I have wrapped up the last of the meetings of the League of Exceptional Writers with a brilliant presentation by Kate Berube. Heartfelt thanks to this year’s League Mentors, Janet Sumner Johnson, Kate Ristau, Susan Hill Long, Laura Stanfil, Fonda Lee, Elizabeth Rusch, and Dan Gemeinhart.

The League of Exceptional Writers is a free mentoring program sponsored by the Oregon SCBWI and Powells. Our goal is to help avid young writers and illustrators find their fellow book people and learn about the business and craft of making books. Our past mentors have included authors, illustrators, poets, comic book and graphic novel artists, editors and literary agents. They’ve presented League meetings on everything from how book cover art is chosen to how to write a hilarious scene or a drop dead scary one.

As the Youth Outreach Coordinator I am now looking for next years League Mentors. Every participating mentor will appear on a flyer sent out to schools and libraries all over the region. They will be put on Powells on line calendar and Powells will order in a copy of your book to feature during the presentation. For this reason mentors need to have a book in print in a format that Powells is able to sell. The exception would be editors, agents and art directors who would speak to the book-making profession. The Oregon SCBWI offers a modest honorarium for each mentor. Our league members especially love it when 2 writers present together so you are very welcome to propose a team presentation. Please email me with a proposed session topic and information about you and your books. rosanne@rosanneparry.com

When: Second Saturdays from October to May from 2-3pm

Where: The Cedar Hills Crossing Powells  3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, Oregon

Who: Young avid writers between the ages of 8 and 18 are invited. In practice most of them are between the ages of 10 and 16.

The calendar for the 2017-18 school year will be

Oct 14     Feb 10

Nov 11     Mar 10

Dec 9     Apr 14

Jan 13   May 12

Thank you for considering serving our young readers.

Rosanne Parry

Heart of a Shepherd

Second Fiddle

Written in Stone

The Turn of the Tide