California: San Francisco/South Regional events
Serious about improving your craft? SCBWI's regional events provide opportunities for professional growth and help you connect with a supportive, creative community.
Monthly Illustrators Meetup
Oct 07, 2023 - Dec 31, 2026
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
We invite you to join other SCBWI San Francisco/South illustrators via Zoom to talk shop, share your work, and get feedback in a warm, friendly environment. Every first Saturday of the month.
Pre-Event for Illustrator Day 2025: Virtual Webinar ONLY
Jul 19, 2025 - Sep 19, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Get a Recording of the Illustrator Day 2025 Pre-Event! Watch the critiques and hear the feedback that might help you with your portfolio. Offer ends after Illustrator's Day in September. Featuring Preparation and Tips for Making a Great Portfolio for Illustrator's Day or any conference! If you click on "Register for Event" and the page is showing the registration for Illustrator's Day and not the Pre-Event, hit refresh on your browser. We have noticed a caching problem. The Pre-Event registration for the recording should appear.
Weekly "Write-In" Meet Up
Aug 09, 2025 - Jan 01, 2027
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Set aside some time each week to sit and write (or draw, or paint) with fellow creators via Zoom. We spend the first 15 minutes setting goals, and the next 45 minutes focusing on our individual projects while connected together via Zoom (on mute). Every Saturday morning EXCEPT the first Saturday of the month.
2025 SCBWI SF/SOUTH ILLUSTRATOR DAY
Sep 06, 2025
4 event
Available seats 32
Guadalupe Hall, Santa Clara University
Please join the SCBWI SF/SOUTH regional team for the in-person, bi-annual Illustrator Day featuring our amazing faculty - illustrator Rob Sayegh Jr, agent Aliza Hoover, and art director Eugenia Yoh - as they discuss concept to creation - a deep dive into storytelling. This year we will also feature a bonus VIRTUAL pre-event featuring local illustrators Nena Hy-Boyer and Danielle Heitmuller, who will discuss Preparation and Tips for Making a Great Portfolio on July 19, 2025. The virtual pre-event will also be recorded for later viewing.