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AZ Events

May 19, 2023

SCBWI Arizona Upcoming In-Person Panel, Workshops, Webinars, and more.

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The Picture Book Dummy - A Revision Tool For KidLit Creators - FLAGSTAFF

Picture book dummies are valuable tools to help you revise and edit your manuscript. These rough mock-ups are used to help you perfect how the story will exist within the picture book format. The team that eventually publishes your manuscript might have a different vision of how the pages will be broken down, but the dummy allows you to ensure that each page of the book is filled with delightful surprises and copious illustration possibilities. The Picture Book Dummy for Dummies: The Foundation For Creating Better Picture Books presented by Michael Hale The Picture Book Dummy: The Writer’s Revision and Editing Friend presented by Tanja Bauerle Hands-On Time - Work on your Dummy

In-Person Workshops

See above for June-Aug 2025's in-person Workshops

Online Workshops

We are working toward more Workshops for Fall 2025. In the meantime, please see above for in-person Workshops and below for Mingles.


EI Meeting

This is a regularly occurring meet-up activity and is FREE for Members

WHERE:  Tempe Public Library - 3500 S Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85282, in Study Room 7

DATE: Sunday, July 27, 2025

TIME: 2:00 - 4:30-ish pm

WHAT: We'll be hosting a watch party for the movie American Fiction (rated-R). Afterward, we'll have a short discussion on how culture and diversity influence books and writing. Popcorn and bottled drinks provided.

American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated African-American novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. 

RSVP to: Susan at [email protected]

Hosted by: Susan Foss

PAL Events

Next meeting details are below

WHAT: SCBWI AZ's Annual Book Birthday Bash!

Join 9 local PAL authors as they celebrate their newest book publications. Prizes, games, and fun for the whole family!

WHERE: Literally Bookshop (397 S Gilbert Rd Suite 140, Gilbert, AZ 85296)

DATE: September 6, 2025

TIME: 11:00am - 1:00pm

RSVP to: Dianne or Kim at [email protected]

Hosted by: Dianne White and Kim Tomsic

Spark Events

This meeting occurs every two months and is a member networking and meet-up activity that is FREE for Members

WHERE: Zoom Meeting platform

DATE: July 7, 2025

TIME: 7:00-8:30 pm

RSVP to: Kathie at [email protected]  

Hosted by: Kathie McMahon and Cynthia Bordelon

Illustrator Events

This is a regularly occurring member networking and meet-up activity and is FREE for Members

Fourth Thursday: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 

WHERE: Zoom Meeting platform

DATE: June 26, 2025

TIME: 6:30-7:30 pm

RSVP to: Michael at [email protected]

Hosted by: Michael Hale – SCBWI-AZ Illustrator Coordinator 


KidLit Mingle Events

These are regularly occurring member networking and meet-up activities and are FREE for Members 


Ask Us Anything

First Saturdays: 8:30 am – 10:00 am 

Date: June 7, 2025 (cancelled)

Where: ZOOM Meeting platform

RSVP to: Kathie McMahon at [email protected]

Hosted by: SCBWI-AZ Planning Committee Members


Book Look

Join fellow writers and illustrators for a dive into Craft and mentor texts. What makes a PB, MG, or YA novel sell? Let's analyze the factors and explore applying them to our own writing.

Second Thursdays: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Date: June 12, 2025

Where: ZOOM Meeting platform

RSVP to: Patricia at [email protected] or Fawzia at [email protected] 

Hosted by: Patricia Franz and Fawzia Tung


Show and Tell

Second Saturdays: 9:00 am - 11:00 am 

Date: June 14, 2025

Where: In-person at Asante Library - 16755 W. Verde Solana Dr., Surprise, AZ 85387

RSVP to: Angela at [email protected] 

Hosted by: Angela Morrison


Craft Club

Third Saturdays: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Date: June 21, 2025

Where: ZOOM Meeting platform

RSVP to: Kathie McMahon at [email protected]  

Hosted by: Kathie McMahon


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MINGLES BY LOCATION:

Tucson In-Person KidLit Mingle

Second Saturdays: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Date: July 12, 2025 (in combination with Critique-nic)

Where: TBD, (maybe Woods Memorial Library - 3455 N. First Ave, Tucson, in the Large Meeting Room)

Please RSVP to: Lori at [email protected] or Lucy at [email protected]

Hosted by: Lori Alexander and Lucy Munguia


Northern Arizona In-Person KidLit Mingle

Fourth Saturdays every other month: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Date: June 7, 2025

Where: IHOP back room, 2654 E Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ 86004

RSVP to: Anne at [email protected]

Hosted by: Anne Hanovich


East Valley In-Person KidLit Mingle

DATE: August 23, 2025 (in combination with Critique-nic)

TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

LOCATION: Panera Bread - Village Square at Dana Park, 3426 E. Baseline, Ste #113, Mesa, AZ 85204

RSVP to: Kathie at [email protected] 

Hosted by: Kathie McMahon


West Valley In-Person KidLit Mingle

DATE: July 26, 2025 (in combination with Critique-nic)

TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

LOCATION: Asante Library, 16755 W. Vereda Solana Dr., Surprise, AZ 85387

RSVP to: Angela at [email protected]

Hosted by: Angela Morrison