CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS



CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS
© 2013 Doug Cushman

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Thanks to Hen&ink's Andrea Zuill
for this Urban Wolf Turkey Day 'Toon

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The Urban Wolf,
brought to you by Andrea Zuill © 2013

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MAY YOUR HALLOWEEN BE
SCRIBBLY-SCRAWLY
AND PRODUCTIVELY SCARY!


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The Urban Wolf,
brought to you by Andrea Zuill © 2013

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CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS

Gone Booking: Chick Hen in Frankfurt,
7-12 October 2013




© 2013 Doug Cushman
CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS

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It's All About the Cake:
The Urban Wolf on-the-prowl
at the SCBWI Summer Conference in LA:
Henandinkblots

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CAUTION: PENGUINS DANCING

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Special Report from the City of Angels

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The Hen&ink Literary Studio


CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS
© 2013 Doug Cushman

The Great North American Conference Tour was a fantastic chance to connect with writers, illustrators, editors, art directors, publishers and agents. Thanks to everyone who welcomed me, picked me up at the airport, dropped me off at the airport, gave dance hall tips, hung out during various storms and traded cold medicine. Six weeks on-the-road was a lot of living out of a suitcase, but it was well worth it. Followed by the Bibliothèque Nationale conference with Anne Fine, among others, and leading into a terrific Bologna Book Fair, it was a long few months! But the journeys are bearing fruit and we look forward to some exciting announcements in the coming weeks. And one of them features a new Hen&ink author who came through the Open Coop Day door. 

Speaking of OPEN COOP DAY, the next OPEN COOP DAY is July 1st, 2013, from 13:00 to 21:00 (that's 1PM to 9PM) FRENCH TIME for ONLY MIDDLE-GRADE project. Please see the submissions page for details, but note here that we want to see

• A cover letter
• Your short bio (100 words is good)
• A short pitch (under 20 words)
• Five (5) sample pages double-spaced EMBEDDED in the email.
• A 1-page (max) synopsis double-spaced of your MIDDLE-GRADE project.
• If you are an illustrator, please provide a character sample and a sample
_(dummy) spread.

I'm repeating myself, obviously, but we are looking at ONLY MIDDLE-GRADE projects this time round. Everything else will be deleted, so save your other projects for another COOP DAY.

Middle-grade as defined here means that we’re looking for chapter books for readers 7+ and novels for readers 9+ going up to about 12 years.

We would love to find a stellar project that can share the bookshelf with THE PENDERWICKS or THREE TIMES LUCKY or, okay, HARRY POTTER. But please don't say your book is the next any of these! We want to see a good hook that catches our attention, a great opening paragraph and continuing pages. We want to see characters we love and want to hang out with. Lots of SHOW, not TELL, and a synopsis that is fun to read without being self-conscious. 

And, believe it or not, we want to see good grammar, complete sentences and not text messaging spelling in your cover letter. Sorry to be a hard egg, but we want to see literature.

Please see the SUBMISSIONS PAGE for full guidelines and details.

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Erzsi Deàk
President & Founder




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CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS
© 2013 Doug Cushman


Erzsi Deàk
President & Founder

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