with tips for making your manuscripts sparkle and by helping you demystify how the business of publishing children’s books really works.
Every year after Picture Book Summit, we survey our attendees to see what they loved, what worked, and what they’d like to see at future Summits. Several of our Summiteers suggested a panel with debut authors where they could hear from writers who recently made the jump from pre-published writer
[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wow. We are still speechless by last Saturday’s Picture Book Summit. It was full of inspiration, encouragement, laughter, healing, and motivation. It was the Summit of our hearts. It was the Summit we needed in 2020. This Summit was so special, we’re opening up registration
We have a wonderful announcement for you today: Our Free 2020 Mini Summit is August 5th! Join us online for “What is Voice? Books with Great Voice” on August 5th at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific.
It’s Not a Trend: #OwnVoices as a Publishing Imperative Today we bring you our second workshop for Picture Book Summit Special Edition: Finding Your Voice on October 3, 2020. No Summit with the theme of “Finding Your Voice” would be complete without an examination of #ownvoices. Agent Adriana Domínguez brings
Performance on the Page: Constructing the Perfect Picture Book Read-Aloud Let’s dig in to the first workshop coming to Picture Book Summit Special Edition: Finding Your Voice on October 3, 2020. We would be remiss if we hosted a picture book conference about voice and didn’t talk about people actually
Three Things You Can Learn from the Bestselling Author-Illustrator Today we conclude our 2020 Author Study series with Peter H. Reynolds! (You can read our author studies on Sophie Blackall and Lesa Cline-Ransome here and here.) Written by Keila V. Dawson, our author studies focus on a few elements from
Three Things You Can Learn from this Nonfiction Expert Today we continue our 2020 Author Study series! Our first 2020 Author Study put the spotlight on author-illustrator Sophie Blackall. You can still read that post here. Written by Keila V. Dawson, our author studies focus on a few elements from
Three Things You Can Learn from the Author-Illustrator Today we begin our 2020 Author Study series! In case you missed it, last week we announced our Superstar Speakers for Picture Book Summit 2020: Special Edition. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Sophie Blackall, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Peter H. Reynolds
Registration is now open for our 2020 Picture Book Summit! For our 6th annual event, we are pleased to bring you Caldecott Medal winner Sophie Blackall, Coretta Scott King Honor winner Lesa Cline-Ransome, and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. Our theme this year is: Finding Your Voice
