SCBWI AZ Webinar - Back to the Trenches
Apr 04, 2026
Online event
For writers and illustrators who have parted with their agents (whether it was self-imposed or the agent left the agency for their own reasons), and how to weather that storm and find their way to another agent. She is going to focus on how to word a query letter and approach agents.
For writers and illustrators who have parted with their agents (whether it was self-imposed or the agent left the agency for their own reasons), and how to weather that storm and find their way to another agent. She is going to focus on how to word a query letter and approach agents.
Cost, Date, and Time
Cost:
Member Cost: $25.00
Non-Member Cost: $45.00
Date:
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Time:
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Arizona Time)
Zoom Information
LOCATION: Online Zoom Platform
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.
Critiques
Amy Trueblood has agreed to provide up to 10 written critiques of query letters of creators who have lost their agents and don’t known how to get back in. Only registered attendees who sign and pay for a critique when registering are eligible.
Query Letter Critiques - Amy will electronically edit each person’s query letter which should fit on one page - no more than 400 words.
Presenter Information
Amy Trueblood
Amy Trueblood is the award-winning author of two Young Adult novels, NOTHING BUT SKY and ACROSS A BROKEN SHORE. Both of her novels are Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. Across a Broken Shore was also named a “RISE” selection for Best Feminist Books in Children’s Literature by the American Library Association and has received gold medals for historical fiction in both the Independent Publishers Awards and The Moonbeam Children’s Awards. While she grew up only ten minutes from Disneyland, which instilled an early love for storytelling, she now calls Arizona home. Social media: Instagram - @atruebooks Website: amytruebloodauthor.com
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