Now Accepting Scholarship Applications for our Submission Shine 2026: Online Critique Intensive

Event Description: So, you have a handful of manuscripts or illustration styles ready to query. Which one should you lead with? Is your other work strong enough to hook an agent if they request to see more? And what will an agent think about the variety of work you bring? Whether you have multiple submission-ready picture book manuscripts, write across age categories, have a variety of illustration pieces and illustrated works, or a combination of all of the above, Submission Shine is an opportunity to talk with one agent about four submission-ready works AND your writing/illustrating career as a whole. Plus, a webinar to help you prepare as you begin querying AND additional feedback from a peer critique group of other Submission Shine participants. Scholarship Application window open from Sep 1-Sep 15, 2025 WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SCHOLARSHIP: The scholarship will cover the cost of registration for the full 2026 Submission Shine event (five 20-minute Zoom meetings with the faculty of your choice, participation in the peer cohort critique group, and access to the webinar "Querying From Both Sides of the Trenches" with Monica Rodriguez of Context Literary) for a total value of $425 (based on premium member rates). WHO CAN APPLY: Eastern PA SCBWI and its Equity and Inclusion Team are honored to offer one full Equity and Inclusion/Financial Need scholarship for our 2026 Submission Shine online critique event. The scholarship will be awarded to one writer or illustrator who self-identifies as a member of a community that is traditionally underrepresented in the field of children’s literature (including but not limited to people of color, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, Native people, and people from ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities) AND/OR who has a financial hardship (and would not otherwise be able to attend). For more information about this event: https://www.scbwi.org/events/eastern-pa-online-critique-intensive-submission-shine-2026 For more information about the scholarship and/or how to apply: https://www.scbwi.org/events/eastern-pa-online-critique-intensive-submission-shine-2026/submission-shine-2026-scholarship-information