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Live Action Slush - YA/Middle Grade
Sunday August 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm MDT
Fairview
Bring the first page of your YA or middle grade manuscript to be anonymously read aloud and receive feedback from our panel of editors. (Please indicate the genre at the top of the page.)
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Jenna Greene

Jenna Greene is a YA and children's author. She is known for the CBC Canada recommended middle-grade book "An Owl Without A Name" and her award-winning YA series "The Reborn Marks" series. She also has a list of picture books, YA novels, short stories, and poetry. An English teacher... Read More →
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avatar for Willa Holmes

Willa Holmes

Willa Holmes grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, where her love of fiction was born as she secretly read The Hunger Games in her desk. Apart from writing, Willa adores coffee, roller derby, guitar, scouting, and spending time with friends. She is the author of The Isle of Rebels and is... Read More →
avatar for Bonnie Jacoby

Bonnie Jacoby

Bonnie Jacoby writes adventurous fantasy and futuristic science fiction for teens. As a resident of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Bonnie's love for nature is reflected in her stories, transporting readers to worlds that are both familiar and fantastical. With her debut book, Dreams... Read More →
avatar for Peter Katsnelson

Peter Katsnelson

Peter Katsnelson is a published youth author who has been in the practice for six years, getting his stories published for the first time in a magazine at the age of nine. Since then, he has won Best Individual Poet at the Alberta provincial poetry competition, independently published... Read More →
avatar for Dianne Koebel-Pede

Dianne Koebel-Pede

Dianne is a former K-9 educator, school counsellor, and Inclusive Education Coordinator. She loves learning and sharing her experiences to help others. In 2023, she was honoured to receive the Writers' Guild of Alberta Mary Bell Scholarship. Dianne participated in the WGA 2024 Mentorship... Read More →
Sunday August 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm MDT
Fairview
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