2007 Conference Photos
 

One hundred and eighty-five people attended the 36th annual One-on-One Plus conference. Editors, agents, art directors, published authors, and illustrators volunteered their time to work one-on-one with a select group of aspiring authors and illustrators from all over the country.

 
 
Newbery honor winner, Ann M. Martin (l) with friend and
council member, Pamela Curtis Swallow. Ann shared her
experience and wisdom with us as our guest speaker.
 Council members (from left to right) Sarah Sevier (Editor/
HarperCollins), Linda Pratt (Agent/Sheldon Fogelman
Agency), Alyssa Eisner Henkin (Agent/Trident Media), and
Samantha McFerrin (Editor/Harcourt ).
Registration Day: Author mentors Wendy Pfeffer (c), Kay
Winters (council member), Dianne Ochiltree and
Steven Kroll (r) were on hand to talk with new mentees. 		  Debbi Michiko Florence (r) talks with authors and council
members, Pamela Jane and Sally Keehn while picking up
her conference packet.
 
Author/Mentor and Newbery Honor Winner, Gail Carson
Levine (l), talks with conference co-chair, Brian Schatell. 		 

Mentees--fellow alumni from Spalding University's
Brief-Residency MFA in Writing Program (Writing for
Children and Young Adults)--share a moment at breakfast
before the conference begins.

Mentees look through their conference folders at breakfast. New Jersey SCBWI Regional Advisor, Kathy Temean (r),
meets with other authors at the mentee breakfast.
(Photo by Leeza Hernandez/www.leezaworks.com)

Attendees go through handouts containing mentor/mentee information, professional bios and details about the day ahead. (Photo by Leeza Hernandez/www.leezaworks.com)

Susan Campbell Bartoletti (center/standing), Elvira Woodruff (center/seated), and Deborah Kogan Ray (seated/far left)
enjoy breakfast with felllow mentors.