ECC News

Career Fair Volunteer Opportunity! | June 17, 2015

Let’s Get Ready is looking for professionals (including interns) from all career fields to share their real world experience and expertise with smart, motivated, college-bound students at their Summer Career Days. Volunteers can attend one or both of the …

Noble Desktop Digital Publishing: eBooks, eMagazines, and Apps Seminar | May 20, 2015

On Tuesday, April 7, the ECC attended a seminar hosted by Noble Desktop on all things digital publishing. Noble Desktop is a school that focuses on software training for beginner to advanced users, offeringfree seminars throughout the year in their …

Happy Hour Game Night | May 20, 2015

The ECC Game Night Happy Hour was a huge success! Despite the bad weather, we gathered at McGee’s Pub for fun, games, networking, and fried food. Board games included Catchphrasing Fire (Catchphrase), Guess How Much I Love This Game (Guess …

Design 101 Discussion | May 19, 2015

In April the ECC hosted an educational event featuring three art directors with a broad range of experience in children’s book design. Erin Fitzsimmons (Associate Art Director at HarperCollins) works mostly with young adult novels, and spoke about the …

Asked and Answered: Kid Lit You Adore! | March 30, 2015

The ECC Board asked some of their favorite authors and illustrators about children’s books that they loved growing up and/or adore today. See what they have to say and stock your shelves with these favorites from kid lit, past and …

ECC Volunteer opportunities, past and present! | March 30, 2015

Project Cicero book drive on March 7 Project Cicero is an annual book drive that benefits under-resourced classrooms in New York City public schools. Every year, teachers are invited to browse the collection and select titles to supplement their classroom …

Meet the 2015 ECC Board!! | February 9, 2015

This team of enthusiastic young professionals is here to answer any questions may you have about the ECC. Talk to your in-house rep about how to get involved in all of our great programming. Looking to get involved but don’t …

11th Annual Extreme Trivia Challenge! | November 13, 2014

Congratulations Team 2, champions of kid lit and Golden Bunny trophy winners in this year’s Early Career Committee Extreme Trivia Challenge! The ECC’s 11th Annual Extreme Trivia Challenge was held at Scholastic’s headquarters on Wednesday, November 5. More than 50 …

ECC/YPG Halloween Spooktacular | November 13, 2014

The 2014 ECC/YPG Halloween Spooktacular was a huge success! The Dove Parlour was filled with literary figures, from Paper Bag Princesses to Hogwarts students and beyond. We had a great time seeing everyone’s book-inspired costumes, eating copious amount of candy, …

Agent/Editor Speed Networking | November 13, 2014

On September 23, dozens of junior editors and agents made the trek to Beckett’s Bar and Grill in lower Manhattan for the Early Career Committee’s Third Annual Agent/Editor Speed Networking Event. The night kicked off with a brief mixer, which …