Spring Conference
Albuquerque, UNM Continuing Ed.
Friday evening party with first pages critiques, portfolio display and mini book launches. Saturday workshops, and keynote speakers Alisha Niehaus, Editor, Dial; Rebecca Sherman, agent, Writer's House; and Tim Gillner, Art Director, Boyds Mills Press.Visit our website for further details.

Agents Day
Newport SeaBase, Newport Beach, CA.
With Agents: Paula Allen, Screenland LA; Alyssa Henkin, Trident Media Grou; Lindsey Davis, Writer's House; Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency; and Jamie Weiss Chilton, Andrea Brown. Critiques, Dessert & Dish with the Agents! Visit website for details.

Spring Workshop
St. Andrew's On-the-Sound, Wilmington, NC
For more information as it becomes available visit the Carolinas Regional Website.

Quarterly Meeting - Brisbane (Queensland)
Rowan House, Maleny
For further details visit the website.

Bits, Bytes, and Books-Writing and Illustrating for Children in the Digital Age
Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Dr, Reston, VA 20190. 1:00 to 4:00pm
Author/illustrator Jean Gralley (Very Boring Alligator) will present Books Unbound, her digital demonstration of a new kind of picture book. Books Unbound is currently being shown at the Eric Carle Museum to "represent the future of the picture book." She'll discuss new
opportunities digital gives us to experience and create stories for children. Technology consultant/educator Michael Chabin will talk about What You Don't Know Can't Help You: A tour of new tools that can take your work from inspiration to market. Cost: Free. Registration required. To register, please call the library at (703) 689-2700 after April 20. or email Ellen Braaf. Visit our website for more information as it becomes available.

Monthly Meeting
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston
Writing for Multiple Markets, Part 1. Visit our website for further details.

4-Day Writers and Illustrators Retreat
Goudini Spa Holiday Resort, Rawsonville, 100 km from Cape Town, South Africa.
The Retreat will include whole-group seminars, small workshops, one-on-one sessions, and a host of informal activities. To make a preliminary booking, e-mail bookings@scbwi.za.org. RSVP early to ensure your booking. Reservations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Check website for further details.

General Meeting
Fremantle at 2.30pm
Dianne will report on recent presentations by Mem Fox in Albany. Further details to be included in mailout or contact Dianne Wolfer by email.

Chapter Meeting
Hahn School of Nursing, University of San Diego, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Author Ann Whitford Paul talks on "Making Each Word Count." Visit website for details.

Second Saturday Series
Redwood City Library in Redwood City
This is a three hour meeting with a speaker presentation. Details on speakers and topics can be found under the conference/event link at www.scbwinorca.org as they become available.

Critiquenic
Santa Barbara, CA
For more information, visit our website.

Booktalk & Group Critiques
TBA in Makati , 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This event is open to members and non-members. Bring any children's or young adult book that you can share and discuss, or bring a work in progress - your manuscript or your portfolio for children and young adults. A round-table discussion follows. Attendance fee covers one drink: P100 for SCBWI members, P120 for non-members. Contact Beaulah Taguiwalo or Dominique Torres (Nikki), or visit the website for further details.

Savoir-Faire: A shoptalk series led by Bridget Strevens-Marzo
WICE -- 20, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75015 Paris, 7pm - 9pm
Visit website for more information.

Writers’ Retreat
Pendrell Hall, near Wolverhampton
With Julia Golding and Shoo Rayner as writers-in-residence and a talk by Tessa Strickland, co-founder/publisher of Barefoot Books. For details, please visit the website.

Novel Writers’ Retreat
Vermont College, Montpelier VT
Speakers: Louise Hawes, Marsha Qualey, and Julie Romies. Tuition includes one-on-one critique by one of the writers, all lectures, room and board. For more information email Sarah Aronson, or visit our website in late March for more information.

Intensive for Writers and Illustrators
Shilo Inn Airport, Portland, Oregon
This pre-conference intensive consists of four sessions for writers and illustrators. While writers take part in our 3rd annual WOW THEM WITH WORDS! with editors from our Saturday faculty, illustrators will be in a two-hour workshop with illustrators David Hohn and Lee White. Then the illustrators will take part in WOW THEM WITH PICTURES! with the editors while the writers will be in their own two-hour workshop with authors from our Saturday faculty. Cost will be minimal and registration for Saturday's conference is not required. This will be a juried event. Registrations will be mailed (or possibly listed online) on March 17, 2008. Please check website for further details.

"Welcome To Our House" Conference
Chaparral Suites Resort and Conference Center, Scottsdale.
Faculty: Regina Griffin, Executive Editor at Egmont USA; Kat Kopit, Associate Editor, Roaring Brook Press; Alexandra Penfold, Associate Editor with Paula Wiseman Books at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Laurent Linn, Art Director for Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers; and Jamie Weiss Chilton, Associate Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. See regional website for details, or contact Michelle Parker-Rock.

Critiquenic
San Luis Obispo, CA
For more information, visit our website.

Historical Fiction/Non-fiction workshop
Concord, NC
For more information as it becomes available visit the Carolinas Regional Website.

Illustrator Event
Universalist Church of Akron, 3300 Morewood Road, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Award Winning Illustrator JACQUELINE KAHANE speaking on: "Pitfalls of Book Illustration Today" with bonus hands-on event! Jacqueline Kahane will discuss problems illustrators are facing today with publishing houses "buying all rights." She will also demonstrate how to integrate hand-lettering with illustration. Paper and pencils will be provided for you to try this technique. You are welcome to bring your watercolors, acrylics, and pencils too. Register for free by or before May 8th, by emailing Christina or by calling Annette at 440-275-1638. Check website for details.

