Event

Breaking In: Magazine Writing for Children

Saturday, December 10th, 2005, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Suzanne Kamata, Tokushima author/editor

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Tokyo presents Breaking In: Magazine Writing for Children with Tokushima author/editor Suzanne Kamata. Kamata will cover the nuts and bolts of why and how to write for children's magazines, highlight do's and don'ts of submitting, and give an overview of children's magazine markets. Participants will have a chance to try matching stories to potential markets. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. The venue is RBR, The New Center for Creative Arts, in Moto Azabu, Tokyo, a seven-minute walk from Azabu-Juban Station on the Toei Oedo or Namboku Lines or a 15 minute walk from Hiroo Station on the Hibiya Line (see a map).

About Suzanne Kamata:
American Suzanne Kamata has lived in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, since 1988. Her writing has appeared in over 75 publications in the United States, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Canada, and the Czech Republic. Editor of the anthology, The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan (Stone Bridge Press), former fiction editor of the magazine Being A Broad, and editor and publisher of the literary journal Yomimono, Kamata is also a two-time winner of the All Nippon Airways/Wingspan Fiction Contest, a five-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, and author of a forthcoming short story collection for adults. Her writing for children can be found in the magazines Cicada, Ladybug, The Acorn and the anthology Summer Shorts (Blooming Tree Press).

Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan (SCBWI)

Cost: SCBWI Members: 1,000 yen
Non-members: 1,500 yen

Venue: RBR, The New Center for Creative Arts, Moto Azabu, Tokyo,

Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Contact SCBWI

Holly Thompson, SCBWI Tokyo Co-Regional Advisor

Work phone: 0467-31-6908