38th Annual Illinois Statewide

Young Authors Conference

May 19, 2012

The Illinois Statewide Young Authors' Conference, held each year in May at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, is an event sponsored by the Illinois Language and Literacy Council and the Illinois Reading Council. 

Designed as a celebration to honor exceptional writing by students in grades K through 8, the conference provides an opportunity for these young writers to meet published authors and to hear how the authors themselves create the characters and stories that have become their books. 

To find out more about the Young Authors Conference, please click on these helpful links: 

• Just What Is the Young Authors' Conference?

• 2012 Guidelines and Registration Packet:  Registration materials are due no later than Friday, April 6, 2012.  Registrations postmarked after this date will be charged a late fee and on-site registration will no longer be available!
  

• Local Area Information:  Directions to ISU, Area Hotels, and Restaurants near the ISU Campus.
  

• Volunteer Form:  Volunteers are needed! This conference can only be held with the help of the many adult volunteers who lead or assist small groups, escort authors, or perform other necessary tasks throughout the day. If you can help in any way, please contact Christina Podraza at cpodraza@lisle202.org. 

• 2012 Student Packets:  Will be available next spring and includes check-in information for students, the conference schedule, biographies of the Illinois authors and entertainers who are participating in the conference, and frequently asked questions about the conference. 
  

• Meet the Authors:  More information will be available soon!
  

Updated information will also be communicated via FACEBOOK.  Please "LIKE" us at Illinois Young Author's Conference on Facebook! 

More information about other ILLC events, ILLC officers and committee members, and past ILLC newsletters are available on the ILLC Webpage.  

Due to lost funding, ILLC is accepting donations to fund future Young Authors' Conferences.  If you are interested in supporting the YAC, please return the  donation form along with your gift.  ILLC greatly appreciates your support!  

For more information, please contact the ILLC President, Lara Handsfield.