Upcoming Courses and Events
- Join me and Sandra K. Athans at our first ever in-person Educational Market Intensive
- August 20 - 23, 2026
- At the Highlights Foundation Campus (Boyds Mills)
- 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA 18443, USA
- Mike Downs, Sandra K. Athans
The Educational Market is your GATEWAY to INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY! Let’s START with the fact that you’ll meet THREE EDITORS from THREE PUBLISHING HOUSES that need authors now! Would you like to write biographies, career books, or nonfiction STEM? Maybe a fictional series, a novel in verse, or humorous poetry? Or for those with some background in education, the market for teacher-related-materials is immense! BUT, to break in, you must know the nuances and rules of this rapidly changing market! That’s what you’ll learn from authors Sandra K. Athans and Mike Downs, who will show you how to catapult your writing career forward. As mentioned, this session includes a fantastic bonus – THREE EDITORS!
Completed Courses and Events
- 6-Week Writing for the Educational Market Webinar (Highlights Foundation, Fall 2025)
- 6-Week Writing for the Educational Market Webinar (Highlights Foundation, Spring 2025)
- 2-Day Writing for the Educational Market Mini Webinar (Highlights Foundation, Feb 2025)
- SCBWI National Conference NYC (Writing in the Educational Market as a Pathway to Trade Market Success, Feb 2025)
- 6-Week Writing for the Educational Market Webinar (Highlights Foundation, 2024))
- 4-Week Writing for the Educational Market (Highlights Foundation, 2023)
- 8-Week How to Write Picture Books (Syracuse YMCA Writing Center, 2021)
- 2-Hour 500 Words to Fame and Fortune? – Writing Books for Kids (Syracuse Writing Center, 2021)
- 2-Hour Writing for the Educational Market (Carolinas Region SCBWI)
- 2.5 hour - Writing Childrens Books for the Educational Market (Syracuse Writing Center, June 2023)