Registration Rates

 **Please note that our long-time festival registrars, Jim and Shirley Clark of Clark Systems Corp., have retired.  If you need assistance setting up the book festival as a vendor, please contact our offices at (601) 266-4228.

Refund and cancellation policy

Requests for the Children’s Book Festival registration fee refunds must be made in writing to:

Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
School of Library and Information Science
118 College Drive #5146
Hattiesburg, MS  39406-0001

Phone (601) 266-4228
Fax (601) 266-5774 

Requests received on or before March 2, 2013, will receive a full refund, less a $20 processing fee.  Refunds are not available after March 2.

Early-bird registration has been extended to February 14, 2013. 

Regular registration begins on February 15, 2013.

After March 15, 2013, you must register on-site.

On-site registration and pre-registered check-in opens at 8am Wednesday, April 10 and Thursday, April 11, and at 8:30 am on Friday, April 12.  The registration desk is located on the 3rd floor of the Cochran Center.

Early Bird (By February 14)    Regular Registration (Begins February 15) 
All three days$175
 
  All three days $200
All three days retired librarian/over 60$150  All three days retired librarian/over 60 $180
      
Single-Day RatesEarly BirdRegular  Southern Miss Community (all three days) 
Wednesday $100 $125 Faculty and staff $75
Thursday $100 $125 Full-time student $40
Friday $100 $125   
      
Additional Events     
Thursday Ezra Jack Keats Awards Luncheon $20    
Friday Luncheon with Grace Lin $20