March 2
REGION: Texas < (Houston)
CONTACT: Vicki Sansum
Monthly Meeting
Tracy Gee Community Center. 7pm - 9pm
Speaker/Topic TBA. Visit website for details as they become available. |
March 2
REGION: Russia
CONTACT: Amy Thomas
Read Across America celebration
Details TBD
For more information, please contact Amy Thomas . |
March 4
REGION: Utah/Southern Idaho
CONTACT: Sydney Salter Husseman
Monthly Meeting
Salt Lake City, UT
Topic: Illustration. For more information, please contact Sydney Salter Husseman . |
March 5 - 8
REGION: France
CONTACT: Tioka Tokedira
Retreat by the Sea
Moelan-sur-mer (4 hour train ride from Montparnasse Station)
Four days, three nights and ten writers and illustrators. Join us for this weekend escape and spend your days in workshops, your evenings in critique sessions and your free time going for walks along the coast or enjoying a yoga class. For more information visit our website. |
March 7
REGION: California - Ventura/Santa Barbara
CONTACT: Rebecca Langston-George
“Taking the Pain Out of Writing Synopses and Queries”
Fairview Baptist Church, Bakersfield. 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Through hands-on exercises, learn how to express your story, and your personality, in the most appealing way through your synopsis and query letter. $40 members, $50 non-members. For further information go to www.scbwisocal.org. |
March 7
REGION: California - Ventura/Santa Barbara
CONTACT: Rebecca Langston-George
Critiquenic
Fairview Baptist Church, Bakersfield. 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A work-in-progress critique session Bring up to five manuscript pages (double-spaced) to be read for critique. Free to members, $5.00 nonmembers. For further information go to www.scbwisocal.org. |
March 7
REGION: Hawaii <
CONTACT: Lynne Wikoff
Annual Conference
Ala Moana 7Hotel, Honolulu, 9:00am to 3:30pm
Speakers include Sarah Cloots (editor) and Victoria Jamieson (art director), both from Greenwillow, and Margaret South, story consultant. Manuscript/portfolio critiques available. Cost TBD. Visit website for details as they become available. |
March 7
REGION: MD/DE/WV (Maryland/Delaware/West Virginia)
CONTACT: Mona Kerby
Spring Workshop: "A Writer's Toolbox"
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Speakers include: HarperCollins editor, Jill Santopolo, Firebrand agent Michael Stearns, and author and illustrator, Henry Cole. Visit website for further details.
Please visit our website for more information. |
March 7
REGION: Florida
CONTACT: Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
Workshop
University of Central Florida, Orlando
Speaker and Topic TBA. For information, visit the website . |
March 9
REGION: Phillipines
CONTACT: Beaulah Pedregosa Taguiwalo
Children's Lit Booktalk & Group Critique
McCafe, Greenbelt 1, Paseo de Roxas, Makati City, Philippines
V isit the website for further details. |
March 10
REGION: New York (Metro)
CONTACT: Seta Toroyan
Professional Series: Agent's Panel
Anthroposophical Society, 138 West 15th Street, New York. 7pm - 9pm
Linda Pratt, Sheldon Fogelman Agency; Maya Rock, Writers House; Mela Bolinao, MB Artists, Inc. $15 for SCBWI members. $20 for nonmembers. Payment is accepted at the door; however, we are limited to the first 80 people. For more information, v isit the website or call (212) 545-3719. |
March 11
REGION: Germany
CONTACT: Luisa Hartmann
Critique Meeting
Central Munich |
March 11
REGION: South Africa (Cape Town)
CONTACT: Marjorie van Heerden
2009 Publisher's Show-and-Tell Day
Bellville Public Library, 9:00am – 5:30pm
Visit website for details. |
March 11
REGION: Washington - Western
CONTACT: Sara Easterly
Professional Series Meeting
Seattle Pacific University, Demaray 150. Doors open at 6:45pm. Program begins 7:00pm
Mini-Session on "R.a.d.-ical Authenticity in Fiction" with Pam Withers. Followed by the Main Program of "The Illustrator's Toolbox" with Elsa Warnick. For information, visit the website . |
March 14 - 15
REGION: Arizona
CONTACT: Michelle Parker-Rock
SCBWI AZ at the Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, AZ
For more information as it becomes available, please visit our website. |
March 14
REGION: California - San Diego
CONTACT: Janice M. Yuwiler
Chapter Meeting
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing, Room 106 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Actions/Reactions: Revealing Your Characters. Beth Brust Writing Instructor and Author of The Amazing Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Anderson, The Great Tulip Trade and Great Molasses Flood. Visit website for details. |
March 14
REGION: Eastern WA / Northern ID ("Inland Empire")
CONTACT: Deby Fredericks
Mini-Workshop
700 W. 7th Building in Spokane, WA, 1:00pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker is Deby Fredericks, RA, on "Literary Letters: Queries, Covers, and other Correspondence." Fee is $10 for members, $15 for visitors, but members can bring a friend free.
