Arizona - In-Person Critique-Nic - TUCSON 2025

SCBWI AZ will be hosting a FREE member Critique-nic event designed to help members enhance their critiquing skills, offer an opportunity to practice those skills, and connect with other like-minded individuals. 

Date:            Saturday, 12 July, 2025

Time:            10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location:      Worlds of Words University of Arizona College of Education, 1430 E Second St, Rm 453, Tucson, AZ 85721

Cost:             Free Member Only Event

Join us for the Tucson Critique-nic in-person

Share your work and enhance your critiquing skills. Illustrators, Picture Book, Middle Grade & YA writers bring your portfolios and manuscripts for review.

NOTE: THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR SCBWI MEMBERS BUT YOU MUST REGISTER TO ENSURE SEATING AS SEATING IS LIMITED.

When registering, make sure that you are logged into the system. Non-Members will not be able to attend!

Materials Required:

Materials Required:

Writers: 

Middle-Grade Novels: Bring 5 copies of no more than 5 pages of your current Work-In-Progress, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ paper, double-spaced, in 12-point readable font, with 1-inch margins. On the first page of the document, the author’s name and contact information appears in the top left corner.

Young Adult Novels: Bring 5 copies of no more than 5 pages of your current Work-In-Progress, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ paper, double-spaced, in 12-point readable font, with 1-inch margins. On the first page of the document, the author’s name and contact information appears in the top left corner.

Picture Books: Bring 5 copies of your entire current Work-In-Progress picture book, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ paper, double-spaced, in 12-point readable font, with 1-inch margins. On the first page of the document, the author’s name and contact information appears in the top left corner.

Illustrators: 

Bring your current portfolio. This can either be a physical portfolio if you have one, or bring a link to your online portfolio that we can view.

10:00 am – Check-in & Mingle

10:15 am – 10:45 am: Brief Overview of Critiquing and Feedback Process

10:45 am – 11:45 am: Break Into Groups for Practicum

11:45 am – 12:00 pm: Close and Final Thoughts

Looking forward to seeing you there. 

By signing up for this event, the registrant acknowledges that audio taping, videotaping and/or transmitting or aiding in any of the foregoing of any part of the conference (including, but not limited to, presentations, individual sessions and networking events) is prohibited. Additionally, the material in all handouts and presentations is copyrighted and may not be reprinted, blogged, written, orally transmitted, and/or reproduced without written permission of the copyright holder.

Furthermore, you acknowledge that you have read, understand and are willing to adhere to our SCBWI policies outlined here: https://www.scbwi.org/faq/global/scbwi-policies.