Group 2 - Picture Books, with Elizabeth Lazowski (Spring/Summer 2025)

<p>You may register for one picture book workshop in spring/summer season.<br></p>

Submissions: <p>There will be three rounds of submissions. Writers will begin by submitting 2 stories. After the first round, writers will select a single story to work on for the remainder of the workshop.</p><p>Fiction stories should be under 900 words and nonfiction stories should be under 1500 words including any backmatter (submit headers only if your backmatter runs over).<br></p><p><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">Changes and Withdrawals Policy:&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li>2 months or more ahead of a workshop start: you will be credited the full amount of the workshop, less a $20 change fee.</li><li>Under 2 months to 14 days ahead of a workshop start: If we are able to replace you, you will be credited for the full workshop price less a $20 change fee. If we can't replace you, and the group meets its minimum (3) you will receive a credit for 50% of the workshop cost.&nbsp;</li><li>Withdrawals within 14 days of a workshop start: If we can replace you, you will receive a credit for 75% of the workshop price. If we cannot replace you but the group meets its minimum, will receive a credit for 50% of the workshop cost.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Members: $375; Non-members: $450

About Elizabeth Lazowski

Elizabeth Lazowski is a freelance editor currently based in New York City. Most recently she was an Associate Editor in the Children’s group at Chronicle Books where she cultivated a list of picture books and graphic novels. Her list includes Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling & Kaylani Juanita, Lost Words by Leila Boukarim & Sona Avedikian, Juneteenth Is by Natasha Tripplett & Daniel O’Brien, and Too Many Golems by Jane Yolen & Maya Schleifer. She’s interested in stories that address the overlooked spaces in and outside the US —who has not been, and still is not being, fairly represented in the literary space. In 2021 she was named a PW Star Watch Honoree.