Mid Atlantic (D.C./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.

PAL Field Trip to Planet Word

May 31, 2025

1 event

Available seats 8

We’re going on a field trip! Join us for a visit to Planet Word, the museum where “language comes to life” in Washington D.C.

For Premium Members Only
Free

Kid Lit Illustration Dos + Don’ts

Jun 03, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Join Scholastic Executive Art Director Brian LaRossa for a webinar focused on the do's and don'ts of kid lit illustration.

Standard price:$ 30
Price with membership:$ 15

Central Virginia Write-In

Jun 03, 2025

1 event

Online event

Available seats 19

Join Chris Bailey for a monthly co-working virtual social for members living in Central Virginia on the first Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm. Participants will chat and share their writing or illustrating goals for the day and then do two 30-minute timed work sprints, checking in with the group in between work sessions. It’s a great way to meet other creatives living in your area and get some writing or illustrating done, too. Writing doesn’t have to always be solitary! For members only. The session is free. Please register below. ** A link to attend this Zoom social will be available in your events page after registration. 1-2:30 pm. FREE.

For Premium Members Only
Free

Indie- and Self-Publishing Social

Jun 09, 2025

1 event

Online event

Available seats 47

Join Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Indie- and Self-publishing Coordinator Joyana Peters for an open Q&A session about all things self-publishing and marketing. 7-8 PM.

For Premium Members Only
Free

Writing Picture Book Memoirs with Andrea Wang, Author of “Watercress”

Jun 17, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Using her own Newbery Honor and Caldecott-winning picture book, Watercress, as well as books by others as examples, Andrea will discuss the differences and similarities between fiction PBs and memoirs.

Standard price:$ 30
Price with membership:$ 15

In-Person Summer Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Social

Jun 28, 2025

1 event

Available seats 38

Upstairs at Wegmans, 2281 Carl D Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA

The creative journey can seem lonely at times. Meeting in person with fellow artists and writers could be just the thing to unleash your creative flow and refresh your motivation for a summer of productivity. Join us for a Summer Mid-Atlantic SCBWI in-person social in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Authors, illustrators, translators, published or pre-published--all are welcome. We'll have a chance to meet and mingle and talk about best practices. Hosted by Mid-Atlantic SCBWI member and award-winning author Leslie Eva Tayloe. FREE.

Free

Central VA Write-In

Jul 01, 2025

1 event

Online event

Available seats 30

Join Chris Bailey for a monthly co-working virtual social for members living in Central Virginia on the first Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm. Participants will chat and share their writing or illustrating goals for the day and then do two 30-minute timed work sprints, checking in with the group in between work sessions. It’s a great way to meet other creatives living in your area and get some writing or illustrating done, too. Writing doesn’t have to always be solitary! For members only. The session is free. Please register below. ** A link to attend this Zoom social will be emailed to the group on the morning of the meeting. 1-2:30 pm. FREE.

For Premium Members Only
Free

Indie- and Self-Publishing Social

Jul 14, 2025

1 event

Online event

Available seats 30

Join Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Indie- and Self-publishing Coordinator Joyana Peters for an open Q&A session about all things self-publishing and marketing.

For Premium Members Only
Free

MG and YA Query Critiques with Author/Agent Eric Smith

Jul 15, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Author and agent Eric Smith of Neighborhood Literary will do on-the-spot query critiques.

Standard price:$ 30
Price with membership:$ 15

Central VA Write-In

Aug 05, 2025

1 event

Online event

Available seats 29

Join Chris Bailey for a monthly co-working virtual social for members living in Central Virginia on the first Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm. Participants will chat and share their writing or illustrating goals for the day and then do two 30-minute timed work sprints, checking in with the group in between work sessions. It’s a great way to meet other creatives living in your area and get some writing or illustrating done, too. Writing doesn’t have to always be solitary! For members only. The session is free. Please register below. ** A link to attend this Zoom social will be emailed to the group on the morning of the meeting. 1-2:30 pm. FREE.

For Premium Members Only
Free

Indie- and Self-Publishing Social

Aug 18, 2025

1 event

Online event

Available seats 29

Join Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Indie- and Self-publishing Coordinator Joyana Peters for an open Q&A session about all things self-publishing and marketing.

For Premium Members Only
Free