MayFest Art Contest 2026
Design our website banner for MayFest 2026! The winner will be attributed on our website—great for publicity—PLUS receive free registration to MayFest, San Diego SCBWI's annual one-day conference, plus a certificate, a Portfolio Showcase entry, and a critique. The MayFest Art Contest opens Jan. 22 and closes Feb. 17
You must be a San Diego/Imperial County SCBWI member to enter.
What we need:
· Spring theme banner (San Diego themes are welcome!)
· At least 3 details on the banner to be used for buttons on the webpage. See Megan Bishop's winning banner and details used for the 2025 MayFest Website: https://www.scbwi.org/events/mayfest-2025-scbwi-san-diego
Banner Size: 1600 x 500 (72 ppi or higher)
Buttons Size: 60-72 pixels square (72 ppi or higher)
File Format: JPG or PNG
Here is a link to the form:
https://forms.gle/x5D3EkQNXK4HzEm56
Submit Google Form by midnight on February 17, 2026
Winners will be announced on February 21 at the chapter meeting.
MAYFEST 2026
MayFest Date is May 23, 2026
Registration for MayFest opens February 28th at 6:00 PM (PT)
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 ROFE, 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 20th.