Kansas, Missouri (KS/MO) Regional events
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A Half Day Event with Literary Agent Carter Hasegawa of Tugeau2
Jun 13, 2026
2 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Please join SCBWI-Kansas/Missouri for a half day webinar with Tugeau2 Literary Agent Carter Hasegawa! If you've ever wondered what "voice" is and how to create an engaging voice in your manuscript, or if you've ever wondered what an editorial agent does, this workshop is for you! Carter will discuss establishing voice in the beginning of your manuscript, and will go through how he works as an editorial agent. He will also demonstrate this process in real time through a live edit of an attendee's picture book manuscript! Attendees will be emailed instructions on how to submit their manuscripts for a potential live edit with Carter after registering. This webinar will be recorded and a link to the recording will be emailed to attendees after the event and be available for 30 days after it is sent. Carter Hasegawa (he/him) has been in the children’s book world for over 20 years—as a book seller for various indies across the US, as an editor at Candlewick Press, and now, as a literary agent with Tugeau 2 Art and Literary Agency. “The thing I’ve always loved about children’s literature,” he says, “is that beyond the sheer range of incredible stories, it’s always served as a sort of testing ground for me: of new ideas, of new experiences, of new viewpoints, of emotional extremes.” Some of his favorite books include WATERCRESS, MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE, BIG, TAR BEACH, WEDNESDAY WARS, ENDER’S GAME, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, THE NOTORIOUS BENEDICT ARNOLD, and SO MANY others. Originally from Seattle, Carter now lives in Boston with his librarian wife and their two young sons. $25 members/$40 non-members June 13, 2026 from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm CDT (with an hour break for lunch between 11:30 and 12:30) On Zoom
Wichita Meet-and-Greet
Jul 11, 2026
1 event
Available seats 20
Greater Grounds Coffee & Co, 922 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS
Wichita-area kidlit authors and illustrators! Come out and meet some of your fellow kidlit creators in the Wichta area on Saturday, July 11th @ 2pm @ Greater Grounds Coffee & Co (922 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS)! Register on the SCBWI-KS/MO Event Page or email Abbi Lee at: [email protected]
Art Imitates Life (Kind of): Using Art and Photo References in Illustration with Meredith Lucius
Jul 11, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Are you afraid of using photo references in your illustration practice for fear that it's "cheating"? Or the opposite: are you too reliant on them, and unable to use your imagination to draw? This webinar is for you then - as well as for everyone else in-between! Meredith Lucius, illustrator of six children's books, will show us how she uses art and photo references to guide her illustration practice. You'll learn how to use references in a way that doesn't feel like cheating and that inspires to create something new, rather than rigidly adhering to your reference. Participants will also get to practice on several photo references of children under Meredith's guidance. This webinar will be recorded and available for 30 days afterwards. $10 members/ $20 non-members