New Mexico 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.
SCBWI-NM Craft and Career Webinar Series
Jan 14, 2025 - Dec 09, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
12 Webinars on topics of craft and career for authors, illustrators, and translators. Season Pass registration has closed, but you can still register for individual webinars. Individual webinar registration opens approximately two months in advance of each webinar. In addition to the live webinars (typically on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time), all webinars will be recorded and available to watch at your convenience for 30 days after the event.
Craft Pass OR Career Pass 2025
Jan 14, 2025 - Dec 09, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Attend all 6 Craft-themed webinars or all 6 Career-themed webinars with one of these half season passes. The Craft Pass or Career Pass costs $36 for members/$50 for preview, the equivalent of $6/$8 per webinar. Without a season pass, webinars will cost $12 each for members, $18 each for preview. Individual webinar registration opens two months in advance of each webinar. If you plan to attend webinars on a mix of craft and career topics, consider our Full Season Pass. Registration for all Passes closes January 14.
What I Wish I Had Known: Traditional Publishing Tips for Authors and Illustrators with Dow Phumiruk -- SCBWI NM Career Webinar
Sep 09, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
In this session, author/illustrator Dow Phumiruk will discuss the "things no one tells you" about working in the traditional publishing industry. She'll share her favorite and least favorite parts of being a picture book creator, how to sustain healthy habits while managing revision requests and deadlines, maintaining a good relationship with your publisher, exploring your role in marketing, and more. This session will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
Third Saturday Online Critique Group
Sep 20, 2025
6 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Come join Diane Mittler and a wonderful group of writers on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time on Zoom for critique group. We are a friendly group and welcome anyone who wants to share their work.
SCBWI-NM: Together, Fall Retreat 2025
Sep 26, 2025 - Sep 28, 2025
4 event
Available seats 6
Pecos Monastery, 16 Guadalupe Lane, Pecos, NM
Being a kid lit creator can be lonely. The Together Retreat will give you a chance to connect, build new relationships with other writers and illustrators, and reinforce relationships you may have had for years. With in-person agent Laurel Symonds of KT Literary, you will also have a chance to hear from an established industry professional. Written/In-person critiques are available. This retreat will encourage quiet working time with private rooms and baths. You will also have access to the lovely grounds of Pecos Monastery, the gateway to spectacular hiking paths and mountains of the Pecos Wilderness.
The Science of Writing Humor: an SCBWI-NM Craft Webinar
Oct 14, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
With author Erin Teagan, we’ll take a scientific look at humor, breaking down funny to its basic elements to figure out how best to incorporate more of it into our writing. We’ll look at what makes people laugh and take a closer look at books and other media that works. Come ready to discuss and brainstorm ways to elevate the humor in your work.
Write Here, Write Now
Oct 29, 2025
2 event
Unlimited seats
Are you struggling to find dedicated time to write? Looking for like-minded folks and accountability? Our monthly writing group meets the last Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mountain Time at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center in Albuquerque and spends two hours writing. No prompts, required sharing, or critiquing– just writing. Bring your laptop or pad of paper and work on your current project. Hope to see you there!