Your monthly update from SCBWI Israel

Dear Tzivia,

The rainy season has begun and things here in Israel are turning bright and green. And when the sun peeks through the clouds, you may even catch a glimpse of a rainbow! 🌈

A classic Israeli Chanukah song, Banu Choshech, says that "We have come to banish darkness." It goes on (loosely translated): "Each of us is one small light... and together, we shine bright."

Whatever you're celebrating this month, we hope you're with loved ones, banishing darkness together.

Check out this month's SCBWI Israel illustrator of the Month, Raz Aviram! You can find Raz's work and that of past illustrators on the SCBWI Israel site.

Here for you every step of the way,

Your SCBWI Israel Team

SCBWI Israel Groups and Programs

• FREE! Mark your calendars!! Jan. 5 at 9 a.m. Rise, Shine, Create! is back by popular demand! Join author-illustrator and art therapist Sari Eran Herskowitz as she leads us in 45 minutes of pure unscripted creation and fun (writing or through illustration). (Don't worry if your Hebrew isn't perfect! You’re welcome to write and draw in any language you wish…) 
• Zoom program in Hebrew
• Authors, illustrators, and others welcome
• Free to SCBWI members
• Zoom link to join: https://scbwi.zoom.us/j/95747415377

• And also coming in January! Writing picture book and middle grade nonfiction. Details TBA.
• Zoom program in English
• Registration opens soon!

• Every Tuesday at 8 p.m.! Join the quiet WhatsApp group for our Weekly Zoom Write-In program to get the Zoom link and other details. https://chat.whatsapp.com/D2QnV4qq3W8B4fxpZ1GLYQ

• And don't forget the SCBWI Israel WhatsApp groups for relevant notifications between newsletters:

• English WhatsApp group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/FJ4s5O6IN5qG4lUCDkwVuL
• Hebrew WhatsApp group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/CYi3cKp3Vbc5GgzvHeFGS1

Good News from SCBWI Israel

• Mazal tov to Allison Ofanansky on her book, Harvest of Light (Kar-Ben, illustrated by Eliyahu Alpern), being chosen as a PJ Library selection for the third time. 32,000 families will receive her book this Chanukah season!
• Mazal tov to SCBWI Israel illustrator coordinator Shirley Waisman on signing with agent Ethan Long of the Tugeau 2 Art & Literary Team!
• Tell us YOUR good news from the world of children's publishing at https://bit.ly/scbwigoodnews and we'll share it here in our next newsletter and in our WhatsApp groups!

Selected SCBWI Worldwide Events

• Dec. 2. Making Early Readers. Join author-illustrator Vikram Madan to go behind the scenes of his Geisel-Honor-winning beginner-comic/early-reader series Owl & Penguin. Discover his creative process and come away with insights about writing & illustrating early readers. ($10, from SCBWI Nebraska)



• Dec. 5. Level Up! The Piece by Piece of Revision. Do you cringe at the ‘R’ word. Rejection? No. The other ‘R’ word: REVISION. Join bestselling author Stephanie Shaw as she leads us through all the steps leading to revising a PB manuscript. For brave beginners and intrepid intermediates and anyone who has been tied up in knots about revision. ($10, from SCBWI Oregon)

All event times are listed according to the local time of the SCBWI region hosting the event. FYI: Israel is usually 7 hours ahead of Eastern time (NYC).

Chanukiyah photo: Dana Friedlander via https://www.flickr.com/photos/israelphotogallery/15190691418/

In-line newsletter illustrations © Shirley Waisman