Here's something that doesn't come around every day: a FREE workshop, with one of the most inspiring writers around - Stasia Ward Kehoe! Stasia, an author of the praised YA novels AUDITION and THE SOUND OF LETTING GO, will be giving a 2-hour workshop at the Woodinville Library this Saturday entitled, "Planning Your Writing Year."... Continue Reading →
Deadline for Great Critique LOOMS!
Are you hungry....for FEEDBACK? Hurry and register for the GREAT CRITIQUE, happening NEXT WEEKEND in Bellevue! DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15! It's nutritious, delicious, and will whet your appetite for all the hard work ahead. But isn't it great to step back and get some suggestions? Comments? High-fives and all-around insights? That's what this is all about!... Continue Reading →
Best fiction for young adults list
How's THIS for your quintessential fall reading list? The latest nominations for the Best Fiction for Young Adults from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is out! Some fabulous books are on this roster, and big congratulations to our local lass, Martha Brockenbrough, author of the nominated THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH! For... Continue Reading →
Last chance: Weekend on the Water!
Last Day to Register for the Retreat! + A Teaser if You've Already Registered Are you sharpening those pencils and hard drives? Here are descriptions of two of our retreat workshops. Katherine and Noa are especially excited about the first workshop, which they will be teaching together: Structure, Plot, and Pacing: Revising for More Emotional... Continue Reading →
PASSPORT REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY
It's HERE! We're talking about our 2015-16 monthly programming lineup. Sign up now for a SCBWI-WWA year to remember. Check your email (even your Junk folder if you don't see it in your Inbox), and register from the link provided in the registration invitation. We all look forward to seeing you for this season of... Continue Reading →
Food Literacy Month goodies
From Tina Hoggatt, SCBWI-WWA Illustrator Coordinator: It’s September and Food Literacy Month! We look forward to seeing you all at the Seattle Public Library, Main Branch September 17 from 6:00-9:00 pm for CULTIVATING READERS, which includes tabling, a panel, and four SCBWI-WWA authors with food-related books. In the meantime, here are some prompts and opportunities... Continue Reading →
Lois Harris class
WHAT: Lois V. Harris' class,“Writing for Children: Preparing for a Successful Submission" WHEN: October 8 and October 15, 6:30PM to 8PM WHERE: Mount Vernon campus, cost: $49 HOW: Register for 6096 CENGL 056 by calling Skagit Valley College, 360-416-7638 Description: Do you have a rough draft of a fiction or nonfiction manuscript? Improve, polish,... Continue Reading →
Cultivating Readers! And Eaters!
Happy Food Literacy Month! A goodwill announcement from Philip Lee, Readers to Eaters I’d like to highlight two lines from the Proclamation since it’s been coming up a lot: • WHEREAS, “Food literacy” is defined as the understanding of the impact of food choices on health, community, and environment. • WHEREAS, The objective of Food Literacy... Continue Reading →
Hit the books with Dana!
IT'S DANA TIME!! Author/Illustrator Dana Sullivan is getting ready for fall classes: Picture Books at Kirkland Arts Center and Graphic Novels at Bellevue College. Writers AND illustrators will learn about plot, pacing and just having fun. You'll make a finished book dummy in Picture Books and a cover... Continue Reading →
WoW deadline this Saturday
Attention, procrastinators! Last Chance to Apply for the Weekend on the Water! DEADLINE: Saturday, September 5 With no Western WA SCBWI Conference in 2016, WOW is your greatest local opportunity to up your writing with a weekend of intensive learning. This year's topic: The Murky Middle. Whether you write picture books or novels... Continue Reading →