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Welcome to the regional events pages! Please choose a year from the drop-down menu, then click on the month. Events will be listed by date. For full details on each event click the title link and you'll be taken to that region's home page for further information.

Can't find an event in your area? Visit the Regional Chapters page and contact your Regional Advisor to find our more information on critique groups and other get-togethers near you.

NOTE! Be sure to select the correct year from the drop-down menu below in order to view the correct events! (If you're looking for January, choose 2013!)

The 2013 SCBWI CALENDAR of EVENTS can be found here
2013 Calendar

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September 2012

September 1 - September 1
REGION: Southern Breeze (Alabama/Georgia) - Southern Breeze
CONTACT: Elizabeth Dulemba


2012 Illustrators' Day
DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, Georgia

September 4
REGION: Texas: Houston - Houston, TX
CONTACT: Vicki Sansum


Monthly meeting
Tracy Gee Center 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

September 4
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Paolo Romeo and Tina Lemon


Professional Series: Promotions Great and Small
19:00 Theodore Bullfrog Pub, London

September 4
REGION: Oklahoma
CONTACT: Helen Newton


Tulsa Schmooze
Tulsa - 6:30 PM at the Activity Center of the Memorial Baptist Church, 2902 South Yale

September 6
REGION: Alaska - Juneau Area
CONTACT: Peggy Barnhill


Juneau area critique group
Libraries (video conf. available) 6:30-8:30

September 7
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


MG/YA critique group meeting
Bruxelles 9:30-11:30

September 7
REGION: Minnesota - Minnesota
CONTACT: Quinette Cook


2012-2013 MENTORSHIP AWARD APPLICATIONS ARE DUE!
Minnesota

September 7 - September 9
REGION: California: Los Angeles County
CONTACT: Sarah Laurenson


Working Writer's Retreat
Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Rd., Encino, CA. Friday 12 noon to Sunday 12 noon

September 8
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Anne-Marie Perks


Picture Book Workshop: Calling Writers and Illustrators
St George’s Bloomsbury, London/13:00-17:00

September 8
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Stephanie Williams


Professional Series North: Picture Book Workshop
Manchester’s City Library, Manchester, 14:00-16:00

September 8
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Maureen Oakeley


Masterclass: The Revision Game – Part Two by Sara Grant
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, London, 12:00 for lunch and networking. Class will start at 12:30pm and last until 3:30pm. Possible Q and A until 4pm

September 8
REGION: Texas: Austin - Austin, Texas
CONTACT: Debbie Gonzales


Nikki Loftin and Love-Inspiring Queries, Pitches, & Synopses
10:00 at BookPeople

September 8
REGION: Indiana
CONTACT: Sharon Vargo


Illustrator's Day
9:30 am to 3 pm, 4 Kids Books, Zionsville, IN

September 8
REGION: New York: West/Central Upstate
CONTACT: Amy Emm


Nuts and Bolts Basics Conference
East Syracuse 9-4

September 8
REGION: Maryland/Delaware/West Virginia
CONTACT: Naomi Milliner


ABC (Author Book Club) Event
Mid-County Community Center, 2004 Queensguard Road, Silver Spring, MD 20906, from 2-4 PM

September 8
REGION: California: Central - Coastal
CONTACT: Rebecca Langston-George


Critiquenic
Fairview Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, 113 E. Fairview Road, Bakersfield, CA 93307, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

September 8
REGION: Oregon
CONTACT: Judith Gardiner


Craft Workshop and Overview of Hamline Low-Residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults - September 8th
Attic Institute, 4232 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215 - September 8th, time to be announced

September 8
REGION: California: San Diego
CONTACT: Janice M.Yuwiler


Dramatic Story Structure: Using Screenwriting Techniques
2-4 pm at the Hahn School of Nursing, Room106, University of San Diego

September 8
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Ken Kilback


Burnaby Critique Group
1:30-4:30 pm near Metropolis at Metrotown Mall in Burnaby, BC

September 9
REGION: Rocky Mountain (Colorado/Wyoming) - Denver Area
CONTACT: Anna-Maria Crum


Denver Area Schmooze
Anna-Maria's Home / 1-3pm

September 10
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Pamela McDowell


Puting Pictures & Words Together
7:00-8:30 pm, Community Meeting Room, lower level, Southcentre Mall, Calgary

September 10
REGION: Texas: North Central/Northeast
CONTACT: Carol Barreyre


Kid Lit Drink Night - Grapevine
Skybar, 1000 Texas Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051 (meet us in the 2nd floor lounge Inside Vineyard Steak House)

September 10
REGION: Arizona - SCBWI ARIZONA
CONTACT: Michelle Parker-Rock, Regional Advisor SCBWI AZ


SCBWI AZ Shop Talk Webinar for Members
Your Home Computer - Early Evening

September 11
REGION: Mid Atlantic (D.C./Virginia)
CONTACT: Lezlie Evans


PAL Dinner: Guest Speaker Jessica Leader ("Am I Done Yet?: Strategies for Completing Your Character's Journey")
American Legion Hall; 3939 Oak Street; Fairfax, VA 22030 / 7:00 to 9:30pm

September 11
REGION: New York: Metropolitan - Metro NY
CONTACT: Pat Weissner


You're Such A Character! with Jill Santopolo
The Anthroposophical Society, 138 West 15th Street, 7.30 pm

September 12
REGION: Alaska - Anchorage Area
CONTACT: Stefanie Tatalias


Anchorage Area Critique Group
6-8:30 PM - Starbucks 1005 E. Dimond Corner of Old Seward and Dimond Blvd.

