by SCBWI Western Washington
Dear PAL members, Our mentorship program is expanding this year. If you are seeking an additional platform to promote your books, stay connected with the SCBWI writing community, help amazing mentees, and receive long-lasting friendships and fans, this is your opportunity. Our mission is to push the envelope and empower our PAL members by creating... Continue Reading →
ATTENTION PAL MEMBERS WITH A 2017 PUBLICATION: The SCBWI BookStop (formerly known as Book Blast) is a fantastic way for SCBWI members to boost your newly published book's outreach. You design a one-of-a-kind, online page that gives visitors an inside look at you and your book, and SCBWI will put out extensive social media postings and incentives. For... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Western Washington authors and illustrators, heading to St. Louis for the NCTE Convention in November? Please let our Co-PAL Liaison, Laurie Thompson, know. Email her at laurie@lauriethompson.com for possible SCBWI related activities. And, because this post is short and you may not know much about St. Louis yet-- There's a giant eyeball in Laumeier... Continue Reading →
Just a reminder that we are still taking registrations for our upcoming PAL event, which will be open to all this time! We'll start out with our "Romancing the Store: How to Make Bookstores and Librarys Love You!" panel of booksellers and librarians, then our last 90 minutes or so will be for any topic you’d like to... Continue Reading →
Romancing the Store: How to Make Booksellers and Librarians Love You Woo the people who can hand-sell and book-talk your book! Gain insights from our panel of eligible bachlorettes (all local and highly available, in this context), then spend time swapping notes and advice with your peers in an informal think tank. (Any topic whatsoever,... Continue Reading →
Save Saturday, March 4,* for a Think Tank about how to make booksellers and librarians fall in love with you (among other topics). This special, brown-bag event will start with an expert panel of local book hucksters, who will share tips and pitfalls and the secrets of their favorite bribe substances. Then we'll enjoy the... Continue Reading →
Need to help a school, library, or community event organizer find great speakers who can generate excitement about books, reading, and writing? Turn them on to our new regional directory of authors and illustrators who love school visits and similar events! Teachers, librarians, and anyone else — yes, even you! — can download this new,... Continue Reading →
Did you miss the application deadline for Inside Story? Good news! The deadline has been extended to Saturday, October 1. • You must be a CURRENT SCBWI member at the PAL (published and listed) level and your profile at SCBWI.org must be updated to reflect this. (If you're eligible to change your membership status, you... Continue Reading →
The Inland NW region is hosting a webinar next Saturday designed for PAL members that would like to learn more about School Visits. Nonfiction author, Kelly Milner Halls, will share her trusty tips on October 1st at 9:00 am PST. The cost is $10 and the program will be recorded for those that would like... Continue Reading →
We still have space for authors of upper MG and YA books in the middle- and high-school "Behind the Books" session at Washington Library Association's October 15, 2016, conference! SCBWI-WWA is co-hosting this presentation to give our PAL members an opportunity to present their recent books to area teacher/librarians. We didn't fill all of our available time slots... Continue Reading →
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