BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@sandbox.sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T143000 DTSTAMP:20260321T123341Z URL:https://sandbox.sfwa.org/events/mg-ya-constellation-series/ SUMMARY:MG/YA Constellation Series DESCRIPTION:Join us this March 21-22 weekend for a full roster of master cl asses\, author showcases\, and fellow community member meet-and-greets cel ebrating the wide range of work\, warmth\, and learning in Middle Grade an d Young Adult science fiction\, fantasy\, and related genres!\n\nWe are ho nored to be learning from seasoned industry professionals Darcie Little B adger\, Christine Taylor-Butler\, Tracey Baptiste\, and Vanessa Ricci-Th ode.\n\nTracey will also be showcasing her work in one of two author show cases celebrating excellence among SFWA's MG-YA team. Check out the full l istings below!\n\nSign up to the whole weekend through our RSVP portal\, s o we can set you up with a dedicated subscription class that will grant yo u access to all events on our schedule. Include your name\, email\, and af filiate organization (if relevant) in the "Comment" field.\n\nAll events a re free to SFWA members\, and by request to the general public\, continge nt on space in some of the dedicated small-group programming.\n\nOur sched ule runs as follows:\nDay 1 (Saturday March 21)\nIntroduction to Constella tion: 8:45-9am PDT\nMaster Class: Developing education materials to accomp any children's books (with Tracey Baptiste): 9-10am PDT\nOpen lobby to mee t fellow community members: 10am-11am PDT\nAuthor Showcase: Short readings by SFWA members + Q&\;A: 11-12:30pm PDT\n\n Tracey Baptiste\n Gabrie lle Byrne\n Amy Kaplan\n Michelle Knudsen\n\nOpen lobby to meet fellow c ommunity members: 12:30-1pm\n\nMaster Class: Turning your SFF Novels into Comics (with Darcie Little Badger\, 2021's Andre Norton Nebula Award Winne r) - 1-2:30pm PDT\nDay 2 (Sunday March 22)\nAuthor Showcase: Short reading s by SFWA members + Q&\;A: 9am-10:30am PDT\n\n Adria Bailton\n Ben Fr ancisco\n Cameron Roberson (writing as Rob Cameron)\n Michael Solis\n\nO pen lobby to meet fellow community members: 10:30am-11am PDT\nMentorship S ession with Christine Taylor-Butler: Come to ask all your questions about children's book writing and the publishing industry: 11am-12pm PDT\nAuthor Reading with Vanessa Ricci-Thode\, author of The Young Necromancer's Guid e to Ghosts (2025's Andre Norton Nebula Award Winner) with Q&\;A: 12-1p m PDT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sandbox.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026 /03/March-2026-MGYA-Constellation-Series-1.png CATEGORIES:MG/YA Committee,SFWA Events,SFWA Member Events LOCATION:http://events.sfwa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR