Monthly SCBWI Meeting: Putting Poetry Into Your Writing
Downtown Salt Lake City Library
For more information, please contact Sydney Salter Husseman.

Professional Series Meeting
Seattle Pacific University, WA.
Professional Series Meeting: "Putting Your Best Art Forward." With Kirsten Carlson. Followed by "Savvy Conferencing: The Ins and Outs & Dos and Don'ts of Marketing Yourself at a Writing Conference." With Michele Torrey. For information, contact Sara Easterly or visit the website.

Afternoon Event at the Seaside
Mornington Library, Melbourne (Victoria), 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
For further details visit the website.

Spring Spirit IV Conference for Writers and Illustrators
Veterans Memorial Center, Davis, California
Conference speakers are Kirby Larson, Author; Heidi Kilgras, Random House Editorial Director; Victoria Rock, Editor,Chronicle Books; Pamela Bobowicz, Editorial Assistant, Delacorte; Judy Enderle and Stephanie Gordon, Authors, Manuscript Consultants; Pricilla Burris, SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator; Jeff Jackson, Illustrator. For more information, visit www.scbwinorca.org.

Annual Spring Luncheon
Oconomowoc, WI
Featuring Sarah Cloots from Greenwillow Books. Visit our website for further details.

Monthly Meeting
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston
All About Critique Groups. Visit our website for further details.

New York Tuesday Professional Series
Anthroposophical Society, New York Branch, 138 West 15th Street, 7:00 - 9:00pm.
“Talking the Talk: Developing a Distinctive Voice”--with Julie Romeis, Editor, Bloomsbury Children's Books. $12/SCBWI members, $15/ non-member. Payment accepted at the door; limited to 80 people.

Annual Conference for Writers and Illustrators
University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas
Speakers will be Jennifer Emmett, editor at National Geographic; Lisa Graff, editor at FSG; and author Melanie Hope Greenberg. For further details as they become available, please visit the Arkansas Regional Website.

Annual New England Conference
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nashua NH
Keynote speakers: Laurie Halse Anderson & Kevin Hawkes. Friday night cabaret party for all conference attendees and faculty. Saturday - 4 breakout sessions with a total of 28 workshops offered; plus critiques with editors and art directors. Sunday – 2 breakout sessions, each with 2 hour intensive workshops, for a total of 12 workshops offered. For more information email Conference Director, Francine Puckly, or visit our website for more information.

Pocono Mountains Retreat
Sterling Inn, South Sterling PA
Confirmed faculty to date include: Jordan Sonnenblick, Author; TA Barron, Author; Gene Barretta, Author/Illustrator; Michelle Poploff, Bantam Delacorte Dell; Jill Santopolo, Laura Geringer Books, Harper; Stacey Barney, Penguin Putnam; and Rebecca Sherman, Writer's House. Brochure will be posted to the website 2/1/08. For more information, go to www.scbwiepa.org.

Writers' Intensive - "Beyond the Basics: 4 Critical Elements of Successful Fiction"
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Tucson North - Oro Valley - Tucson, AZ
Led by Deborah Halverson , Award-winning Author; Freelance Editor; Writing Instructor U C San Diego; and former Harcourt Children's Book Editor. See regional website for details (www.scbwi-az.org), or contact Michelle Parker-Rock.

Writer’s Day
Clairbourn School in San Gabriel, CA, 8:00.m - 5:00pm
Featuring Patricia Lee Gauch, editorial director, Philomel Books. Fantasy author, Gail Carson Levine; Biographer Elizabeth Partridge; Early Readers author Erica Silverman; Panel: Cecil Castellucci, Caroline Hatton, Sally Jones Rogan. Legal advisor, Mary Flower, will present in main room and Professional Forum. Box lunch included. Details and Registration available at the website.

Chapter Meeting
Hahn School of Nursing, University of San Diego, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Author Margaret Speaker Yuan discusses "Editing for Voice." 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.

“Marketing for Writers: From Query Letters to Website Designs to Book Tours”
Parsons School of Design, Paris
With Rosemary Brosnan, and others. Check website for further details.

Preparing for Publication
Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester
Preparing for Publication: A Nuts and Bolts Conference: featuring Ellen Yeomans, author, and Suzanne Bloom, illustrator. Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester. For more information, contact Amy Emm or visit the 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.

East Bay Meeting Series
River of Words, Time TBD.
Check website for details.

First Page Session
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 4:00pm
Speakers include: TS Ferguson, Associate Editor, Little Brown Books and Agent Ted Malawer from Firebrand Literary. Visit the website for details.

