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.
Writing Vibrant Secondary Characters
Apr 29, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Middle grade author Sylvia Liu will share how to bring those secondary characters to life, from giving them their own character arcs to tips on making them memorable and unique, and provide examples where they are done particularly well.
Virtual Illustrator Social - April
Apr 30, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
🌟 Calling All SCBWI Illustrators! 🌟 Join us for our bi-monthly Illustrator Social, hosted by Mid-Atlantic PAL member and author/illustrator Cynthia Cliff! 🎨✨ This is your chance to connect with fellow illustrators in a fun, relaxed virtual space. Whether you’re working while you chat or just here for the creative vibes, come as you are! 📅 April Topic: Ask Us Anything (about illustrating for children's publishing) 💻 Format: Virtual (Zoom) 🎟️ Cost: FREE for SCBWI members Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, create, and get inspired! 💫
Central VA Write-In
May 06, 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 available in your events page after registration. 1-2:30 pm. 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.