Serious about improving your craft? SCBWI's regional events provide opportunities for professional growth and help you connect with a supportive, creative community.
Illustrators: are you feeling stuck with designing characters for picture books? Have you gotten feedback that your characters are stiff or not drawn consistently? This Summer Springboard for Illustrators is a 2-part class designed to help you take your character designs from bland and stiff to charming and energetic. You’ll learn how to use the personality of your character to guide its design and give it energy, how to use shapes to explore character design and five tips on how to draw characters consistently.
A FREE online Summer Springboard event for SCBWI Premium Members, hosted by MD/DE/WV Critique Group Coordinator Sam Cameron. Hop on zoom to meet fellow kidlit creators and get a little accountability and cheerleading for your butt-in-chair time.
Welcome to Critique Partner Speed Dating! Throughout the year, SCBWI MD/DE/WV will host several online “Speed Dating” events to help creators in our region get to know each other, and find the critique partners of their dreams. Our inaugural event is for MG and YA authors!