September 13
REGION: Australia East/New Zealand - Western Australia
CONTACT: Dianne Wolfer


Quarterly Meeting - Western Australia
TBA

September 13
REGION: Western Washington
CONTACT: Jaime Temairik and Kim Baker


Professional Series Meeting - GUEST AGENTS!
Demaray Hall 150, SPU Campus Seattle, 7:00 pm

September 13
REGION: Minnesota - Minnesota
CONTACT: Quinette Cook


September MNSCBWI Mixer
Bin Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN, 5-7 p.m.

September 14
REGION: South Africa - Cape Town event
CONTACT: Elaine Ridge


Publishers' Day
9:00 t0 16:00 - venue to be confirmed nearer the time

September 14 - September 16
REGION: Midsouth (Tennessee/Kentucky)
CONTACT: Genetta


Midsouth Fall Conference
Hilton Garden Inn - Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN / 8:30 am - 4 pm

September 15
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Maureen Oakeley


Masterclass: The Revision Game – Part Two by Sara Grant
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, London, 12:00 for lunch and networking. Class will start at 12:30pm and last until 3:30pm. Possible Q and A until 4pm

September 15
REGION: Australia East/New Zealand - New Zealand
CONTACT: Frances Plumpton


Quarterly Meeting - New Zealand
TBA

September 15
REGION: California: San Francisco North and East Bay
CONTACT: Keely Parrack, Anne Reilly & Louise Henriksen


Beyond the Bay Program
2 - 4 PM, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1924 Trinity Ave. Walnut Creek

September 15
REGION: Texas: Southwest
CONTACT: Shannon Morgan


Annual Regional Conference
San Antonio, TX

September 15
REGION: Louisiana/Mississippi - Louisiana
CONTACT: Patricia Hefler, RA


Monthly Meeting
Bluebonnet Library, Baton Rouge - 1:30-4:30 pm

September 15
REGION: Germany/Austria
CONTACT: Kirsten Carlson


MONTHLY MEETING: Stuttgart
2-5 pm. Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum James-F.-Byrnes-Institut e.V., Charlottenplatz 17, 70173 Stuttgart

September 15
REGION: Oregon
CONTACT: Judith Gardiner


OPEN HOUSE - Got Genre
Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, 1 to 4 pm

September 16
REGION: California: Central - Coastal
CONTACT: Mary Ann Fraser


SketchCrawl
Stearns Wharf, 211 Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara, CA 93101.10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

September 16
REGION: Australia East/New Zealand - South Australia
CONTACT: Amanda Graham


Quarterly Meeting - South Australia
TBA

September 16
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Angela Ackerman


Calgary Critique Group
2:00-4:00 pm in Riverbend Community, SE Calgary

September 17
REGION: Alaska
CONTACT: Stefanie Tatalias


Anchorage Craft and Business Meet Up
TBA 6:30-8

September 18
REGION: Minnesota - MN SCBWI
CONTACT: Quinette Cook


MN SCBWI Critique Group Meet-up
B&N Galleria, Edina, 7 p.m.

September 18
REGION: Oklahoma
CONTACT: Pati Hailey


OKC Schmooze - Setting the Scene with Susan Meyers
7-8:30 PM Full Circle Book Store, 50 Penn Place, OKC, OK

September 19
REGION: Ohio: Central and South
CONTACT: Linda Miller


Show Don’t Tell-What does it mean? Why does it matter?
Meeting 7 pm Upper Arlington Library

September 19
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Pamela McDowell


Illustrator Critique Group Launch
7:00-8:30 pm, Community Meeting Room, lower level, Southcentre Mall, Calgary

September 19
REGION: Nebraska
CONTACT: Mary Pleiss


Omaha Area Meet & Greet
The Bookworm (87th & Pacific), 6:00-7:30 PM

September 20
REGION: France - SCBWI France
CONTACT: Andi Ipaktchi, Illustrator Coordinator


La Rentree Show & Tell
6:30p.m.-9:00pm

September 20
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Diane Jones


Vancouver Critique Group
7:00-9:00 pm in Vancouver east side

September 21 - September 23
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


SCBWI Belgium 1st Annual Writers Retreat
Spa, Belgium

September 21 - September 22
REGION: Ohio: North - Northern Ohio
CONTACT: Victoria Selvaggio, Regional Advisor


A Springboard to Publishing Success...Northern Ohio SCBWI's10th Annual Conference
Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel - 5300 Riverside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 - Schedule available soon.

