4 days to go.

Explore the 15 categories and submit your work at: www.cyaconference.com/competition

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There is no limit to the number of assessments you can book.

Brenda is an IPEd accredited editor with 20+ years of experience in working with children’s books. She is the author of numerous books for children, including fiction and nonfiction titles with New Frontier Publishing, Heinemann and Macmillan Education.

Brenda Gurr from Little Story Wren will be assessing picture book manuscripts at the CYA Conference

Assessment sessions are 15-minute one-on-one online meetings, with pre-read material and tailored feedback.

www.cyaconference.com/assessments

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The bootcamp will be at the Pullman Brisbane King George Square in Brisbane on July 12.

You’ll gain the clarity, confidence & commercial direction you need to build a publishing career that doesn’t rely on luck, but on strategy.

There is also a discussion panel & a Q&A session. 

You do not need to come to the conference to join a bootcamp.

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Mary Anastasiou is a children’s author, publishing mentor and marketing strategist with over 30 years’ experience in branding and creative marketing.

She will be running an in-person marketing bootcamp at the CYA Conference in Brisbane.

Book at www.cyaconference.com/bootcamp

"An assessing publisher asked me to email them the revised manuscript ... and a week later I was offered a contract. Thank you Tina and CYA! Without you it would not have happened."

Please join us in welcoming Sharon Dalgleish to the #CYASuccess family!

Read her story at www.cyaconference.com/cyasuccess/s...

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Join in-person at the Pullman Brisbane King George Square, Brisbane or online.

Richard Pritchard will be running a class on Stories That Stick: How to write & illustrate a middle-grade series through myth, morals & collaboration at the CYA Writers & Illustrators Conference

See the full program & book at www.cyaconference.com/program

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Bootcamp CYA Bootcamp is a day spent with an editor where you will receive feedback on your work in small group sessions, time to work on your manuscripts followed by a progress session where they will give yo...

Lauren is also running in-person bootcamps on 12 July.

www.cyaconference.com/bootcamp

Assessment sessions are 15-minute one-on-one online meetings, with pre-read material and tailored feedback.

There is no limit to the number of assessments you can book.

Lauren will be doing online assessments of manuscripts for
- Adult Literary Fiction
- Chapter Books
- Commercial Adult Fiction
- Crime
- Fantasy
- Middle Grade
- Mystery
- Romance
- Thrillers
- Women's Fiction
- YA Writing

at the CYA Conference

Lauren Clarke from Creating Ink is ready to read your story, particularly if it involves gripping characters who make you feel.

www.cyaconference.com/assessments

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She is looking for stories that speak to the experience of today's young readers. She is keen to hear from emerging writers and illustrators, or established creatives who are looking to break through a block or slump.

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Karen Tayleur from Wild Dog Books will be assessing Chapter Books, Early Readers, Junior Fiction, Middle Grade, Picture Book, YA Writing manuscripts & Illustrations.

There is no limit to the number of assessments you can book.

www.cyaconference.com/assessments

#CYAConference #WritingCommunity

You do not need to come to the conference to join a bootcamp.

#CYAConference #writingcommunity #amwriting

The bootcamp is a day spent with an editor where you will receive feedback on your work, time to work on your manuscripts, followed by a progress session where they will give you further feedback. There is also a discussion panel and a Q&A session.

Group 1 will be Chapter Books/Young Adult novels. Group 2 will be a Picture Book group. Each group is limited to four people.

Rowena Beresford is the publisher and Managing Editor at Riveted Press, where she works closely with new & emerging authors as a writing coach & editor. She'll be running writing bootcamps at the CYA Conference, Pullman Brisbane King George Square, Brisbane on 12 July

www.cyaconference.com/bootcamp

Aspiring Authors
A1) Picture book – preschool-aged
A2) Picture book – primary-aged
A3) Picture book – non-fiction – primary-aged
A4) Chapter book – younger primary-aged
A5) Chapter book – older-aged children
A6) Fiction writing for young adults
A10) Writing for adult genres

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Illustrators
Submit a colour illustration suitable for a book based on the theme WATER
i01) Under 18s
i02) Aspiring
i03) Published

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Under 18s Authors
H01) Picture book – preschool or primary-aged children (text only)
H02) Chapter book – younger primary, middle grade, or young adult (text only)

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Categories
Published Authors
P01) Picture book (text only)
P02) YA / Middle Grade
P10) Writing for adult genres

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Assessment sessions are 15-minute one-on-one online meetings, with pre-read material and tailored feedback.

Tara Wynne from Curtis Brown will be doing online assessments of manuscripts for

- Crime
- Horror
- Mystery
- Narrative Non-Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Romance
- Thrillers
- Women's Fiction

at CYA Conference

www.cyaconference.com/assessments

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