Registration is now open for the 2012 Spring Young Authors Conference to be held at Skagit Valley College March 26-30, 2012. Featured presenters this year are Laura McGee Kvasnosky on Monday through Thursday for students in grades 2-6, and Clete Barrett Smith on Friday for grades 6-8. Laura McGee Kvasnosky is the author and illustrator of the very popular Zelda and Ivy series. Her latest book, "Zelda and Ivy: The Big Picture" was published in August of 2011. Clete Barrett Smith's first novel, "Aliens on Vacation", was chosen as a Disney book with a potential movie in its future. He hails from Bellingham, and his stories are set in our beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Our Young Authors Conference is an annual celebration of young authors held every spring at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon. This well-respected program is highly anticipated by teachers and students alike, with many schools participating year after year.  Professional authors and illustrators provide hands-on workshops for students as they arrive for a day of celebrating the art of writing and illustration. Students are stimulated and motivated in creative writing. The program encourages and supports teachers who help students develop their writing abilities, and offers an opportunity for students to have authors and illustrators as role models.

Each year, students begin the day getting acquainted with each other as they share their own manuscripts. Each student then spends one hour with the featured author, one hour with a local author, and one hour with a local illustrator.

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Registration will remain open until January 19, 2012, or until filled.