Want to write a more polished picture book? Something that just bursts with creativity? We'll explore and build on your knowledge of the craft of picture book writing through the tools of the trade:

Week 1: characters and setting

Week 2: a story arc or plot that has action and digs deep for the heart.

Week 3: personalized dialog and story elements

Week 4: laying out and submitting your work

This workshop is great for beginners or those who've worked in this genre before. Feel free to have an old manuscript ready, or start a new one. This class is four weeks and can be taken in addition or without the workshops. Class attendees will automatically be entered to win one of two free manuscript critiques by our managing editor, Nina Bricko, an editoral letter and notes on your personal manuscript valued at $150.

Nina B. is the children’s book imprint Editor and Audiobook Producer for Flying Ketchup Press produces The Story Tree (thestorytree.org) a podcast for kids. She has an MFA in Creative Writing for Children through YA from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. Her written work has been published in journals and art subscriptions, and performed live. In another life she worked as an Associate Editor for Amazon Crossing (the translation imprint of Amazon Publishing) and as a Production Manager. She is also an English Professor at Madison College, a retired Environmental Educator, and a mom to two awesome kids.