Texas: Houston 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.
SCBWI Houston: Houston, Lift-Off! Creative Sessions
May 13, 2025 - Dec 09, 2025
2 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Transform a Tuesday evening into a creative adventure! Our unique set of prompts will surprise you with where your imagination can go in just 30 minutes of quiet creation. Then spend another 30 minutes connecting with other writers and artists as you share what you've discovered. It's creativity, community, and inspiration all in one hour. Mark your calendar for the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm CST. We'll be waiting with the same Zoom link each month! Scroll down to learn more...
SCBWI Houston: How to Level Up Your School Visits
Jul 09, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Our Co-Ra, Kaye, had Marty Chan come to her school for Read Aloud Day and for the rest of the school year, the kids were still talking about his presentation! Would you like to know how he does it? Would you like to have your audience raving about you long after you leave? If you sign up for his webinar, and sign in this July 9th, you'll learn how to increase engagement during presentations, like school visits. You'll learn how to utilize games, and how to illustrate concepts in a way that captures the attention of even the reluctant student. Let Marty show you how to structure your visit in a way that brings your presentation to life and gets you invited back again and again. Learn how to give them something to remember!
SCBWI Houston: Illustrator Sketch Night
Jul 17, 2025
4 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Zoom link is not showing in Meeting Notes, so please attend using this link! https://scbwi.zoom.us/j/6749429466?omn=95696508859 Join your fellow creatives to work together in a motivating ONLINE setting with optional challenge prompts and music or you can mute us while you work in solitude knowing your people are working too! This is a great opportunity to build your accountability group, make friends and get projects accomplished!
SCBWI Houston: Designing and Illustrating Covers
Sep 25, 2025
2 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Gain skills and insights to create incredible book covers to successfully sell your children's books to prospective publishers and book buyers. A great cover is the most critical piece of artwork you'll create for your book, and the most scrutinized part of any book project. In this workshop, you'll learn the process, nuts and bolts, pitfalls to avoid, and how to stand out, and enjoy the process, all from award-winning illustrator Kaz Windness! Whether you're a published or pre-published illustrator, and interested in picture books, early readers, or even middle grade covers, this class is for you. Gain skills and tips you'll be using for many successful publishing years to come.