2009 Conference Photos
 

One hundred and eighty-three people attended the 2009 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.

(photos by Dianne Ochiltree and Lena Shiffman)

 
 
Conference co-chair Marcie Aboff and council members
Pamela Jane and Denise Lang arrive early to set up the
registration table. 		Arriving mentors and mentees pick up their folders at the
registration desk, as council member and Rutgers faculty
member Waller Hastings (right) greets and assists.
Council members Courtney Bongiolatti (Associate Editor,
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) and Linda
Pratt (agent, Sheldon Fogelman Agency) greet attendees
at the registration table. 		This year's Success Story Speaker, author and council member Karen Rostoker-Gruber, set the tone for the day
at the mentee breakfast, with stories of her own path to publication. (photo by Kimberly Sabatini) 		 
 
   
Meanwhile, during the mentor breakfast, mentors such
as Margery Cuyler (Publisher, Marshall Cavendish
Children's Books), review their mentees' manuscripts
and prepare for the one-on-one sessions.

Following breakfast, mentors and mentees assembled for
welcoming remarks by Vivian Grey, RUCCL founder and
council chair.

 
 
Following her remarks, Vivian was presented with an engraved plate from the Rutgers Council, marking her forty years as an advocate for children's literature and nurturer of new generations of authors and illustrators. The surprise presentation was made by author and council member Denise Lang.
2009 marked the 40th anniversary of the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature, and Vivian recounted stories
of its founding and early conferences.