Breezers in Your Neighborhood--MARCH!

There will be plenty of Breezers in the neighborhood of Decatur, Georgia on the weekend of March 16th and 17th when we Spring To Success with Springmingle'19! Illustrator's Day and writers' intensives are scheduled for Friday and on Saturday, join us for the conference--there's still room for a few more at the conference only so hurry and register here!

But if you can't make the conference or Illustrator's Day, you can still pop in for a visit at our reception on Friday evening! Come and see our illustrators' portfolios, purchase member and SM'19 faculty books, and say hello to our Coretta Scott King Honors Book Award illustrator, Laura Freeman, who'll be joining us to sign her honor book, Hidden Figures. The reception is FREE and we'd love to see you!




What:  SCBWI Southern Breeze Portfolio Show, Reception, and  Book-Signing
Where: Decatur Public Library, First Floor Conference Room
              215 Sycamore Street
              Decatur, GA  30030
When:   4:00 to 6:30 PM



                     





Breezer Kerry Madden-Lunsford and her newly released picture book, Ernestine's Milky Way, will be at the following dates, locations, and times:

Monday, March 4th Alabama Booksmith Birmingham, AL at 5:00 pm

Tuesday, March 5th UAB Professor Book Celebration at AEIVA at 3:30 pm

Saturday, March 23rd Homewood Public Library, Homewood, AL 10:30 am

Shining Brightly with Southern Breeze's Illustrators!

Take a room full of illustrators and add a handful of amazing industry professionals and you've got a winning combination at Illustrators' Day! And a few illustrators won even more!

I'll let Temika Grooms, Illustrator Coordinator for Southern Breeze, tell you more:

Claire Easton of Painted Words, Inc. joined us to round out our faculty and serve as a judge for the Liz Conrad Award. In honor of Liz Conrad, Claire selected three artists who demonstrate exceptional potential within their craft and provided written and verbal feedback during the conference. This year we had 13 applicants. Each applicant submitted a letter with a bio and information about their work along with images for review. The following were awardees for 2018:

Honorable Mention – Shannon Day

Runner Up – Melissa Schultz-Jones

Winner – Laura Moss

They were each provided with a certificate to commemorate the award. The winner will be able to attend next year’s conference for free!

AND there was another winner at ID 2018! The Illustrator’s Portfolio Show was held on Saturday and twenty-one portfolios were on display all day during the conference for viewing.  Faculty judged the portfolios to choose a winner. The winner, Lori Nichols, was awarded with a Michael’s Gift Card at the end of the day.

The theme for this year's program was Ignite Your Illustration Career and we're pretty sure all of our Southern Breeze illustrators will continue to shine brightly!