San Diego Chapter Meeting Details

Registration for San Diego Season Tickets Is Open

Chapter Meetings: All meetings will be recorded, and all registered attendees (Season Ticket or Individual Purchase) will receive the link to the recording.

PRICES

Individual Chapter meeting cost: $10.00 for SCBWI members, $25.00 for nonmembers. Each monthly meeting will have its own link to check for those click San Diego Chapter Meeting Details | California: San Diego – SCBWI

Virtual Only: HOME SWEET HOME Season Ticket September through April Meetings $60.00 for SCBWI Int’l Members, and $90.00 for Non-Members. HOME SWEET HOME 2023 2024 Season Ticket is VIRTUAL ONLY – SCBWI

Hybrid: SAVE-ME-A-SEAT Season Ticket is Virtual September through December and In-Person (or Virtual-your choice) January through April $80.00 for SCBWI Int’l Members, and $110.00 for Non-Members. Save-Me-a-Seat 2023 2024 Season Ticket HYBRID – SCBWI

Season Tickets are available Now through Mid-December. All meetings will be recorded, and all registered attendees will receive the link to the recording.

2023 Home Sweet Home Meetings Will Be Virtual

To purchase click HOME SWEET HOME 2023 2024 Season Ticket is VIRTUAL ONLY – SCBWI

September 9th - Erika DiPasquale, Assistant Editor at HarperKids,  Topic: What Happens Once Your Submission Lands in An Editor’s Inbox: Inside One Assistant Editor’s Head on Submissions, Query Letters, Rejections, Acquisitions, and More

Registration is closed for September meeting.

October 21st - Bibi Lewis, agent Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, Topic: The Business of Books

Registration is closed for the October Meeting

November 18th - Esther Cajahuaringa, Editor, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Topic:Perfecting Your Pitch (with Examples from Season Ticket Holders) Registration is closed for this eventI

December 9th - Debut Authors and Illustrators - Topic: Lessons Learned on the Path to Publication For more info and to register click: https://www.scbwi.org/events/December-9th-chapter-meeting-lessons-learned-on-the-path-to-publication

2024 Save Me A Seat Meetings Will Be Hybrid: In-Person and Virtual

To purchase this Season Ticket click Save-Me-a-Seat 2023 2024 Season Ticket HYBRID – SCBWI

Due to limited seating, there will not be any individual in-person meeting tickets sold.

In-person Location TBA to those who purchase the Hybrid: Save Me A Seat Season Ticket

January 20th - Mary E. Pearson, Author, Topic: Perseverance—Navigating the Pitfalls and Long Haul of Writing a Novel For more info and to register click: https://www.scbwi.org/events/jan202024-meeting-m-e-pearson

February 17th - Kelly Delaney, Editor, Crown Books for Young Readers; Meredith Gimbel, Illustrator; and Meeg Pincus, Author, Topic: Crafting Authentic, Historically Marginalized Voices in Picture Books For more info and to register click: https://www.scbwi.org/events/feb172024meeting-marginalized-voices-in-pbs

March 16th - Kelly Sonnack, Agent, Andrea Brown Literary, Topic: How to Craft a Captivating Query Letter (with Examples from Season Ticket Holders) For more info and to register click: https://www.scbwi.org/events/march16th-meeting-kelly-sonnack-agent

April 13th - Lilly Ghahremani, Agent, Full Circle Literary, Topic TBA

Additional Events: Mentorships, Intensives, and MayFest Dates and Faculty

SAN DIEGO REGION REFUND POLICY

Chapter Meetings, MayFest, and Intensives, refunds will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Any refund will be minus Stripe fees and any other expenses. No refunds 1 month before the event, because all events are being recorded and available for viewing for 30 days after the event.

Critiques and Mentorships, no refunds because the payment is already promised to the faculty.