Oregon Regional events

SCBWI Oregon: Portfolio Percolator: A Virtual Series for Illustrators

SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with Rosanne Parry

REVISION SCENE BY SCENE ⭐ An author's best chance at publication lies in a powerful first impression which means showing the strongest draft possible to agents & editors. This workshop will take you through the steps of revising a novel scene by scene to strengthen the plot, characters, setting and themes, helping you make it the best expression of your voice and purpose. If you have a finished manuscript that needs a final polish or a book of the heart that hasn’t found traction when you’ve submitted it, this is the workshop for you. 📌 Participants will • learn what makes a bit of writing a scene • divide their WIP into scenes • learn to analyze a scene • make a scene card for their WIP or a favorite book • discuss different types of scenes • list the obstacles the main character of their WIP faces • analyze obstacles for maximum effectiveness • consider the order of scenes in your WIP • consider the balance of the entire manuscript and where the inciting incident, midpoint, and climax fall. ✨Please bring a favorite novel in a genre you write and a dozen or so pages of a manuscript that you have finished a full draft of. ⭐ Rosanne Parry grew up in Oregon loving its rainy days, wild places, and many libraries. She is the author of eight novels for young readers, including the NY Times best sellers A WOLF CALLED WANDER , A WHALE OF THE WILD, and A HORSE NAMED SKY which have been translated into more than 14 languages. Rosanne is a bookseller at legendary independent bookstore, Annie Blooms. She lives with her family in an old farmhouse in Portland and writes in a treehouse in her backyard. ⭐ Registration closes May 7th. A recording of the event will be available to registered attendees for 30 days.

SCBWI Oregon: The Great Critique - Summer 2025

SCBWI Oregon’s Great Critique is an event that happens twice 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, May 3rd and closes Saturday, June 14th.