Illustrator Resources
This list is not exhaustive but includes recommended opportunities from fellow authors/illustrators to keep you motivated throughout the year!
Resources
This is a list of recommended info & tools, as suggested by fellow SCBWI SF/South members. Want to submit a suggestion? Do so here.
Access the SF SOUTH PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE GUIDELINES
JANUARY
- 12x12 challenge - authors, +fee
- PB Shine or Submission Shine - (EPA SCBWI) all members author/illustrators, +fee
FEBRUARY
- SCBWI Annual Winter Conference (in-person and virtual)
- #PBParty annual contest - unagented author/illustrators, FREE
- Big Sur Children’s Writers Workshop - (Andrea Brown Literary Agency) author/illustrators, +fee
MARCH
- Don Freeman Grant award- (SCBWI) all members illustrators, FREE
- PB Rising Stars mentorship - unpublished author/illustrators, FREE
- #Book Series Challenge - (Instagram) illustrators, FREE
APRIL
- #PleinAirpril challenge - illustrators, FREE
MAY
- High Five submissions - (Highlights) authors, FREE
- #MerMay challenge- (Instagram) illustrators, FREE
JUNE
- Retreat for Authors and Illustrators - (Milkwood) author/illustrators, +fee
JULY
- SCBWI Annual Summer Conference (virtual)
AUGUST
- We Need Diverse Books mentorships - (WNDB) diverse author/illustrators, FREE
SEPTEMBER
- Ezra Jack Keats award - (SCBWI) unpublished BIPOC, FREE
OCTOBER
- Narrative Art award - (SCBWI) illustrators, FREE
- Society of Illustrators Showcase Opportunities - (Society of Illustrators) illustrators, FREE
- Out from the Margins award - (SCBWI) unagented published illustrators, FREE
- #Artober challenge - (SCBWI) illustrators, FREE
- #Inktober challenge - (Instagram) illustrators, FREE
NOVEMBER
- SPARK award - (SCBWI) published illustrators, FREE