Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grants for Writers and Illustrators

2024-2025 DEI Grant Winners:

Equity and Inclusion Author: Alexis Kouba

Equity and Inclusion Author: Ginny Uybungco

Grant Judge: Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary

2023-2024 DEI Grant Winners:

Own Voices Illustrator: Nancy S. Lee

Own Voices Author: Iris Quiroga

Own Voices Author: To-wen Tseng 

Grant Judges:

Erika DiPasquale, Editor, HarperCollins Children's

Esther Cajahuaringa, Editor, Alfred A. Knopf Books For Young Readers

Grant recipients receive complimentary admission to a San Diego SCBWI Intensive or MayFest.

2025-2026 DEI Grant application information TBA

The 2025-2026 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant committee is gearing up for another great year.

Application dates & deadline: TBA

This year's judge TBA

Equity and Inclusion Author Grant

This grant is open to unpublished San Diego resident SCBWI members who identify as a member of an underrepresented group including, but not limited to, race/ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship, veteran status, and religion.

Equity and Inclusion Illustrator Grant

This grant is open to unpublished San Diego resident SCBWI members who identify as a member of an underrepresented group including, but not limited to, race/ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship, veteran status, and religion.

Important Information:

Members may apply for only ONE grant. (SCBWI San Diego reserves the right not to award a grant.)

The recipient of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant must wait one year before applying for an Equity and Inclusion Grant a second time.

A person may receive a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant no more than two times.

The San Diego SCBWI reserves the right to NOT grant an award in any of the grant categories.