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Ryan Hipp Wins 2nd place in SCBWI-MI IllustrationNation

September 26, 2011 By admin | Revised: September 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ryan Hipp Second Place SCBWI Award
Second Place IllustratioNation SCBWI Ryan Hipp
Ryan Hipp Second Place SCBWI Award
Second Place IllustratioNation SCBWI Ryan Hipp

This weekend I was a presenter at the Society of Childrens Book Writers & Illustrators Fall conference on Mackinac Island. Not only did I present, but I was an attendee in the illustration boot-camp portion of the conference. So to my TOTAL astonishment, I won second place in the Illustration Nation competition, winning a one-hour mentorship with the amazing Matt Faulkner – I was up against some INCREDIBLE talent, and am COMPLETELY flattered. At the three day SCBWI conference, we were tasked within a one-day period to complete a single painting depicting one scene from a manuscript we were given that day. The story was about a boy that sees wild amazing things no one believes, and the scene I chose was him explaining to his parents that he caught his piano teacher levitating. And I discovered I won about 10 minutes after getting a standing ovation for the presentation on self-promotion I gave to the conference attendees, so you can imagine I was a bit emotional.

See the images on my Facebook page here.

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SCBWI-MI Fall Conference

October 7, 2010 By admin | Revised: October 7, 2010 Leave a Comment

Hi all! I will be attending the SCBWI-MI Fall conference this weekend! its a great line-up, and I am looking forward to it.

I’ll be sharing with you all my submission for the Art Director critique with Patrick Collins very soon! I better finish it up! eep!

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SCBWI-MI (archive)

April 23, 2010 By admin | Revised: April 23, 2010 Leave a Comment

Wow, I just got back from an amazing and inspiring conference at the Yarrow Golf and Conference Center in Augusta, MI…a beautiful, scenic wooded lodge was just the place to begin a brisk Autumn weekend.

The conference – in a word – was fantastic. I met some wonderful contacts, heard some terrific speakers, met new friends, and reconnected with old ones. Another great connection was meeting people I sort of know – people I know only from the SCBWI-MI ListServ, and was great to put faces to names and turn imaginary friends into real friends.

I had a manuscript critique with an industry giant editor – the author of “the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Children’s Book Publishing”, Harold Underdown. In short, he told me exactly what I needed to hear to make my writing better, and I am going to make all of his suggestions happen. Editing and revision is the most important part of any manuscript.

My favorite session? Was definitely meeting, interacting, and making a new friend in author-illustrator Matt Faulkner. Matt was a down-to-earth guy and gave a session on the ins-and-outs of puting together a picture book (extremely helpful) as well as cautionary experiences with protecting your rights in a bunny-eat-bunny business of kids book publishing.

I also met a slew of industry art directors, editors, and agents, who all shared the same message of encouragement and hope.

Awesome weekend.

Next: I will be speaking at MAME 2009 in Traverse City.

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About Ryan Hipp

Ryan Hipp is an author & illustrator of whimsical picture books from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He gives elementary school and library presentations, assemblies, workshops, and parent nights. Ryan was awarded the Gwen Frostic Award for his work inspiring literacy.

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