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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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June 2013

June 1 - June 30
REGION: Southern Breeze (Alabama/Georgia)
CONTACT: Kathleen Bradshaw


SB Illustration Contest entry window
anytime during June

June 1
REGION: Iowa
CONTACT: Connie Heckert, RA


"A Wave of Inspiration"
Coralville Public Library 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

June 1
REGION: California: Central - Coastal
CONTACT: Alexis O'Neill


Workshop: Common Core for Authors & Illustrators - How to Make Your Book a Must-Have for Schools
Simi Valley Library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley, CA 93063 -- 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

June 1 - July 31
REGION: New York: Metropolitan - Metro New York
CONTACT: Lisa Anchin


Metro NY Logo Contest
entries via e-mail

June 1 - June 1
REGION: Pennsylvania: East - Eastern PA
CONTACT: Adrienne Wright


Illustrators Day
Hilton Garden Inn, Philadelphia.

June 1
REGION: Greece
CONTACT: Maria Rousakis


Organizational Meeting for Annual Exhibition
Polyxoros Agyra - Solonos 124, Athens. 12:00 pm

June 1
REGION: Rocky Mountain (Colorado/Wyoming) - Boulder Area
CONTACT: Jerilyn Patterson


Boulder Area Schmooze
12pm-2:30pm Kim Tomsic's Home (rsvp for directions)

June 2
REGION: California: Central - Coastal
CONTACT: Mary Ann Fraser


SketchCrawl
Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

June 3
REGION: Texas: Houston
CONTACT: Vicki Sansum


Monthly meeting
Tracy Gee Center 7:00 pm

June 4
REGION: Oklahoma
CONTACT: Helen Newton


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

June 4
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Sally Poyton


Professional Series - Aptness of Apps?
St-James Piccadilly Conference Room

June 5 - June 5
REGION: California: San Francisco North and East Bay
CONTACT: Charles Markee


Sonoma County Meeting
Sebastopol Center for the Arts/282 So. High Street, Sebastopol/7 - 9 PM

June 6
REGION: Germany/Austria - Kaiserslautern
CONTACT: Angela Cerrito


Writers' Group Meeting
Einsedlerhof, Kaiserslatuern/11:30-13:00

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


Juneau Area Critique Group
Libraries (video conf. available) 6-8 PM

June 7 - June 8
REGION: Arkansas
CONTACT: Phyllis Hemann


Conference
William F. Laman Public Library, North Little Rock

June 7 - June 9
REGION: New Jersey - New Jersey
CONTACT: Leeza Hernandez (RA)


NJSCWBI Annual June Conference
The Crowne Plaza-Holiday Inn Express, Princeton, NJ

June 7 - June 8
REGION: Florida - SCBWI Florida
CONTACT: Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld


SCBWI Florida Mid-Year Workshop
Disney World

June 8
REGION: Missouri
CONTACT: Joyce Ragland, Regional Advisor


Margo Dill ~ Shop Talk
Kirkwood, MO public library 1 - 3 PM

June 8 - June 8
REGION: Hawaii - Hawaii
CONTACT: Cynthia Surrisi


ABCs of Writing for Children and Young Adults
Lavonne Leong's Home, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

June 8
REGION: Texas: Austin
CONTACT: Shelley Jackson


Critiquenic
AMOA—Laguna Gloria

June 8
REGION: California: Los Angeles County
CONTACT: Sarah Laurenson


Peer2Peer Critiquenic - SCBWI Members only
Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills. 11:30am to ??

June 8
REGION: Wisconsin
CONTACT: Deb Gross


Creating a Picture Book Storyboard workshop
9 a.m. - 4 p.m., UW-Waukesha

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


Kid Lit Drink Night - Dallas
Social House, 5100 Belt Line Road, Suite 410 (Village on the Parkway; SE corner Dallas Parkway and Belt Line near Blue Mesa) 5:30 - 7:30 p.m,

June 12
REGION: Alaska - Anchorage and more
CONTACT: Stefanie Tatalias


ABCs of Picture Books with Jo. S. Kittinger
Libraries (video conf. available) 6-8:30 PM

June 12
REGION: Australia West
CONTACT: Cristy Burne


"Publishing: Under the Covers"
"The Place", State Library of Western Australia/5.45-7.15pm

June 12
REGION: Australia West
CONTACT: Meg McKinlay


Duelling Illustrators
State Library of WA/5:00-5.30pm

June 12 - June 16
REGION: Australia West
CONTACT: Frané Lessac


Rottnest Island Retreat
Rottnest Island, Western Australia

June 14
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


MG/YA crit group
Bruxelles, 9:30 - 11:30

June 15
REGION: Wisconsin - NW Area
CONTACT: Eva Apelqvist


NW Area: PBs that Leap Off the Page with Renae Kurtz
12 - 3 p.m. Rm. 212 Haas Fine Arts Center / UW Eau Claire Campus