Monthly Meeting
Upper Arlington Public Library, 2800 Tremont Road, Columbus, OH, 7pm
Open Critique/Networking. Check website for details.

Writer's Critique
Taipei, Taiwan
For more information visit www.scbwi.tw.

4th Annual Spring Retreat
Aqueduct Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC
Editors: Martha Mihalick, Greenwillow; Krista Marino, Delacorte; Sarah Shumway, Penguin Putnam. Limited to 24. For more information visit the Carolinas Regional Website or email Stephanie Greene.

Conference: “Focusing on the Genres"
The Lodge on I-74, Bettendorf
Visit www.scbwi-iowa.org for details.

Critique Meet
Universalist Church of Akron, 3300 Morewood Road, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Bring a page or two of your current Work in Progress (manuscript or portfolio) to share for critique. Check website for details. Check website for details.

Quarterly Meeting
The Hughenden Boutique Hotel, Woollahra (Sydney), 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Optional dinner immediately following. For further details please email Christopher or Susanne.

Professional Series: “Having a Diverse Career”
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, Charing Cross, London
Join author, script writer, journalist and writing coach Ruth Louise Symes to explore ways to diversify your career. For further details please check website.

Novel Writers Retreat
Sun Valley, ID
For more information, please contact Sydney Salter Husseman.

The Spring Thing
Kempenfelt Conference Centre, Barrie, Ontario
An all inclusive weekend retreat for writers and illustrators. Speakers: Molly O'Neill, editor, The Bowen Press, an imprint of HarperCollins USA; Tim Gillner, art director, Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA; Elizabeth Macleod, Author of over 30 books. One-on-One ms and portfolio critiques, First pages and promo piece impressions session, Workshops, More! Visit website for details as they become available.

Spring Retreat
Bethany, W. VA.
Featuring two editors from Delacorte Books. For more information as it becomes available, visit www.wpascbwi.com.

Writing Workshop
Santa Barbara, CA, Time TBD.
“Serious About Series Writing”. Featuring Bruce Hale and Andrea Welsh, Editor, Harcourt Children’s Books. For more information, visit www.scbwisocal.org.

New Member Welcome
Richmond Public Library (Main Branch), Richmond, VA, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Candlewick Press - An Insider's View with Associate Editor Kate Fletcher. Registration is required for this Free event. For more information, or to register, email email us. Please put "SCBWI Registration" in the subject line. Visit our website for more information.

24th Annual Long Island Children’s Literature Conference
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Cosponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and Hofstra University. Entitled “Telling Your Story,” the program will offer general-session speakers Kate McMullan and Lisa Von Drasek as well as six special-interest groups. Topics and leaders of the groups include: Writing Picture Books (Richard Michelson), Illustrating Picture Books (Laura Vaccaro Seeger), Writing Fiction (Jane Breskin Zalben), Writing Nonfiction (Susanna Reich), Creating Graphic Novels (Janna Morishima), and Submission Procedures (Barry Goldblatt). Guest editors Eleni Beja (Scholastic) and Stacy Cantor (Walker) will conduct a joint critique of several randomly selected first manuscript pages submitted by the audience. Cost of registration is $94 for SCBWI members, $99 for nonmembers. For further detail, call (516) 463-5993 or email here email here.

Conference
University of Texas Club, 2108 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX
Speakers include agent Erin Murphy, editors Deborah Wayshack (Candlewick Press) and Alvina Ling (Little, Brown, and Co.), artist's agent Christina Tugeau, and writing professor Peter Jacoby. Registration opens November 1, 2007. Special features include critiques, pitches, portfolio reviews, and a book dummy making class.

Critique
First United Methodist Church in Arlington, TX, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Writers and illustrators will meet in a small group setting to gather feedback and grow. FREE MEETING. For more information, contact Linda Powley or visit www.northtexasscbwi.org.

17th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference
Bellevue, WA.
Join us for two jam-packed days of learning, honing, networking, and fun as you grow your career writing and illustrating for children. Keynote presenters include Mo Willems, Caldecott Honor Medalist; Susan Patron, Newbery Medalist; Kirby Larson, Newbery Honor Medalist; Cynthia Lord, Newbery Honor Medalist; Chris Crutcher, Award-Winning Author; Arthur Levine, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic; Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library/School Library Journal. Highlights include skill and interest tracks, local success panel, wine and cheese reception, published attendee celebration, juried art portfolio display, four first pages sessions, manuscript consultations, and Continuing Education credits offered through The Heritage Institute. Registration launches January 15, 2008 the Western Washington Regional Website.

Illustrators Day
Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NYC
Check website for further details.

Illustrators' Master Class
Location TBA
For more information as it becomes available, visit www.wpascbwi.com.