Welcome to the SF North & East Bay Region.
We surround the San Francisco Bay with programs, events and conferences for you to build your knowledge and professional expertise in the children's writing and Illustrating industry. We are very fortunate that our region is loaded with talent, creativity, experience and diverse points of view.

We have a very active region. Please sign up for our regional email newsletter (where all upcoming events are listed) please click here.Stay in tune, network, join a critique group, and have fun.

Our critique group coordinator is Angie Azur who will assist you in using our automated listing service, critconnect. You can get started yourself by emailing critconnect@yahoo.com. You rreceive an google docs spreadsheet for you to list your interest, city, genre, etc. If you have any questions, contact Angie.

We also have a welcome coordinator, Corina Vacco, cmb.author(ATSIGN)yahoo.com. She can help with your questions about the organization, resources available and much more.

Welcome again and Happy Illustrating and Writing!
Margaret Speaker Yuan, Regional Advisor & Colette Weil Parrinello, Assistant Regional Advisor