SCBWI California: San Francisco North and East Bay

Registration is now open for our biennual regional conference happening on October 18, 2025!

Join agent Jessica Sinsheimer from Context Literary for this webinar on learning how to find and use comp titles to catch agent and editor interest. Jessica will be open to queries for two weeks after her presentation (until Sept. 21).

Back by Popular Demand! Join us to find and discuss great mentor texts! This event is FREE and IN-PERSON! Members and non-members welcome! Please bring a picture book you love. We'll take turns reading and discussing these texts with each other. The facilitators will help guide the discussion, offering new ways to think about how picture books work. This should be a fun morning of books, snacks, connection, and inspiration.

Want to know more about how to find and work with a literary agent? In this three-part speaker series, Paige Terlip of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency will discuss how to hook an agent, how to establish a good relationship with an agent after you hook one, and an intro to contract negotiations for writers. Register to attend one or two of the talks, or bundle all three for a discount! Members and non-members are welcome to register! PLEASE READ THE REGISTRATION NOTES ON THE EVENT PAGE CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING!

NEW LOCATION! SINGLE ROOMS are back!! Join us at the beautiful RATNA LING RETREAT CENTER in Sonoma County. No programs, just time and space to write and illustrate. Let the bucolic surroundings inspire you!