SCBWI California:SoCal - Fall Harvest Writers and Illustrators Day
Created July 02, 2025 by Beverly Plass
Writers and illustrators are invited to a full day of speaker presentations, critiques, pitches and mingling with fellow creatives! We'll have presentations by agents, an editor, an art director, published authors and an illustrator. This hybrid event is both in-person and via zoom. Attendees will have access to the videos for 30 days following the event plus submission guidelines for all our faculty (including offsite critiquers).
SCBWI SoCal: Fall Harvest Writers and Illustrators Day
Writers and illustrators are invited to a full day of speaker presentations, critiques, pitches and mingling with fellow creatives! We'll have agents, an editor, an art director, published authors and an illustrator. This hybrid event is both in-person and via zoom. Attendees will have access to the videos for 30 days following the event plus receive submission guidelines from all our faculty.
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Fall Harvest Writers and Illustrators Day
When: Oct. 4, 2025
Where: Cal State Fullerton, Titan Student Union and virtual
Join us for a full day of speaker presentations, critiques, pitches and mingling with fellow creatives!
Presenters:
- Brett Duquette, Editorial Director, Little Bee Books
- Brian LaRossa, Executive Art Director, Scholastic
- Sally M Kim, Agent at Andrea Brown
- Rebecca Sherman, Senior Literary Agent at Writers House
- Robin Preiss Glasser, illustrator
- Tina Athaide - author
- Marie Chan - author
- Robert Mellette- author
Off-site faculty for written critiques:
- Amanda Gaglione, Assistant Editor at Little Brown for Young Readers
- Lauren Kisare, Assistant Editor at Little Brown for Young Readers
- Kelly Dyksterhouse, Agent at Tobias Literary Agency
- Shelly Romero, Associate Agent at Azantian Literary
- Ariel Richardson, Senior Editor Chronicle Books
- Olivia Guimarães, Editorial Assistant, Chronicle Books
For more information, go to our event page.
Many of you will recall that the critiques and pitch spots fill up quickly, so it's advantageous to register early.