Author Panel: Humor with Heart
June 5th 9AM PDT/11AM CDT
This panel event is free, but please RSVP by CLICKING HERE so we can anticipate the response (Don't worry—you won't be committing!).
To view this event live on June 5th,
go to our SoCal SCBWI YouTube channel:
LIN OLIVER: The co-founder and Executive Director of SCBWI, author of 50 children’s books, and producer of TV and Film. She has a 3rd book in her hilarious ALIEN SUPERSTAR series co-written with Henry Winkler coming out in October.
DEBRA GREEN: Writer of several MG chapter book series and YA books, among them the successful ZEEK MEEKS series. She has recently released a new book called VIOLET AND THE PIE OF LIFE.
DONNA BARBA HIGUERA: Winner of Pura Belpre Honor Award 2020- American Library Association, Sid Fleischman Award 2020, Best Books for Youth List 2020- American Library Association, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award 2020 for MG book LUPE WONG WON’T DANCE. She also has three more books coming out this year.
Eastern Pennsylvania has two upcoming webinars with agent and award-winning illustrator Shadra Strickland (winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award).
Join us for one or both!
Writers Who Want to Illustrate - Monday, June 7, 2021 @7pm EDT
(Lecture recordings will be available for all participants registered before the event.)
Are you a beginning illustrator? Or maybe a writer who has dabbled in drawings or just toyed with the idea of illustrating your own work? Perhaps you’re a beginning writer who would benefit from knowing how to think more like an illustrator? If any of these sound like you, join literary agent Shadra Strickland for a discussion on just what it takes to become an author-illustrator. Not only will it open doors to query a wider range of literary agents, but knowing what it takes to become an illustrator just might help strengthen your writing as well.
*Registration for the live webinar link closes 5am the morning of the event.
Illustrators Who Want to Write - Thursday, June 10, 2021 @7pm EDT
(Lecture recordings will be available for all participants registered before the event.)
Have you started your publication journey with a focus on illustrating? Have a story that’s blooming in your artwork? Or maybe you’re new to writing and illustrating? Join literary agent Shadra Strickland as she shares experiences from her own journey as illustrator who started to write. Not only will it open doors to query a wider range of literary agents, but understanding story writing just might help strengthen your illustrations as well.
*Series registration closes 5am on Thursday, June 10.
CRITIQUES AVAILABLE–Illustration Portfolios and Picture Books Only
90 minute Webinar Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 7 PM Eastern/6 PM Central/5 PM Mountain/4 PM Pacific
With the growing demand for added diversity in children’s literature, it is more important than ever to depict these characters authentically. Pulling from personal experience, the presenter will share various strategies and resources that can help in creating fully-rounded and authentic characters which mirror a different perspective. The pitfalls and false starts many writers encounter will also be discussed as well as approaches to avoid and work through them with the mindset of striving to do no harm. This session is a safe space in which to ask any and all questions in pursuit of telling a more accurate, and well-balanced cross-cultural story.
Webinar Fees – SCBWI Members: $15; Non-members: $25
(includes live webinar and 30 days of recording access)
Optional Written Critique from Leah Henderson following live webinar:
First Page Critique (picture book fiction or nonfiction or MG fiction): $25
Picture Book (Fiction or Nonfiction) Manuscript Critique or 10-Page Manuscript Excerpt Critique (MG fiction): $70
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