Pennsylvania: East Regional events
Serious about improving your craft? SCBWI's regional events provide opportunities for professional growth and help you connect with a supportive, creative community.
Webinar: On Dialogue––Distinguishing Characters Through Speech with literary agent Taj McCoy
Mar 13, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Webinar Description: Whether you are writing an epic fantasy with dynamic world building, a suspenseful thriller, a creepy horror, a dramatic family saga, a charming romance, or an otherworldly adventure, it is important to build characters who are complex and distinct. Each character has a backstory and personality that provides them with dimension, and that character's background should influence how they communicate and connect with others. In this workshop, we'll talk about the different ways we can enhance a character's voice through dialogue and other forms of communication. A limited number of MG & YA critiques are available at an additional cost.
Webinar: Struggling With Imposter Syndrome with editor Matt Phipps
Apr 17, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
POCONO BELIEVE 2025 PARTICIPANTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED FOR THIS EVENT!! How Imposter Syndrome can affect creators, agents, and even editors at all points in the writing, querying, submissions, and editorial process, and how to battle through it in your own writing and publishing journey. A limited number of PB, MG & YA CRITIQUES available at an additional cost.
Pocono Believe 2025—All Aboard!
Apr 25, 2025 - Apr 27, 2025
32 event
Available seats 41
The Highlights Foundation Retreat Center
The train to publication is all about onboarding. From industry professionals to gatekeepers, and from our readers to ourselves everyone needs to BELIEVE in our work. Whether you're just getting started or you're Published and Listed (PAL), gain steam for the journey at this year's retreat. We'll dig into our work in a way that builds faith in self and makes meaningful connections with others. All aboard!—as we make tracks to the Highlights Foundation.
X Meets Y: Live Comp Critique—Positioning Your Manuscript to Sell
May 20, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Live Comp Critique with literary agent Kelly Dyksterhouse. What do your comps say about your manuscript? Whether you're in the query trenches or still in the drafting stage, knowing where your book fits in the market is crucial to hooking agents and selling to publishers. Join us for a chance to receive live feedback on your comp titles and hear an agent's expectations and first impressions on your submission. A limited number of written critiques also available at an additional cost.
Two-Step Critique for Novelists with literary agent Lisa Gouldy
Jun 02, 2025 - Sep 09, 2025
1 event
Online event
Available seats 3
Calling all Novelists: Ever wish you could have the same publishing professional look at your manuscript a second time? After you made their suggested revisions? Well now you can! Two-Step Critique participants will meet with literary agent Lisa Gouldy to discuss their synopsis and the first 10 pages of a manuscript once in June, then have about 8 weeks to revise and resubmit for a second round of feedback in September.
Marketing & Social Media Labs
Jun 21, 2025
2 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join us for Marketing Labs in the morning to learn more about: Branding, Platform, Website, and Pinterest. Afternoon Social Media Labs will demonstrate: Canva, Video Making, & Book Trailers. Half-day and Full-day tickets available. A limited number of consultations and one-on-one tutorials are also available at an additional cost.
Webinar: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal with literary agent Maria Vicente
Aug 26, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Webinar Description: Learn the components of a successful nonfiction book proposal in this presentation by literary agent Maria Vicente. Maria will share everything agents and editors expect to read in your book proposal, then break it down section by section so you can easily apply the blueprint to your own project. You will gain a deeper understanding of the MG and YA nonfiction market and the knowledge to turn your nonfiction book idea into a book deal. PB, MG, YA, & Graphic Novel critiques are also available at an additional cost.