2023 Registration Rates

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The 2023 Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival is back in person!!

Early-bird registration must be received by February 10, 2023.
Regular registration begins on February 11, 2023.
No cash will be accepted.
Click here to register with a credit card.

To register with a check or purchase order, download the paper registration form, mail payment and registration form to:
Children’s Book Festival Registration
School of Library and Information Science
118 College Drive #5146
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Institutional payments should include preferred contact information for invoices, billing issues, payment, etc.

Registration for the 2023 Kaigler Festival includes CEUs for Mississippi Educators. Virtual-only attendees may earn at least 0.9 CEUs and those attending all in-person sessions may earn between 1.7-3.7 CEUs. Virtual-only attendees will have access to keynote session recordings and any available breakout session recordings two weeks after the Festival.

Conference Hotels
The Hilton Garden Inn of Hattiesburg
BLOCKED ROOMS ARE FULL 
Group rate: 115 (this rate does not include breakfast)
Group code: KFEST

TownePlace Suites by Marriott
Group rate: $119 king suite; $129 queen suite
Complimentary hot breakfast included
Link to online booking

Hampton Inn Hattiesburg
Group rate: $129 king or double
Complimentary hot breakfast included
Link to online booking

Download the 2023 Kaigler Festival Parking Pass

2023 Registration Rates

REGULAR REGISTRATION (begins February 11)
Full registration (includes ticketed events) . .. $350
All three days (luncheons not included). . . . . .$275
All three days – retired librarian/over 60 . . . . $225

SINGLE-DAY RATE (luncheons not included)
Wednesday: Regular . . . . . . . $125
Thursday: Regular . . . . . . . $125
Friday: Regular . . . . . . . $125

SOUTHERN MISS COMMUNITY (luncheons not included)
Southern Miss Faculty and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 for three days
Southern Miss Full-Time Student . . . . . . . .  . . . . . $70 for three days

TICKETED EVENTS (included in full registration)
Wednesday Coleen Salley Storytelling Luncheon with Amy Bluemel $25*
Thursday Ezra Jack Keats Award Luncheon $25*
Friday Luncheon with Ann Clare LeZotte $25*
* Attendees that purchase the luncheon ticket will have priority seating. All other conference attendees are welcome to sit in on the sessions after those with tickets have gotten their food. Brown bag lunches are welcome.

ONLINE ONLY EXPERIENCE
Regular . . . . . . . $125
Recordings of all keynote sessions and most breakout sessions will be available via The University of Southern Mississippi’s institutional repository Aquila at aquila.usm.edu two weeks after the Festival.