the devouring gray – Chapter 21 Conference

2019 Ch1Con & Ch21Con Blog Tour Schedule!

May 1, 2019May 22, 2019 by Julia Byers, posted in 2019 Conference, Ch1Con

Hey, everybody! We’re thrilled to announce the 2019 Ch1Con & Ch21Con Blog Tour!

We put together this annual blog tour to share info and fun, behind-the-scenes facts about the Chapter One Young Writers Conference and Chapter Twenty-One Conference (and to give away some awesome prizes, of course). The 2019 blog tour will kick off on Friday, May 10 and conclude towards the end of May. Follow the tour for guest posts, interviews by the Chapter One Events team–and, of course, giveaways!

Check out the schedule below:

Friday, May 10: www.ch21con.tumblr.com
- The new Ch21Con Tumblr hosts a interview with conference director Julia Byers!
- GIVEAWAY: SIGNED hardcover copy of On the Come Up by Angie Thomas!
Tuesday, May 14: www.batmansymbol.tumblr.com
- 2019 workshop leader and panelist Riley Redgate shares a personal post about speaking at the conferences!
Friday, May 17: www.anniesullivanauthor.com
- Author Annie Sullivan hosts an interview of Ch21Con team member Ariel Kalati!
- GIVEAWAY: $25 Barnes & Noble e-gift card!
Wednesday, May 22: www.juliathewritergirl.com
- Ch21Con director Julia Byers hosts an interview of Ch21Con team member Katie Nichols!
- GIVEAWAY: SIGNED hardcover copy of The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman!
Saturday, May 25: www.kirabrighton.weebly.com
- Freelance editor Kira Brighton hosts a guest post by Ch21Con team member Katie Nichols, on rekindling your passion for writing!
BONUS: Beginning of June: Joan He’s newsletter Looseleaf
- 2019 workshop leader and panelist Joan He will sharing about speaking at the conferences in her June newsletter! Make sure to subscribe now in order to read it.

We can’t wait to share the tour with you, and hope to see you in Chicagoland at Ch1Con and Ch21Con 2019!

– The Chapter One Events Team

2018 Workshop Leader: Christine Lynn Herman

April 12, 2018April 9, 2018 by Julia Byers, posted in 2018 Conference

The Chapter One Events team is extraordinarily excited to announce our fifth speaker for the 2018 Chapter One Young Writers Conference and inaugural Chapter Twenty-One Conference: Christine Lynn Herman!

Christine Herman

Christine Lynn Herman wrote her first book at age six, about a squirrel who hibernated, woke up, and decided to go back to sleep. She has since learned that squirrels do not hibernate. Born in New York City but raised in Japan and Hong Kong, she subscribes to the firm philosophy that home is where her books are. She returned to the United States for college, where she traded out a subtropical climate for harsh, snowy winters and an Honors English degree at the University of Rochester. She now resides in Brooklyn, where she works in publishing by day and writes novels by night.

Her debut YA novel, The Devouring Gray, will release from Disney-Hyperion in Spring 2019, with a sequel to come the following year. She is represented by Kelly Sonnack of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

Christine will be co-leading writing workshops at both Ch1Con and Ch21Con, as well as speaking on Ch21Con’s young publishing panel and the conferences’ combined ask anything panel. In honor of Christine speaking at the conferences, we are thrilled to give away a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card!

Just click the link below to enter the raffle. We’ll leave it open for one week!

Click here to enter the giveaway!

Find Christine online:

Check out Christine’s book, The Devouring Gray (spring 2019), on GoodReads.

We don’t have all of our speakers for the 2018 conferences solidified yet, but we’re announcing those we can throughout this week. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the reveal of another 2018 speaker!

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– The Ch1Events Team