See you at the 2018 SCBWI Summer Conference!

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August 3 - 6, 2018

In Los Angeles, CA


And thanks for following along from us, the members of SCBWI Team Blog who blogged this #NY18SCBWI 2018 Winter Conference, (at the blogging table, from right to left): Jaime Temairik, Martha Brockenbrough, Jolie Stekly, and Lee Wind.

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