Oh yeah! I got a scholarship to Chautauqua!
I’m so excited. I’ve never been, but I have heard wonderful things about this conference. I went to a Founder’s Workshop last fall and loved every minute of it. After that I decided to make Chautauqua my conference this year. (I try to go to at least one a year—two or three usually. I’m a conference junkie. I just love hanging out with writers. They are so talented and funny and energetic—especially children’s authors.) But I did a little twelve-day visit to the hospital several months ago and that took a big bite out my plans to play a [wikipop]free bird[/wikipop], conference groupie, artiste-type person this year. How can you go conference hopping when you’re broke? Those babies aren’t cheap.
So when the good folks at the Highlights Foundation sent out their email reminding writers that they were offering scholarships, I jumped.
And today I found out I’ll be going to Chautauqua this summer!
Those Highlights people are some of the nicest around!
tags: Chautauqua, conferences, founders workshops, Highlights Fdn., Scholarships, Writing for Children

