2015 Retreat SCHEDULE

2015 Oregon Gardens RETREAT
October 15-18, 2015
SCBWI Oregon
Schedule
Day
Time
What
Locations
3-4:30p
Check in with us
Get your room
Fireside Lounge
Resort Counter in
Lobby
Your Room/Fireside
Lounge
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Thursday
NOTE: Bookstore
will have books
by Faculty and
attending PAL
members.
4:30
5:30-6:30
6:45-7:30
Settle in/work/mingle
7:30-8:30
10:00p
Dinner
Guest speakers—SUSAN BLACKABY
and CAROLYN CONAHAN:
“Advancement by Retreat – An Oregon
Success Story”
Social – Literary Trivial Pursuit
Start QUIET TIME
7:00-8:30a
Breakfast
Orchid Room
Your Room
Friday
PICK UP BREAKFAST from breakfast room
off of restaurant – eat in Orchid Room
NOTE: Individual
manuscript
consultations and
portfolio reviews
9:00
9:15
10:00-11:30
Announcements
Mini Book Launch
 must pre-register
TOPIC: “Ten Essential Picture Book
Breakfast room off
of Restaurant &
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
RETREAT SCHEDULE
will be held
during break/
work times and
critique sessions
in Lotus.
11:30-12:00
12:00-1:00p
1:00-2:30
2:45-5:00
2:45-5:00
Elements”
ANDREA WELCH, BEACH LANE
BOOKS
Book Sales
Lunch
TOPIC: “Making it Real”
MARIE LAMBA, JENNIFER DE CHIARA
AGENCY
Write/Revise/Create/Draw/Sketch
or Visit the Gardens
CONSULTATIONS
Optional Critique Groups by genre
Nonfiction discussion with Christy
Peterson
 must pre-register
Trillium
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Your room, garden,
etc.
Lotus
Orchid and Trillium
Meet in bar
Trillium
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
10:00p
Optional Sketch Group
Book Sales
Dinner
Open Mic – 5 minutes each
 must pre-register
Start QUIET TIME
Time
What
Locations
Breakfast
Breakfast room off
of Restaurant &
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
5:10-5:30
5:30-6:30
6:45-9:00
Day
page 2
Your Room
Saturday
7:30-8:30a
PICK UP BREAKFAST from breakfast room
off of restaurant – eat in Orchid Room
NOTE:
Individual
manuscript
consultations
and portfolio
reviews will be
held during
break/work
times and
critique
sessions in
Lotus.
NOTE:
Bookstore will
have books by
9:00
9:15-9:45
Announcements
Illustrators' Showcase – PowerPoint with
presenters having 5 minutes each
10:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-1:00p
1:00-2:30
2:45-3:45
 must pre-register
TOPIC: “Mirrors, Windows & Doors:
Fundamentals to Writing Diverse Fiction
Authentically and Respectfully”
TIFFANY LIAO, RAZORBILL/PENGUIN
RANDOM HOUSE
Book Sales
Lunch
TOPIC: “Query Maddness”
HEATHER ALEXANDER, PIPPIN
PROPERTIES
Break
THE LINE-UP (First line or first sentence)
 must pre-register – this will be
anonymous
Orchid Room
Trillium
Dining Hall
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
RETREAT SCHEDULE
Faculty and
attending PAL
members.
4:00-5:30
4:00-5:30
5:30-6:30
6:30-6:45
6:45-8:00
8:00-9:00
10:00p
page 3
Write/Revise/Create/Draw/Sketch
or Visit the Gardens
CONSULTATIONS
Optional Critique Groups by genre
 must pre-register
Dinner
Your room, garden,
etc.
Lotus
Orchid and Trillium
GROUP PICTURES
Outside if weather
permits, otherwise
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Open Mic – 5 minutes each
 must pre-register
PARTY – byob and snack to share
OR
Pick up a drink in the Fireside Lounge
Start QUIET TIME
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Your Room
Optional Critique Groups
Genres: PB, Chapter, MG, YA and NF. No more than 500 words in standard manuscript
format! Bring 10 copies. We’ll group you the best we can.
NOTE: We CANNOT make copies for you at the retreat.
Day
Time
What
Locations
7:00-8:30a
Breakfast
Breakfast room off
of Restaurant &
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Orchid Room
Sunday
PICK UP BREAKFAST from breakfast room
off of restaurant – eat in Orchid Room
8:45
9:00-10:00
10:15-11:15
11:15-11:30
11:15-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-1:00
1:00-3:00p
Announcements
Roundtable Faculty Group Critiques
1/Work**
 must pre-register
Roundtable Faculty Group Critiques
2/Work**
 must pre-register
FINAL BOOKSALES
Pack up and Check out
Wrap up and Good-bye
Optional Lunch on your own
Optional stay and work – use any of
these rooms
Orchid Room
Trillium
Your Room &
Resort Counter in
Lobby
Restaurant
Orchid, Trillium,
Lotus, or Fireside
Lounge
RETREAT SCHEDULE
page 4
Optional Sketch Group
We are offering a sketch group on Friday during the 2:45-5:00 free time. If you have a
consultation during this time, no worries. You can join the group before or after your
scheduled consultation time. Bring sketch pads and your medium of choice.
Roundtable Faculty Critiques
**You may only participate in one Roundtable Faculty Critique – the other session is
for you to work! Similar to our “Great Critiques,” this is your chance to have a critique by
a professional and your peers in a small group. First come, first served when you
register. We’ll assign by manuscript type—no choice on a specific faculty member. No
more than 500 words! Bring 7 copies of the manuscript in standard manuscript format. If
you have a one-on-one Consultation, please bring a different manuscript for this
session.

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