Spring Conference
Shilo Inn Airport, Portland, Oregon
Our annual conference features a full day of workshops, presentations, portfolio and manuscript critiques, networking and just hanging out with people who love to write and illustrate for children. We welcome back editor and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, Harold Underdown, as well as Albert Whitman editor Wendy McClure and Farrar, Straus and Giroux editor Lisa Graff. We will also feature workshops with award winning authors Kirby Larson, Melissa Hart, Ruth Musgrave, Christina Katz, Shannon Riggs, Joan Hibbs and Lisa Shroder on everything from jump-starting your craft to ideas for school visit presentations. Continental breakfast and lunch are included in the fee. Registrations will be mailed (or possibly listed online)on March 17, 2008. Manuscript and portfolio consultations are won on a first-come basis so be quick with your registration. Check website for further details.

Speaker Meeting
Westlake Barnes and Noble, 11:00am
F antasy author Jo Whittemore: "The Great Agent Hunt." Visit our website for further details.

Spring Workshop
The Discovery Gateway (444 West 100 South) Salt Lake City, Utah. 10:00am to 4:00pm
Speakers include editor Molly O’Neill from The Bowen Press (HarperCollins), novelist Wendy Toliver (The Secret Life Of A Teenage Siren), and Patti Sherlock (Letters from Wolfie). This craft-based workshop will cover topics from great beginnings, overcoming obstacles in the middle, creating satisfying endings, and, yes, those pesky revisions. Cost is $55 for SCBWI members, $65 for nonmembers. One-on-one critiques will be available for an additional $35 ($45 for non-members). Space is limited. For registration form go to the regional website or email Sydney Salter Husseman. Published Members will be invited to a Friday night reception with Molly O’Neill to discuss professional issues.

Down the Rabbit Hole - Field Trip
Getty Museum, Los Angeles 10:15a.m.-3:00p.m
Discover the art and soul of your writing and illustrating as the Mad Hatter and White Rabbit lead you down the rabbit hole once again! Painted your characters into a corner? Discover creative perspectives and hidden angles in your own work. Don't miss this unforGETTYable event! Includes lunch, parking, and creative materials. Contact Dawne or visit the regional website at www.scbwisocal.org for details.

Spring 2008 Inside Story
University Book Store, Seattle
The Inside Story is a twice-yearly salon to celebrate the new books of local authors and illustrators. During the evening’s event, presenters share the "inside story" about their books with an adoring and enthusiastic audience of local booksellers, librarians, and teachers. For information, contact Sara Easterly or visit the website.

Tuesday Professional Series
Anthroposophical Society, 138 West 15th Street, New York
“Why We Write”. With Kendra Levin, Assistant Editor, Viking Children's Books. Please note that this is the 3rd Tuesday of the month. $12/SCBWI members, $15/ nonmember. Payment accepted at the door; limited to 80 people.

Professional Series: “Master Class in Editing”
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, Charing Cross, London
Learn techniques for editing your novel at a macro and mirco level from writer, critic and curator Pamela Johnson (Deep Blue Silence). For details, please visit the website.

Speaker Event: Blogging for Writers and Illustrators
Brescia House School, Johannesburg. 10:00am to 1:00pm
Description: Damaria Senne will introduce the concept of blogging, talk about different types of blogs, writers who have web presence, blog content and resources. There will be a practical session during which she will demonstrate how to set up a blog. Writers and illustrators will find out how they can promote their work through online blog presence. For information about Damaria, see her blog at http://damariasenne.blogspot.com. Cost for SCBWI members R25 per person (includes tea); Non-members R45 per person (includes tea).

An SCBWI Day in Mindanao
TBA in Mindanao, 8:00am - 5:00pm
SCBWI Philasia, the Philippine chapter of the SCBWI, will hold a one day seminar & workshop for published & aspiring writers & illustrators of books for children & young adults. -- Programme TBC * Browsing through books * Overview of children’s & young adult books * Roundtable Booktalk * Notable children’s & young adult books * Crafting stories just for fun * What it takes to get published * Storyboards, Dummies, Critiques * What about self-publishing? -- This event is open to members and non-members. -- Speaker, Registration Fees, TBA. Contact Beaulah Taguiwalo or Dominique Torres (Nikki), or visit the website for further details.

Picnique
First United Methodist Church in Arlington, TX, 12:30pm – 4:00pm
Join us this month for our second annual picnic and critique. First we will share a potluck of summer goodies, and then we’ll break into smaller sessions to share our works. It’s a good time to finally finish that conversation that started six months ago and then meet new friends. For more information, contact Linda Powley or visit www.northtexasscbwi.org.

SCBWI France & the Red Wheelbarrow Creative Writing Contest Awards Party
Paris, France
Master of ceremonies Jack Gantos. Email Red Wheelbarrow Creative Writing Contest, or visit website for more information.

Illustrator’s Day
Franklin Room, Houston Hall, Perelman Quadrangle, University of Penn, Philadelphia, PA
Confirmed Speaker: Tim Gillner, Boyds Mills Press. Another speaker is yet to be confirmed. Program and registration forms will be posted to the website on 2/1/08. For more information, go to www.scbwiepa.org.

Hobnob with the Gatekeepers
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, Charing Cross, London
Get up close. Back by popular demand, this is your chance to meet a panel of top agents and hear what they're looking for and how to submit. We will raffle off a meeting with each of them. For SCBWI members only! For details, please visit the website.