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
Feb 17, 2026 - Dec 08, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
9 Webinars on topics of craft and career for authors, illustrators, and translators, plus 4 additional picture book themed webinars. Season Pass registration is open through March 16. 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.
SCBWI-NM Career Webinar: Build Your Brand Before the Book with Ebony Lynn Mudd
Feb 17, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Stop waiting and start moving! Using Ebony’s signature DDDPPP method, this course helps creators set a clear vision for your career and focus on what you can control before an agent, deal, or bestseller arrives. You will learn how to identify your unique market value and audience, then turn them into a strategic, authentic brand. Ebony shares how this approach transformed her own career and opened doors early. The result is confidence, momentum, and visibility. You leave with clarity, action steps, and a brand that supports your books before publication. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
Third Saturday Online Critique Group
Feb 21, 2026
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 Craft Webinar: Utilizing Conflict to Create Impactful Stories with Danielle Herzog
Mar 10, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
In this workshop, author Danielle Herzog explores how meaningful conflict drives compelling storytelling. Participants learn to identify internal and external conflicts, raise stakes, and build tension that keeps readers engaged. Through guided exercises, writers practice transforming character struggles into powerful narrative momentum. We’ll examine examples of effective conflict, discuss common pitfalls, and explore techniques for deepening emotional impact. By the end of the session, attendees will understand how to craft purposeful conflict that shapes character arcs, enriches plot, and strengthens overall story structure. This webinar will be recorded and will remain available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Career Webinar: Success without the Stress: Get a Handle on Your Author Biz with Sara Fujimura
Apr 28, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Grow your author business exponentially by working smarter, not harder. Your book is out! Now, what once was your greatest dream suddenly feels like your biggest nightmare. A proven three-step interconnected marketing system teaches debut authors—and seasoned authors, too!—how to grow their businesses exponentially with the least amount of work. Let's work smarter, not harder, authorpreneurs! This webinar will be recorded and will remain available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Craft Webinar: Master Class in Characterization with Kat Chen (Jade Lee)
May 12, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Not the typical fill-out-this-character-sheet class! Explore Core Wounds, Key Strengths as they come from Trauma, Verbs, and Imagery Sets. You’ll finish with over a dozen different directions to explore your characters. Some techniques naturally lead to more plot, others inform the setting, and each makes your book rich with emotional resonance. Join USA Today Bestseller Jade Lee in her Master’s Class in Characterization and get the character solutions you need to bring your people to life. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Craft Webinar: Illustrator Workshop with Marker Snyder
Jun 09, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join author-illustrator Marker Snyder for an illustrator-centered workshop. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Craft Webinar: Revising with Focus: the Thesis of the Novel with Meg Eden Kuyatt
Jul 07, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Once you've written a draft, it can be difficult to figure out where to go next. A range of people will provide feedback, but who is right? How do you go about discerning what to edit and what to keep the same? To effectively edit, it’s critical to identify a novel’s underlying argument—it’s heart. In this workshop, we’ll discuss the “thesis statement” approach to editing, looking at examples of novels’ “thesis statements,” as well as providing exercises to help you identify and hone in on your novel’s thesis. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Craft Webinar: Story Openings: Beyond "Once Upon a Time" with Tina Tocco
Sep 08, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Story openings have a big job — they entice your reader to continue reading. But what’s the best way to get readers’ attention? Dialogue? Backstory? Setting? Character sketch? Bring a novel opening or short story you’re having trouble with or would like to re-envision…and get ready to revamp! We’ll examine various story openings across MG/YA genres to spark ideas and understand how different styles can change a piece. You’ll see how your reimagined intros can alter tone, point of view, pace, and more. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Craft Webinar: From the Page to the Stage, a Dialogue Workshop with Amy Fellner Dominy
Oct 13, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
As an MFA Playwright, Amy Fellner Dominy learned how to write smooth and natural dialogue for the stage. Those same writing principles can help writers avoid many of the common pitfalls of dialogue and create dialogue that will come to life on the page. Amy will break down the elements of dialogue and present actionable tips for attendees to improve their scenes. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.
SCBWI-NM Career Webinar: How to Make a Living as an Author with Alice B. McGinty
Dec 08, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Alice McGinty has spent the last 12 years successfully supporting herself as a writer through her writing camp (https://wordsonfirecamp.wordpress.com/), school visits, presentations, educational writing, book sales, writing coaching, tutoring, online writing workshops, and book reviews. While everyone’s journey and goals vary, in this presentation McGinty will cover techniques everyone can apply. These include: bread and butter (generating income you can count on); trajectory (setting a path); setting a minimum wage; thinking of yourself as a business person (setting financial and business goals, self presentation); and reaching (marketing, generating new ideas, growing as a writer). This webinar will be recorded and available for 30 days following the event.