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.

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.

Standard price:$ 50
Price with membership:$ 36

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.

Standard price:$ 85
Price with membership:$ 60

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.

Standard price:$ 18
Price with membership:$ 12

Evening Virtual Coffee House

Oct 15, 2025

Online event

Unlimited seats

Newcomers and Old-timers alike, join us for free-ranging conversations on craft, the nuts and bolts of the industry, and a chance to set some accountability goals for yourself.

Free

Third Saturday Online Critique Group

Oct 18, 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.

Free

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!

Free

Afternoon Virtual Coffee House

Nov 05, 2025

3 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Join us for our free and free-ranging Wednesday discussion groups, 1st Wednesday of the month at 4:00pm Mountain Time.

Free

Creating Stories That Matter with Susan Metallo: An SCBWI-NM Career Webinar

Nov 13, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Story creation is an ancient and cross-cultural career, and yet even those of us with book deals frequently get asked what our "real jobs" are. No wonder so many of us have Imposter Syndrome! Author, storyteller, and librarian Susan Metallo will share the history of creating stories and the science of how stories affect the human brain, using that information to nail down what makes our work meaningful and important. From there, we'll explore how we can apply those principles when choosing the stories we tell. Participants will leave this webinar armed with exercises for finding the "emotional truth" of their projects and a research-based elevator speech for explaining the value of their work. This webinar will be recorded and available to registered attendees for 30 days following the event.

Standard price:$ 18
Price with membership:$ 12