CANCELED – 2024 Young Authors Conference
More information on Young Authors 2025 to come.
If you have questions, please contact Tabitha Stevens at tstevens@nwesd.org.
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.
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.