Welcome to Kite Tales online!

Kite Tales is the newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of SCBWI. It contains information about conferences, market updates, articles and good news shared by members.

For those RMC-SCBWI members with limited or no Internet access, Kite Tales is available via regular mail. If you are not a member of SCBWI or are out of state and would like a paper copy mailed to you, you may receive it for a fee. Please contact our Member Liaison for more information.

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Check out past issues of Kite Tales by downloading the PDF files below.

Spring 2009 (March)

September 2008
The September 2008 issue is a special Fall Conference issue so check out the interviews with some of the faculty:

Author’s agent Barry Goldblatt
Editor Joy Neaves
Editor Melissa Manlove
Author Bruce Hale

February 2008

February 2006 issue

August 2005 issue

January 2005 issue

August 2004 issue

May 2004 issue

January 2004 issue

August 2003 issue

June 2003 issue

February 2003 issue

August 2002 issue

June 2002 issue

February 2002 issue

Calls for articles will be announced on the RMC-SCBWI listserv or you can contact Managing Editor Jennifer Bertman with your ideas.

Requests for Flying High News for the next issue of Kite Tales will be announced the RMC-SCBWI listserv. Flying High news is RMC-SCBWI member good news such as:

• publications (book, story, etc)
• sales/contracts/signing with an agent
• contest wins and awards
• completion of programs (MFA, illustration programs)
• launch of a new website, blog, podcast, etc
• radio/tv/webcast appearances

If you have a question about Flying High news, contact Kite Tales Assistant Editor A’ra Blair.

Kite Tales reserves the right to edit materials sent for publication.

ARTWORK

We're interested in showcasing our members' artwork, both published and unpublished. To be considered for inclusion in a future issue of Kite Tales, contact our Designer, Joyce Turley.