Speakers Wanted!
The Rocky Mountain Chapter is always on the lookout for local speakers to present topics at our events. If you are interested in presenting, please send the following information to one of our Co-Regional Advisors (Christine Liu Perkins, chris@rmcscbwi.org or Denise Vega, denise@rmcscbwi.org). If you do not have e-mail access, you may mail your information to: RMC-SCBWI Speakers, c/o Denise Vega, P.O. Box 101596, Denver, CO 80250-1596.

• Your Name
• Address
• Phone
• Email
• Website (if you have one)
• Author/Illustrator/Both
• Publication/Illustration credits. Please include the title, the name of the magazine or publisher, date published, and type of material--picture book, nonfiction, short story, young adult novel, etc. (If you have a separate publication list, feel free to just attach that)
• Topics you’d be interested in presenting

If you know of someone who would make a good speaker, tell us about them. We look forward to hearing from you.

Mini-Workshops Planned
In an effort to provide more opportunities to learn and be inspired throughout the year, we are hoping to provide more schmoozes and mini-workshops in and around Denver as well as other locations.

One of our main goals in the coming years is to reach out to our members who are far from Denver and the surrounding area. We would like to start organizing schmoozes and mini-workshops in different parts of our Rocky Mountain region. These events might be a schmooze in someone’s home where writers and illustrators could come together to talk and network, or it might be a 1-2 hour presentation with a speaker who gives a talk on a specific topic. Or perhaps provides a 45-minute inspirational talk during a lunch gathering of writers and/or illustrators.

Depending on the location and whether there is a speaker and travel for the speaker involved, these events may or may not require a fee to attend.

We Need You!
To make these new events happen, we need members who are willing to play “host” to events near where they live. You do not need to commit on an ongoing basis. One event is fine. We just need folks familiar with their area to book facilities if necessary and work with us to select speakers if they would like to have one. Hosts of events would attend the event at no charge.

We’d love to hear from those who are more than 90-100 miles from Golden and Denver-- the Western Slope, southwestern Colorado, northern Colorado, eastern Colorado, and Wyoming.

If you’re interested in playing host in your area or would like more information, please contact one of our Co-Regional Advisors (Christine Liu Perkins, or Denise Vega).