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PAL Membership

PAL stands for "Published and Listed." When a publisher of books for children and young adults meets SCBWI's best practices criteria, it is considered a PAL publisher. Member books published by PAL publishers are eligible for the Crystal Kite and Golden Kite awards and may be sold at SCBWI events.

When an SCBWI member's work for children or young adults is published by an SCBWI-recognized PAL publisher, a member may change their membership status to PAL by taking the following steps:
 

1. Click “My Home” in the upper right corner to go to your member profile page
2. Click “Add” next to “Books.” You’ll be prompted to fill in the information about your book.
3. Select your publisher from the dropdown publishers list. When you do this, your membership will change to PAL if it isn’t already PAL.
4. Click the green “Save” button at the bottom of the page

Only books for children and youth are eligible for PAL.

All members who published children’s books (both PAL and non-PAL) are eligible for the Book Launch Grant, Online Book Launch Parties, and can be sold in the SCBWI Online Bookstore.
 
[Click here](https://www.scbwi.org/list-of-pal-publishers/) for a current list of PAL publishers.

**If your publisher is on the list do not submit a PAL inquiry; it is not necessary.** 

If your publisher is **not** on the PAL publishers list but [fits the criteria listed on this page,](https://www.scbwi.org/about/pal-guidelines/) you may use the form below to submit a PAL Inquiry. Once you have submitted the PAL Inquiry form, the SCBWI PAL Inquiry committee will verify your publisher for possible inclusion in our market surveys.
 
**The purpose of the PAL inquiry is to request vetting of a publisher for PAL status. It does not approve individual books as PAL or creators as PAL members. Your membership changes to PAL when you follow the steps listed above. Please do not submit PAL inquiries for publishers that are already included in our PAL list.**
 
A PAL review may take up to 45 business days. [If you have not received a response after 45 business  days, please contact us.](mailto:%20palrequests@scbwi.org) **PAL inquiries sent on behalf of publishers already included in our list may not receive a response.**
 
There is no guarantee that any publisher will be granted PAL status, and publishers that no longer meet the requirements may be removed from PAL status.