SCBWI Los Angeles County
SCBWI Los Angeles: Supporting Children's Book Creators throughout LA County
The SCBWI Los Angeles region welcomes children’s book writers, illustrators, and translators living in Los Angeles County. Our region offers connection, education, and inspiration on your creative journey. Online and in-person events are opportunities designed to help hone your craft and grow your career in children’s literature. Los Angeles is proud to be the original of SCBWI’s seventy-plus global regions. Come join our hundreds of members and get involved!
Upcoming Events
Working Writers Retreat
Take the weekend to focus on your writing, get feedback from peers and professionals and have fun with fellow writers and faculty. October 31 - November 2 at Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino. Registration opens Sunday, August 10.
Social Media
Facebook Page
Follow the Los Angeles Region’s Facebook page for news, insights, and fun inspiration shared by the region and by fellow members.
About SCBWI Los Angeles
The SCBWI Los Angeles region is proud to represent the birth place of SCBWI. Many generous, talented and visionary individuals in the field of children's literature, education and entertainment, have resided within its boundaries over the years, and many more such individuals are still to come.
The region was sculpted and expanded through the amazing efforts of two women, Judy Ross Enderle and Stephanie Jacob Gordon, and the exceptional local volunteers who joined them. Each set of regional advisors who have followed in Judy and Stephanie's footsteps, and the selfless volunteers who donate their time, energy and creativity, have succeeded in keeping the region beating with the same passionate heart Judy and Stephanie instilled in it; the heart that all writers and illustrators of children's literature must have to persevere and grow – the heart they eventually give over to their reader.
When originally created, the region was called "Southern California" or "SOCA" and covered an impressive geographic area. Over the years, as SCBWI's membership blossomed into its fantastic numbers of today, volunteers established additional regions throughout the area. In August of 2000, "SOCA" officially changed its name to better represent its current geographic boundaries, Los Angeles County, California. In 2002, it was renamed SCBWI Los Angeles County. Even though the chapter's physical size slowly reduced with time, it is still one of SCBWI's largest regions, home to over 1,300 members.
Our mailing address is: SCBWI Los Angeles County 23371 Mulholland Drive #250 Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Keep in touch
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