Donna Rawlins is a children’s publishing all rounder with decades of experience in both educational and trade. She is both author and illustrator, in addition to her work as an editor, designer and art director in children’s fiction and non-fiction, with a special eye for picture books. Donna taught illustration for many years and specialises in talent-spotting and mentoring new artists. Editorially, her focus is on identifying issues with structure, voice and originality of ideas.
Donna has won many awards for her work, including the NSW Children’s Book Council’s Lady Cutler Award for distinguished contribution the children’s literature.
Donna is interest in providing feedback on
- Advice on folios with give targeted feedback for both emerging and established illustrators
- Assist artists transition from fine art to illustration
- Technical advice about original versus digital art
- Editorial feedback for picture book texts and narrative non-fiction
- Tips for approaching publishers
- Red flag warnings about potential pitfalls!
Donna is not looking at longer fiction.
Donna Rawlins - Editor Assessments
Assessment Categories
- Early readers
- Illustrations
- Narrative non-fiction
- Picture books
Last day to book
18 June
Payment plans
If you’d like to set up a payment plan, just send us a quick email at info@cyaconference.com to receive your code before booking. A 15% non-refundable deposit is required upfront for payment plans, with full payment due before your session.
Please note that each attendee can have only one payment plan.
Feedback
Donna will provide verbal feedback on her assessments.
Important
Assessment sessions:
- are only available to conference, bootcamp and Writers at Sea attendees.
- may be booked before booking for the conference, but you must book for the conference by 15 May, or your session will be cancelled and not refunded.
- have a $25.00 administration charge should you decide to cancel before 15 May.
- are non-refundable if cancelled after 15 May unless we are able to resell the session.