It's coming: by DECEMBER 1, 2015, you should submit your work for the annual Tomie de Paola Illustrator Award, given annually to an illustrator of promise chosen by the master himself. The lucky winner will receive a fully paid trip to the NYC Conference in February 2016, as well as accommodations. And, you'll be featured... Continue Reading →
Kid Lit Drinks: Friday November 13!
Weekend on the Water! Open-door Kid Lit Drink Night for anyone who wants to join! What's not to love? Hope to see you all there, where you, too, can schmooze our amazing faculty and join your fellow SCBWI folk for a laugh, a toast, and even a nugget of advice...or two!
Write This! Draw This!
Take a break from NaNoWriMo and PiBoIdMo and dive into the December challenge for Write This! and Draw This! December’s prompt for both is “A Sleigh Ride from Hell.” Submissions are due the 20th of each month for the illustration prompt and the of 15th each month for the writing prompt. All submissions are... Continue Reading →
November Meeting 101: 11/18
Guess what? It's that time again––our monthly gathering. This month, in honor of giving thanks, we gratefully anticipate our two presentations: Book Trailers 101 and School Presentations 101. With such honored guests as Jeff "Take Two" James and the dynamic duo of Dana "Quick Draw McGraw" Sullivan and his wife Vicki "I'm Missing From the... Continue Reading →
PW’s Best Books of 2015
The first round of year-end best lists is upon us! (Yes, I know! The year is almost over!) And...hooray to all! Cheers to Martha Brockenbrough, whose GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH is on Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 YA list. For the entire PB-through-YA roll call, please click HERE. (Click on the tabs at... Continue Reading →
Tina’s tantalizing offer
Call for Illustrators! SCBWI WWA needs YOU to design banner and slide images for our monthly programming. We’ll need two versions: one for the website, including “click for details” and one for Chinook (no “click” needed). Finished illustrations need to be ready to go two weeks before our events, at the beginning of the month the... Continue Reading →
November events galore
KEY: YA = young adult MG = middle grade ER = easy reader PB = picture book NF = nonfiction GN = graphic novel LINKS: University Book Store Third Place Books Elliott Bay Book Company Secret Garden Books Seattle Central Library Nov 1–30 NaNoWriMo AND PiBoIdMo!! Nov 2, 7PM Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff, Kendare Blake,... Continue Reading →
Inside Story: A 2015 Extravaganza!
The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators invites you to attend our Fall 2015 Inside Story Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm Mockingbird Books, Seattle 7220 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle WA 98115 We hold this celebration twice a year so booksellers, librarians, teachers, and other children's book lovers can hear the "stories behind the stories"... Continue Reading →
Let’s do LAUNCH!
Hear ye, hear ye–– Check out SCBWI's new Book Launch Party! How it works: If you have a book that came out any time in 2015, purchase a page for a fee of $25. If you'd like SCBWI to design it (rather than using their easy templates), you pay a larger fee of $100. By... Continue Reading →
Hooray for Liz!
Shout out to Liz Wong, featured illustrator on the SCBWI website for October. We are so excited about her picture book, Quackers, coming from Penguin Random House in March 2016. She's definitely an illustrator to watch! Congratulations, Liz!