Professional Conference for SCBWI TAS

Manuscript and Portfolio Assessment Bookings are now Open! Second assessments also available, first in Best dressed!!

We are now taking bookings for manuscript and portfolio assessments! Assessments are only available to paid-up delegates.

Manuscript & Portfolio Assessments are an extremely important part of the SCBWI Tasmania Professional Day and are designed to help you develop your ideas and gain editing insights to enrich and improve your work. There is the additional potential to develop a relationship with a publishing house or agent, with the ultimate goal of publication.

Assessments will be held Face-to-face on Sunday 28th October in Hobart at the Tas Writers Centre rooms between 9am and 5pm. Some time slots will be available during the day on Saturday 27th October at Moonah  with preference for delegates who are travelling from outside of the greater Hobart area. Please let us know.

Confirmed Manuscript assessors:

Clare Hallifax – Publishing Manager, Omnibus/Scholastic Australia
Alex Adsett – Literary Agent, Alex Adsett Publishing Services
Maryann Ballantyne – Black Dog Books/ Walker Books
Confirmed Portfolio assessors:
Christina Booth – Tasmanian author & illustrator
Tony Flowers – Tasmanian illustrator

All assessments are limited in number and tickets sell quickly, so book early to avoid disappointment!
We would like to give each person who attends the Professional Day the opportunity to book an assessment, so we are limiting bookings to one assessment (One of each type i.e. one Manuscript and one Portfolio) per person.

It is now past October 1 so we have opened  the bookings for further assessments even if you have one booked already. Any remaining places can now be booked by attending delegates who would like more than one assessment.
Assessments are 15 minutes with a scheduled 5 minute changeover and are only available to attending delegates. Assessments are non-refundable and non-transferable, so please choose carefully.

Each assessment costs $60 for SCBWI members or $70 for others, places are limited.

Bookings close 11th October unless sold out prior. Payment and files must be received
by 12th October.

How to book an assessment:

First: After registering through Eventbrite, please deposit the fee (see above) to the SCBWI bank account:
Name: SCBWI
BSB: 082356
ACC#: 555682674
Reference: HA  then [your first initial and surname] (eg HA MSmith)
Note: it is vital you include the correct reference so we can find your payment!

Second: Prepare your file
For your Manuscript assessment submission you will need to prepare a single Word or PDF file which  includes the following:
An overview of your project to a maximum of 1 page including your name, email and website (if applicable)
AND IN THE SAME DOCUMENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
An outline of your project idea with synopsis and short writing samples for comment and discussion to a maximum of 10 pages, double spaced in 12pt Times New Roman or similar
OR
An extract of your draft manuscript to a maximum of 10 pages, double spaced in 12pt Times New Roman or similar
OR
A full picture book draft text to a maximum of 10 pages, double spaced in 12pt Times Roman or similar
Please supply your manuscript file as Word or pdf and label including Surname, Title (abbreviate if necessary), Genre [PB (picture book), C (children’s), YA (young adult), F (fiction), NF (non-fiction)]

Your PORTFOLIO assessment submission should include the following:
A portfolio of work consisting of up to 10 images. Please supply your portfolio images as jpg 72dpi and label as:
First Name_Surname_sequential numbers up to 10. Maximum size for images is 2mb per image.
OR
If a writer-illustrator and prefer, illustrated picture book dummy with text

Third: Submit your Manuscript or portfolio by email here – make sure you attach your file(s) and answer the questions.

Please take note of the October 12th deadline and the format for submissions. Unfortunately, submissions that are late or that do not conform to the specifications cannot be accepted.

For all assessment bookings we will allocate you an appropriate assessor and timeslot and notify you in a confirmation email as soon as possible. In the special requests field you can note any preference for Sunday morning or afternoon, or (for delegates who are travelling from further afield) if you would prefer a Saturday timeslot, and your *preferred assessor.
*We will endeavour to accommodate requests but cannot make promises.

Fourth: Don’t forget to print out your confirmation email as a reminder of your booked assessor and time slot. The schedule for assessments will also be posted on the Conference Notice Board or at the Registration Table at the Moonah Arts Centre on Saturday and in the TWC entry foyer on Sunday. Please note that we occasionally need to make changes to the schedule due to last minute changes in assessor availability.
Your confirmation email will also contain tips and hints for preparing for the big day.

We hope you can take advantage of this great offer, and we look forward to seeing you very soon!
Regards,
The Tasmanian SCBWI  ConferenceTeam