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March 14
REGION: France
CONTACT: Tioka Tokedira
An Evening with Susie Morgenstern
The American Library in Paris. 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Event is free and open to all. For more information visit our website. |
March 14
REGION: New England
CONTACT: Melissa Stewart
SCBWI Salon: A Program for Published Authors Building a Career as a Children’s Author/Illustrator
Acton Town Hall, Acton, MA
Speakers: Author Nancy Werlin and author-illustrator Nancy Poydar. |
March 14
REGION: Ohio - Northern
CONTACT: Laurie Lazarro Knowlton
Illustrator Event
Montrose Barnes & Noble, Akron
Check website for further details as they become available. |
March 14
REGION: Texas - Austin
CONTACT: Tim Crow
Monthly Meeting
BookPeople, Austin, TX
Strategies to Increase Your Manuscript's Marketability with author Lila Guzman. Visit our website for further details.
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March 15
REGION: Australia/New Zealand
CONTACT: Peter Taylor
Quarterly Meeting
Details TBA.
For further details visit the website . |
March 17
REGION: Moscow
CONTACT: Amy Thomas
Manuscript Critique Meeting
Location TBA
Open to members and non-members, writers and illustrators. Meetings are in English. Bring up to 1,500 words of your current Work in Progress (manuscript or portfolio) to share for critique. Contact Amy Thomas for location details. |
March 18
REGION: Ohio - Central / Southern
CONTACT: Susan Bradley
Monthly Meeting
Upper Arlington Library, Columbus
Speaker: Steve Harpster. Check website for further details as they become available. |
DATE: March 19 - 21
REGION: Illinois
CONTACT: Alice McGinty
Illinois Reading Council Exhibit Booth
Springfield, IL |
March 21
REGION: Sierra Nevada (Nevada)
CONTACT: Suzanne Morgan Williams
Nuts and Bolts of Children’s Books
Reno, NV
Details TBA.
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March 21
REGION: Kansas
CONTACT: Sue Ford
Writers at Work Series: “Stay in the Phone Booth with the Gorilla”
Overland Park
For further details as they become available, email Sue Ford , or visit our website. |
March 24
REGION: Arizona
CONTACT: Michelle Parker-Rock
Informal Networking Get-Together - Greater Phoenix
Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, Carefree, West Valley, Tempe, and Surrounding Areas. 7:00pm - 8:30pm
For more information contact Michelle Parker-Rock or visit the website. |
March 24
REGION: France
CONTACT: Tioka Tokedira
Savoir Faire with Orel Protopopescu
American Library in Paris. 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Event is free and open to all. An information-packed shop talk with a professional writer. Find out about her creative process. Pick up tips. Learn how to market your work. Get feedback on your ideas. And ask lots of questions. Basically, come and gain some savoir-faire. For more information visit our website. |
March 25
REGION: Texas - Brazos Valley
CONTACT: Liz B. Mertz
Schmooze: "Why Outline?"
All Schmoozes are held at College Station Barnes & Noble, 711 Texas Avenue, 10 a.m.
Informal meetings with discussion led by a facilitator. Open critique time follows. |
March 27 - 29
REGION: New England
CONTACT: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Writer’s Retreat
Whispering Pines, Alton Jones Campus. West Greenwich, RI.
With author Ellen Wittlinger; Author/Illustrator Maryann Cocca-Leffle; Editors Sarah Shumway from Dutton Books for Children and Jennifer Rees from Scholastic. Visit our website for more information. |
March 27-29
REGION: California - Long Beach/Orange County/Riverside/San Bernardino
CONTACT: Francesca Rusackas or Q.L. Pearce
Spring Writer's Retreat
South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, Temecula
Guests include Susan Chang Senior Editor at Tor Books, Alexandra Cooper, Editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Emily Mitchell Senior Editor at Charlesbridge Trade Division, and more TBA. Faculty led workshops on character development, voice and plot. Author led workshops for picture books, middle grade and young adult. Critiques, contests, VIP Reception in the Wine Tasting Room. Accommodations include a stay in a beautiful Villa located on the gorgeous vineyard grounds. Visit www.scbwisocal.org (click on Orange) or email Francesca Rusackas at zfrancesca @ aol. com for further details. |
March 28
REGION: Arizona
CONTACT: Michelle Parker-Rock
Informal Networking Get-Together - Greater East Valley
Gilbert, Mesa, and Surrounding Areas, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
For more information contact Michelle Parker-Rock or visit the website. |
March 28
REGION: Oklahoma
CONTACT: Anna Myers
Spring conference
Tulsa, OK - Details TBA
Speakers: Gretchen Hirsch, Harper Collins; Abigail Samoun, Ten Speed; Mary Kate Castellani, Walker; Elana Roth, Carmen Johnson Literary Agency; Gail R. Gross, the business of writing; Laurrent Linn, art director, Simon and Schuster. For more information contact Anna Myers or v isit our website. |
March 31
REGION: Texas - All Regions
CONTACT: Vicki Sansum or Liz B. Mertz
Texas Library Association Conference - Exhibits Booth
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston |
March TBA
REGION: Dakotas
CONTACT: Jean Patrick
Third Annual Dakotas Spring Conference
Sioux Falls, SD
Speakers and specific date TBA. |
March TBA
REGION: Scotland
CONTACT: Claira Jo
“An Editorial POV”
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston
A one on one talk with some of literary's most esteemed editors. Part 3 of 3 of the Welcome to Success program. |
March TBA
REGION: Japan
CONTACT: Holly Thompson
Manuscript and Illustration Exchange.
Details TBA |