September 22
REGION: California: Orange County/Long Beach/Riverside/San Bernardino
CONTACT: Francesca Rusackas - Regional Advisor


OC Editor's Day
Cal State Fullerton - Titan Theatre 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92831 9:00am-4:00pm

September 22 - September 23
REGION: Rocky Mountain (Colorado/Wyoming)
CONTACT: Todd Tuell & Denise Vega


Fall 2012 Letters & Lines Conference
Sheraton Denver West Hotel, Lakewood, CO

September 22
REGION: Texas: North Central/Northeast
CONTACT: Alan Stacy


Panel presentation on the Educational Market with Shirley Duke & Kathryn Lay
Westminster Presbyterian, 1330 Fielder Road, Arlington, 1-4

September 22
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


Working Writers Critique Group
Spa, Belgium (during retreat)

September 22
REGION: Minnesota - Minnesota
CONTACT: Quinette Cook


Character-Driven Picture Books
Star Bank Community Meeting Room, 250 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, 1 - 5 p.m.

September 23
REGION: Netherlands - The Netherlands
CONTACT: Liesbeth Weiggers


Crit Group Meeting
1:00 p.m., The English Bookshop

September 23
REGION: Alaska - All Alaska
CONTACT: Stefanie Tatalias


Webinar with Kathleen Ortiz
via your internet

September 23
REGION: Switzerland - Switzerland
CONTACT: Jennifer Whistler


Chapter Meeting and Critique Session
Cafe de Grancy, Ave de Rond-Point 1, 1006 Lausanne 1:00 pm

September 24
REGION: New York: Eastern Upstate - Capital District Shoptalk
CONTACT: Lois Huey


Shoptalk Capital Region
Guilderland Library/6:30 pm

September 26
REGION: Texas: Brazos Valley
CONTACT: Liz Mertz


Schmooze: Happy 20th Birthday SCBWI Brazos Valley!
Barnes & Noble, 711 Texas Ave, College Station, TX at 10 a.m.

September 27
REGION: Australia East/New Zealand
CONTACT: Susanne Gervay


Marketing & Festivals - event NSW
5 - 7 p.m. at The Hughenden 14 Queen Street Woollahra (Sydney)

September 28
REGION: Oregon
CONTACT: Barb Herkert, Illustrator Coordinator


Illustration Connection
The Library Room at McMenamin's Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR 97211 / 7-9 p.m.

September 28
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


MG/YA critique group meeting
Bruxelles 9:30-11:30

September 28
REGION: Alaska - Anchorage Area
CONTACT: Stefanie Tatalias


Shelf Raid-date change
Barnes N Noble 6:30-8:30

September 28 - September 30
REGION: Big Sky (Montana) - Working Retreat
CONTACT: Michele Corriel


Fall Retreat at the 320 Ranch
Montana

September 28 - September 30
REGION: California: San Francisco North and East Bay
CONTACT: Margaret Speaker Yuan


Creative Get-Away Retreat
Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach

September 28 - September 30
REGION: Carolinas
CONTACT: Teresa Fannin


20th Annual SCBWI C Fall Conference
Marriott Executive Park Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina

September 29
REGION: Inland Northwest - Inland Northwest Chapter
CONTACT: Mary Cronk Farrell


Annual Fall Conference
Spokane, WA

September 29
REGION: California: San Francisco/South
CONTACT: Lea Lyon, Illustrator Coordinator


Illustrator's Day
Fort Mason, San Francisco, 8:30 - 5 pm

September 29
REGION: New York: Eastern Upstate - Mid Hudson Shoptalk
CONTACT: Kimberly Sabatini


Hudson Valley Shop Talk
Barnes and Noble, Poughkeepsie/10 am-12 pm

September 29
REGION: Oregon
CONTACT: Nicole Schreiber


New Member & Beginner Tea: "Scones and the Secrets of Writing for Children"
Wilsonville Public Library Rose Room, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070 / Saturday, September 29th, 10:15 am to 1:15 pm

September 29
REGION: Oregon
CONTACT: Amber Keyser


PAL Workshop - Tears, Sweat, and True Blood: DIY Marketing in a Post-Twilight World
Southwest Community Center at 6820 SW 45th Ave, Portland, OR - Saturday, September 29 from 3-5 pm

September 29
REGION: California: Central - Coastal
CONTACT: Angela Russell


Workshop: "Creative Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty: Managing Your TIme, Talent & Treasures"
Goleta Public Library, 500 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

September 30
REGION: Japan
CONTACT: Holly Thompson


Workshop with Illustrator Philip Giordano
Sunday, September 30, Tokyo Women's Plaza, Tokyo

September 30
REGION: Greece
CONTACT: Maria Rousakis


Back to Business - Fall workshop/meeting
Bookstore/Cafe Enastron (Solonos 101, downtown Athens), 11:30 a.m.