SCBWI Nevada

Saturday, October 12th, 2024 (12pm - 2pm) Join us for an informal gathering at the Gardens Park, 10401 Garden Park Drive Las Vegas, NV 89135. We will be spending some creative time together writing and sketching. Bring a folding chair or blanket. Start a new project with fun prompts or bring your current work-in-progress. Rain or shine! No RSVP necessary, just show up! We'll be gathering at the east end of the park either in or near the pavilion.

Nevada SCBWI will have a booth at the Las Vegas Book Festival at the Historic 5th Street School on Saturday, October 19th, from 10am - 6pm. Stop by and say hello, or volunteer to help run the booth. Email nevada@scbwi.org if you are interested in volunteering.

November ZOOM Social on Tuesday, November 12th @ 6pm PST. Let's get together and chat. We can also talk about the kind of events we would like to organize in the future. Free and open to all NV SCBWI members.

Author and educator, Suzanne Morgan Williams, will present ways to interpret editor and agent responses, and critique group and reader feedback. Whether evaluating rejections, diving into revisions, or preparing for an editorial call – every writer needs to weigh peer and professional responses. After years of writing, revising, mentoring, and self-editing she’s learned a few tricks. No matter where you are in your writing journey, she’ll give suggestions for evaluating what works for you and what to ignore. She’ll share specific techniques and benchmarks for deciding on your response and next steps. Hand-out provided.

We are a diverse community of hardworking volunteers dedicated to fostering a community of pre-published and published authors of children’s books that includes young adult books. We support our membership by creating events throughout the year that connect writers and illustrators with notable agents and editors in the children’s book industry. Come and share ideas, make new friends, find critique groups near you, and learn more about the book industry.