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MayFest 2026

MAYFEST 2026

MayFest Date is May 23, 2026

Registration is now open.

For more information on our faculty, available options, and to Register, Click HERE

MAYFEST 2026 PRICING

MayFest Registration SCBWI Members $45.00

MayFest Registration SCBWI Non-member $70.00

MayFest Portfolio Showcase SCBWI Members $20.00

MayFest Portfolio Showcase SCBWI Non-members $25.00

MayFest Critique SCBWI Members $85.00

MayFest Critique SCBWI Non-members $95.00


MAYFEST 2026 SCHEDULE: (All Times are Pacific Time)

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome

9:15-10:15 a.m. Keynote

SYDNEY SMITH, award-winning author and illustrator

10:15-10:25 a.m. Break and Portfolio Showcase

10:25-11:25 a.m. Editor Hour

RACHEL DIEBEL, Editor, Feiwel and Friends

ALLISON WEINTRAUB, Editor, HarperCollins Children’s Books  

KRISTA MARINO, VP and Senior Executive Editor, Delacorte Press

11:25-11:35 a.m. Break and Portfolio Showcase

11:35 a.m.-12:35 p.m. Agent Hour

STEPHEN BARR, Senior Literary Agent, Writer’s House

HALEY CASEY, Associate Agent, Creative Media Agency

JEN ROFÉ, Senior Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Eliza Wheeler, Award-Winning Author/Illustrator

12:45-1:15 p.m. Showcase Slideshow & Awards & Thank You to Faculty and Volunteers

2:00-5:00 p.m. Optional 15-minute Critiques

Attendees receive submission guidelines from the editors and agents with the MayFest recording on Tuesday, May 26th.