Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

SCBWI supports justice for Black people everywhere and we encourage our members to donate to organizations fighting longstanding racial injustice. Go here for a list of organizations and resources https://bit.ly/3eGlDQy *To be updated throughout the week.* #BlackLivesMatter

We are so excited to announce the winners of our Sue Alexander Award. Congratulations to Kristen Kiesling, and honoree Brenda Scott Royce Selected from manuscripts submitted for individual critiques by editors and agents at the SCBWI Summer Spectacular, this year's Sue Alexander Award is given to the manuscript deemed most promising for publication. Kristen Kiesling's winning synopsis and first ten pages will be presented to an esteemed group of hand-selected editors and ...agents! Check out more info. about the Sue Alexander Award here: https://bit.ly/31w6Vrg

Open to published and unpublished authors! Tag a picture book writer who should apply.

Best news ever! Congrats to longtime SCBWI member, Cynthia Leitich Smith on this prestigious win!

Congrats to everyone who made the Neustadt Prize shortlist, including our amazing board members Laurie Halse Anderson, Linda Sue Park, and Meg Medina The #kidlit community couldn’t be more grateful for or proud of all of these incredible authors. https://bit.ly/37mKLM0

Want to attend the SCBWI x Smithsonian Nonfiction workshop? If you're a BIPOC member who has never published a #nonfiction book in the children's market, check out the New Voices in NF grant. You don't need a finished ms - only a bio and synopsis/proposal of what you are working on. Winners will receive full tuition to the virtual event on November 6-7, including access to all workshop features. Deadline to apply is Thursday, October 15. https://bit.ly/2GSiXUt

The inaugural SCBWI x Smithsonian Nonfiction Workshop is less than a month away! Click through to see what we've got planned. Members and non-members can still snag their spot to this virtual event. To register: https://bit.ly/3jBQMI1.

Anyone else needing a creativity boost? ...or is that just us? If it's been hard to create this year, you're not alone. This Thursday at 4 PM PDT, editorial director and life coach Kendra Levin, Life Coach for Writers is going to bless us with some much-needed advice on creating and finding inspiration during difficult times. Free to SCBWI members. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ni4FNz.

October is #DisabilityAwareness Month in the US! This month, we reaffirm our commitment to equal rights and accessibility for everyone. This year's theme is Increasing Access and Opportunity. We must consider how disability shows up, is celebrated, supported, or appears to be absent in our work, life, regions. For disability awareness resources: https://bit.ly/2GIY12k. Have a link to share? Send it to [email protected] with DISABILITY AWARENESS in the subject line.

Today at 3 PM PDT! Come celebrate the launch of LIGHTS, CAMERA, DANGER with authors Lin Oliver and Henry Winkler. Open to the community. See you at the event!

#SCBWIBookStop 2020 opens tomorrow! Shop over 1,000 books by SCBWI members and support indie bookstores in the process. If you're a member who has published a book between 2018-2020, you can create a BookStop page through Nov 30. Get started here: https://bit.ly/34uB76G.

Check out these books. Your peers are releasing so many good reads this month: pb bios, mystery middle grades, fantasy YAs, nonfiction EVERYTHING. Check out October's new releases here: https://bit.ly/2EUyJO6!

We don't know about you, but this illustration by October featured illustrator Karen "Kaz" Windness, Illustrator is making us want to order a PSL, cozy up under a blanket, and stream Hocus Pocus for the hundredth time. Kaz is also the amazing Illustrator Coordinator for the SCBWI Rocky Mountain chapter. Thank you for your work and everything you do! Check out Kaz's gallery here: https://bit.ly/36pvfhGGo!

Translators, tomorrow's #SCBWIDigital workshop is for you! Don't miss this discussion between children's book translators Emily Balistrieri, Helen Wang, Cathy Hirano, and Avery Fischer Udagawa. Reg is free for members; snag your spot https://bit.ly/2GpkTn0 #SCBWITranslation

Congrats to Kari Percival (left) and Sally Walker (right), this year's winners of the Don Freeman Work-in-Progress Grant! Click through to view their winning submissions. *Big thank you to judges Christy Ewers of The CAT Agency and Corinna Luyken, author/illustrator and past winner of the Don Freeman Grant.* Interested in applying for next year's round? Learn more here: https://bit.ly/30nZ52n.