Art Portfolio Showcase and Reception: Photos...

I volunteered to help with the annual SCBWI portfolio showcase because I love getting the chance to view all the portfolios before they are mobbed with conference goers. I also love watching and listening to the judges discuss the short list of winners and hearing their comments.

This year's grand prize winner was Ashley Mims. (It was just announced at this afternoon's Golden Kite Luncheon She will receive an expenses paid trip to New York to meet with art directors set up by SCBWI.

Here are some photos from the event.

The judges doing their judging

l-r: Judges Elizabeth Parisi (Scholastic), Tim Gillner (Boyds Mills Press), Laurent Linn (Henry Holt), Caldecott winning illustrator David Diaz, and SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator and the woman responsible for the event Priscilla Burris.

Smartwriters.com editor Roxyanne Young with W.I.N grand prize winner Elizabeth Dulemba


Illustrator Jim di Bartolo (whose portfolio was much talked about) and poet-extraordinaire Lee Bennett Hopkins