Maryland/Delaware/West Virginia 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.

MD/DE/WV Zoom Socials 2025

Feb 23, 2025 - May 19, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

A FREE online social for SCBWI Members hosted by MD/DE/WV Illustrator Coordinator Mirka Hokkanen. Geared mostly for illustrators, but authors welcome to jump in too. Hop on zoom to build community with fellow kidlit creators. Ask questions, share wins, ask for feedback on a piece you are working on. These sessions will not be recorded.

For Premium Members Only
Free

Spring Fling Picture Book Mini Conference

Apr 05, 2025

4 event

Available seats 14

Oakdale Church

Let’s celebrate spring with picture books! Join us for a day focused on picture books and filled with information and inspiration from our onsite and virtual presenters. Bring your love for picture books, questions for the presenters, and your desire to move forward with picture book creation to our mini conference designed for writers and illustrators of varying skill levels. Join the fun; get ready to burst into spring with new excitement for picture books.

Standard price:$ 150
Price with membership:$ 110

Mastering Marketing Without Ad Spend

Apr 26, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

In this highly informative webinar, with a detailed case study about his self-published graphic novel, author and illustrator Roger McMullan teaches you how to find people who want your book, how to build a community around those people, and how to sell your book - all without spending a penny on ads. He'll rate his wide range of promotional efforts with how effective they were in relation to cost and effort, and if they would be worth doing again for a future book.

Standard price:$ 30
Price with membership:$ 15