Oregon Regional events
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SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with Susan Metallo (September 19th; 10:00 am PDT)
Sep 19, 2026
1 event
Online event
Available seats 99
CREATING STORIES THAT MATTER ⭐ Story creation is an ancient and cross-cultural career, yet even those of us with published books frequently get asked what our "real jobs" are. No wonder we get 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 to 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. ⭐ Susan Metallo is a young adult author and librarian. Her debut novel, REASONS TO HATE ME, was one of Publishers Weekly’s Best YA Books of the Year, a “Rise: a Feminist Book Project” selection, an Indie Next Kids title, and an Indies Introduce Kids selection. In addition to these accolades, her work has received awards from SCBWI, the Tallahassee Writers Association, and Book Pipeline, and been published in Ladybug, Cricket, The Seven Hills Review, and Publishers Weekly. She lives in Virginia with her husband, her children, and an 80-lb bulldog who fervently believes she will fit on your lap. Find Susan online at susanmetallo.com. ⭐ This one-hour webinar will take place Saturday, September 19, at 6:30 pm PDT. A recording will be available for 30 days afterwards to registered attendees. Don’t miss it! Registration closes September 16th.
SCBWI Oregon: The Great Critique - Fall 2026 (10 am-1:30 pm PDT)
Sep 26, 2026
1 event
Available seats 35
Northwest Portland Hostel - 479 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR or VIRTUAL
SCBWI Oregon’s Great Critique is an event that happens once a year. Each session is an awesome opportunity for writers and illustrators to be critiqued by a professional and their peers. 📝 Never been in a critique group? Wish you could be critiqued by someone who is ahead of you in the publishing game? Want to strengthen your work? Need a fresh set of eyes and ears on that oft-revised piece? This is your chance. A published author or illustrator will lead each small group and critique your manuscript or art. You’ll also hear/see others’ work and get feedback from those writers and illustrators too. Plus, you’ll learn from the comments by the critique leader about the work of others. ⭐So join us for a morning of perfecting your craft. And, who knows, you might make a few new like-minded friends to start a new critique group, too.⭐ Registration opens Saturday, August 1st and closes Wednesday, September 9th. (💯If the table you want is full when you register, you can email [email protected] to be added to a waitlist for that critique leader. There will be no guarantee of reserving a spot).