SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with Matt Phipps (5pm PST)

Dreaming to Drafting: Your MG/YA Novel

This one-hour webinar will take a holistic and highly collaborative approach to the process of finding inspiration for your novel, going from dreaming to drafting, crafting characters and story arcs that surprise you, and finding the right mentor texts to help guide you along the way. Come expecting writing prompts, conversation, and peer workshops. Let's have some fun!

Join us!

• $10 premium members / $15 standard price
• Thursday, December 10, 2026
• 5–6:30pm Pacific
• Online via Zoom

You will receive Zoom meeting details via email prior to the event. If you are unable to attend the program live, a recording will be made available within a week after the event concludes. The recording will be available to registered attendees for 30 days after the recording link has been posted.

About Matt Phipps

Matt Phipps is an Editor at G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, acquiring picture books, middle grade, and YA, including graphic novels for all ages. Titles he has edited include At The Cookout by Nadia Fisher, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez by Jasminne Paulino, The Crayon Stub by Marcus Cutler, and Majestica by Sarah Tolcser. Prior to joining Putnam in 2020, he spent several years on Penguin’s School and Library Marketing team. He was an Editor Mentor with The Word: A Storytelling Sanctuary and volunteered with the Representation Matters Mentorship Program, in addition to serving on the board of the Penguin Random House LGBTQ+ Network and the Children’s Book Council Early Career Committee. He has also worked as a bookseller, a Spanish-English translator, and a college writing instructor.