Sticking the Landing Workshop

Our 2024 Reveal continues today with our second workshop! Here’s what we’ve revealed so far:

Our 10th Anniversary Picture Book Summit theme is: Perfect 10: Going for Picture Book Gold!

Online Conference Date: October 5, 2024

Workshop #1: Winning with Wordplay with Julie Hedlund

Drum roll for Workshop #2 please! We are thrilled to present you with…

Sticking the Landing: Picture Book Endings

Over her career, Co-Founder Katie Davis has sold over 1 million picture books. The key to picture books that keep selling long after their launch date? A really good ending—one that not only wraps everything up, but one that makes the young reader want to read it again and again.

Get ready to stick the landing of your picture book with Katie’s help!

It’s all leading up to this. Just like a gymnast on the last apparatus of the meet, your picture book must stick its landing to have a shot at making it to the medals stand. Bestselling author-illustrator Katie Davis will coach us on how to take the twists and turns of our fiction and nonfiction stories to create an ending that will have kids clamoring for your book over and over again.

Sharpen your pencils now and prepare to take notes on this one.

This year, we celebrate 10 years of Picture Book Summit! Mark your calendar for October 5, 2024 for a full day of online picture book writing fun including:

• Three Superstar Speaker Presentations
• Two in-depth Craft Workshops
  • Winning with Wordplay with Julie Hedlund
  • Sticking the Landing: Picture Book Endings with Katie Davis
• Agent Panel
• Editor Panel

Ticket Giveaway!

Registration opens June 12, 2024. But, you have a chance to win a free ticket to this year’s Summit just by sharing the good news with your fellow picture book writers!

Scroll to the bottom of this post and follow the directions on the Rafflecopter. You can get entries for visiting us on Facebook, following us on Instagram, and tweeting about our 2024 event on Twitter/X. You get a new entry each day you share the event on Twitter/X. See the details below.

The Rafflecopter is open until June 10, 2024. Five Picture Book Summit 2024 Ticket Winners will be announced on June 11, 2024.

Stay tuned and add yourself to our newsletter list as we reveal the rest of this year’s Superstar Speakers, Workshop presenters, Featured Agents and Editors, and 2024 pricing structure over the coming days! Join the Insider’s List here.

Good luck!!

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Are you an unagented BIPOC picture book creator? Apply for a scholarship here!

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This year’s Picture Book Summit is coming October 5, 2024.

Be a Picture Book Summit Insider! As we announce this year’s lineup, you can be the first get all the info when you join our Insiders List (including being notified as soon as Early Bird registration opens!). Plus, get our free download The 3 Biggest Reasons Your Manuscripts Get Rejected! (AND just for signing up, you’re eligible for 5 entries in the Rafflecopter for a free ticket to this year’s event. So sign up now and click that option on the Rafflecopter!)

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