General Information
New to our region? Welcome! Browse our regional website and visit SCBWI's Just Getting Started page.
Have you seen a map of our California North/Central region? It is vast, extending from the Oregon border southward to Kings, Tulare and Inyo counties, and endless inspiration abounds from such majestic sites as Yosemite, Mammoth/ Eastern Sierra, South Lake Tahoe, the Mendocino coast, Lassen and Mt. Shasta, not to mention the California foothills where gold was discovered!
Some of our North/Central geographical areas include:
- Inyo-Mono-Alpine counties
- Sierra/ Nevada County, Placer County, and El Dorado County
- Amador/ Calveras/San Joaquin, Tuolomne
- south to Fresno/ Kings County and Tulare
- north to Humboldt/Trinity/Mendocino
- Lassen/Shasta and environs
- Colusa/Yuba/Butte/Lake/Glen/Sutter/Sac/Yolo
PLEASE HELP US COMMUNICATE WITH YOU!
Log in with your SCBWI username and password. Under Account Information, be sure to add a current email address and click the box at the bottom that says, "Please send me an email when someone sends me a message" to receive the most current information about events around our region.
Our region produces a quarterly newsletter, "The Acorn." Click the REGIONAL NEWS tab above for the latest edition.
If you are interested in volunteering for our region, you may receive valuable benefits according to the amount of time and energy required to complete the job assigned. Opportunities include volunteering assignments at conferences; designing your own project or event; or writing an article for our newsletter, "The Acorn." Contact your co-RAs for more information. Benefits may include:
- Free SCBWI membership
- Free or reduced admissions to certain events
- A chance to meet industry professionals including writers, illustrators, editors, art directors and agents.
- Reserved spots at popular events
- Complete happiness
Interested in joining a critique group? Contact our coordinator, Pam Wilkinson.
Our region also participates in three Yahoo Groups:
The CHAT LIST--Members of the three Northern California regions (both illustrators and writers) are entitled to join our private Yahoo Group, which is both a forum for discussions on writing and illustrating for children and a place to post timely news that can't wait for the newsletter, such as businesses looking for writers or illustrators for specific projects. Digest and read-on-the-Web versions are available if individual emails is not your style. To become a member, contact Nancy Barnet.
The ILLUSTRATORS' LIST--A chat list specifically for SCBWI NORCA illustrator members. Illustrators may join the main chat list as well. To become a member, contact Nancy Barnet.
The NORCAL SCBWI ANNOUNCEMENT LIST--A one-way communication device on Yahoo Groups. One or two messages are sent per month from the Regional Advisors of all three Regions telling you about upcoming events. We strongly urge you to get on this list. Our events are very popular and receiving the announcement by email will give you a leg-up on getting registered.
Anyone (SCBWI members and non-members) may request membership in the NorCal SCBWI Announcement list by going to http://groups.yahoo.com and creating an ID on Yahoo Groups. Then request membership by sending an email to:
NorCalSCBWI-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To unsubscribe from the Announcement List, send an email to:
NorCalSCBWI-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
NOTE: When contacting, please include your name, the email address you wish to use and the Northern California region to which you belong.
We would love to hear from you. What works well for you? What doesn’t? What can we do to meet your needs? Do you have an idea for a conference topic or a speaker?
If you would like to get to know us a little better, please visit our websites: www.erindealey.com and www.patriciamnewman.com and
http://gennyheikka.com
NOTE: If you're traveling in Northern California, check out the events in the
San Francisco/South region or the
San Francisco East/North Bay region.