Welcome to SCBWI Washington!

If you're into writing or illustrating children's books, take a look at what the Western Washington Region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators has for you!

Conference Registration Now Open

Get more information about the 19th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference on Saturday, April 10, and Sunday April 11th, 2010 at the Marriott Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Washington on our Conference page.

The conference is now over 90% sold out! Register soon before all space is gone!

2009-2010 Regional Programming

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Professional Series Meetings

Our Professional Series Meetings take place at Seattle Pacific University - Demaray Hall, Room 150. Registration at 6:45 p.m., program at 7:00 p.m. Get Map and Directions here. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month. To see the complete meeting line-up, please visit our Monthly Meetings page.

April 10 & 11, 2010:
SCBWI Western Washington Regional Conference
No monthly meeting

May 11, 2010:
Mini-Session: HELP! I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THIS! — HOW TO FIND THE PERFECT TITLE with Lenae Nofziger. A great book title is an invitation that readers can’t refuse. But how do you create such a title? This workshop will focus on ways to generate and evaluate titles by analyzing those of existing books for children and young adults. Lenae teaches creative writing and childhood literature at Northwest University. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University, where she specialized in poetry, a genre that requires frequent title generation. A number of her poems have been published in literary journals, and not one of them was called “Untitled.” She is currently writing two young-adult novels.

Main Program: IN DREAMS BEGIN RESPONSIBILITIES with Karen Cushman. Karen, whose books have won both a Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor, among other awards, reflects on what she has learned from living, from writing, and from making her own rules. Karen is the author of CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY; THE MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE; and several other middle-grade titles, including her most recent, THE LOUD SILENCE OF FRANCINE GREEN, and the forthcoming ALCHEMY AND MEGGIE
SWANN.

Call for Workshop Presenters
SCBWI Western Washington is seeking workshop presenters for our 2010-2011 year. Our chapter holds monthly Professional Series Meetings from October through April, and hosts an annual conference each spring. We welcome fresh and compelling workshop ideas for any of these events! Download the Workshop Presenter Application.

Questions?

Contact scbwiwa@scbwi-washington.org