June 15
REGION: Netherlands
CONTACT: Kirsten Carlson, RA Germany/Austria


WRITING WORKSHOP with Tracy Barrett, author
Deutsches-Amerikanisches Zentrum, Stuttgart, GERMANY, 10.30 - 15.00

June 15
REGION: Japan - Tokyo
CONTACT: Holly Thompson


Creative Exchange
Saturday, June 15, 2013, Tokyo Women's Plaza, Shibuya, Tokyo

June 15
REGION: Louisiana/Mississippi - Louisiana/Mississippi
CONTACT: Patricia Hefler


Monthly Meeting - skype with author
University of New Orleans- 1:30-4:30 pm

June 15
REGION: Germany/Austria
CONTACT: Patti Buff


Writing Workshop with Tracy Barrett, author
Deutsches-Amerikanisches Zentrum, Stuttgart; 10:30-15:00

June 16
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


Working Writers Critique Group
Bruxelles 14:00-17:00

June 16
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Angela Ackerman


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

June 16
REGION: Netherlands - The Netherlands
CONTACT: Tess Krüs


WORKSHOP BOOK BINDING
Studio Siobhan Wall, Amsterdam, 14.00 - 17.00

June 18
REGION: Minnesota - Minnesota SCBWI
CONTACT: Quinette Cook


MN SCBWI Critique Group Meet-up
Edina Barnes & Noble, Galleria, Edina, 7-9 p.m.

June 18
REGION: Oklahoma
CONTACT: Pati Hailey


OKC Schmooze - "The Ten Things a Writer Needs to Know" with Gwendolyn Hooks
7-8:30 PM Full Circle Book Store, 50 Penn Place, OKC, OK

June 18
REGION: Germany/Austria
CONTACT: Kirsten Carlson


OnLine Treffen
Google Hangout, 7:30 - 9:00 pm

June 20
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Diane Jones


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

June 20
REGION: Germany/Austria - Kaiserslautern
CONTACT: Angela Cerrito


Writers' Group Meeting
Einsedlerhof, Kaiserslatuern/11:30-13:00

June 21
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


Summer Solstice Scrawl Crawl
Hasselt Literair Museum at 10:00

June 21 - June 23
REGION: Mid Atlantic (D.C./Virginia) - Mid-Atlantic
CONTACT: Laurie Miller


Novel Revision Retreat
Roslyn Conference and Retreat Center, Richmond, VA; Friday evening,June 12 through Sunday morning, June 23, 2013.

June 21 - June 23
REGION: Illinois - Illinois
CONTACT: Alice McGinty


Words in the Woods Reflections Retreat
Springfield, IL

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


Summer Progressive Writer's Retreat
Roots and Wings Ranch, 6589 Carsten Road, Medina Ohio 44256 - 9:00am - 4:00pm

June 22
REGION: Canada: West
CONTACT: Ken Kilback


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

June 22
REGION: Texas: North Central/Northeast
CONTACT: Carol Barreyre


Common Children's Book Blunders Workshop by Chris Maselli
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1330 S. Fielder, Arlington, TX 76013. 1-4 pm

June 23
REGION: Switzerland
CONTACT: Jennifer Whistler


SCBWI Switzerland Family Barbecue
Lausanne, 1-4 p.m

June 25 - June 26
REGION: South Africa
CONTACT: Jenny Hatton


Writing for 9-12 year-olds
10:00 - 15:00

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


Schmooze--"What's Your Favorite Color? and Other Questions to Ask Your Characters"
Barnes & Noble, 711 Texas Ave, College Station, TX at 10 a.m.

June 26
REGION: Ohio: Central and South - COSCBWI
CONTACT: Linda Miller


Monthly Meeting
Upper Arlington Library 7pm

June 27
REGION: California: San Francisco North and East Bay
CONTACT: Colette Weil Parrinello


Marin County Meeting
Town Center Community Room, 770 Tamalpias Drive, Room 201, Corte Madera/1-3 PM

June 28
REGION: Belgium
CONTACT: Dina von Lowenkraft


MG/YA crit group
Bruxelles, 9:30 - 11:30

June 29
REGION: Minnesota - Minnesota SCBWI
CONTACT: Quinette Cook


June Monthly Mixer
Barnes & Noble, Apple Valley, 14880 Florence Trail

June 29
REGION: Caribbean: South - Caribbean South
CONTACT: Marsha Gomes-Mckie


Meeting and Manuscript Challenge follow-up
Activity Room in the Children Library, NALIS, Port of Spain at 2:00 pm

June 29
REGION: Oregon - Rogue Valley Connection
CONTACT: Richard Seidman


Making Your First Pages Shine
Gresham Room, Ashland Public Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, 1-3 pm

June 29
REGION: British Isles
CONTACT: Anne-Marie Perks


Illustrator Masterclass - Producing Outstanding Art Samples for Submission
1pm to 5pm, St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, London