Jennifer Florentin, right, at the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua, N.Y., is shown with Mary-Alice Moore, editorial director of book publishing for Boyds Mills Press and Highlights for Children. (Submitted photo) |
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y.—
Jennifer Florentin of Hagerstown attended the 27th annual Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua in July.The workshop offered children’s writers, who came from four countries and 31 states, a week immersed in the world of writing for children.
The program included one-on-one sessions, small workshops, roundtable learning and speeches by industry leaders. A focus of the program is on high access and interchange between faculty and students.
As part of the program, Florentin met in manuscript-consulting sessions with Kathryn D. Erskine, part of the workshop faculty.
The 137-year-old Chautauqua Institution is a national pioneer in combining education, cultural events and leisure activities in a lakefront setting in western New York state.
For more information, go to www.highlightsfoundation.org.
