Wisconsin 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.
June 26, 2025 SCBWI WI KIDLIT Book Buzz and BEYOND
Jun 26, 2025
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join Publications Promotions Chair, Kathy Groth, At 7 PM Central to welcome Wisconsin creative Lorisa Wiedenheft, Mary DeMerle Schaums, Ann Dallman and their newly released books for kids. Kerry Hansen will present the BEYOND topic: Tension Toolbox: How to Build Suspense in a Scene (for novels of any age category or genre) Copy and paste this Zoom registration link into your browser. https://scbwi.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwodumsrDIuGdD9aJ8OTm_MJbDw4jvP8LOv
July 17, 2025 Wisconsin SCBWI KIDLIT Book Buzz and BEYOND
Jul 17, 2025
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join Publications Promotions Chair, Kathy Groth, to welcome Wisconsin creatives Becky Scharnhorst and Johan Rundberg and their newly released book for kids. Copy and paste this Zoom link into your browser to register: https://scbwi.zoom.us/meeting/register/chhTice_T-S97h7llanGfg
SCBWI WIs July 24, 2025 FACT and FICTION Crafting Compelling Informational Fiction Picture Books
Jul 24, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join best-selling picture book author, Stef Wade, for a 75-minute interactive, informational fiction picture book workshop! Learn how to seamlessly blend facts into fiction with the art of sneaky learning. Bring your favorite educational topics and your best puns! Registered attendees will be entered into a random drawing for a PB critique from Stef Wade. The prize announcement will be made at the end of the Zoom session. The person must be in attendance for the entire Zoom event and present when the prize winner is announced.
August 19 2025 SCBWI WI online workshop The Power of Purpose
Aug 19, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join us for a powerful workshop on August 19, 2025 presented by Rochelle Melander. The Power of Purpose! When Ida Wells, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Charles Darwin wrote—their work was fueled by a deep sense of purpose that helped them to develop focus, overcome obstacles, and succeed. Learn how purpose helped these writers focus, overcome obstacles, and change the world. Participate in exercises to help you discover and articulate your purpose.
August 21, 2025 SCBWI WI KIDLIT Book Buzz and BEYOND
Aug 21, 2025
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join Publications Promotions Chair, Kathy Groth for the August Book Buzz and BEYOND! Creatives Christine Virnig (PHANTOM ACADEMY), Anna Aronson (Mystery Driver: The Story of Alice Johnson and the First Soap Box Derby), and Laurie Sharp (THE DAY SWEETIE PIE DIED) will share their exciting book releases. SCBWI Wisconsin Illustrator Coordinator, Anna Aronson will lead the BEYOND. Please cut and paste this Zoom link into your browser to register. https://scbwi.zoom.us/meeting/register/chhTice_T-S97h7llanGfg
September 18, 2025 SCBWI WI KIDLIT Book Buzz and BEYOND
Sep 18, 2025
Online event
Unlimited seats
Join Publications Promotions Chair, Kathy Groth for the September 18, 2025 Book Buzz and BEYOND! Pat Zietlow Miller will share her exciting 22nd picture book release ONE CAN BE. Then go BEYOND with New York Times author, Pat Zietlow Miller to hear more. Please cut and paste this Zoom link into your browser to register. https://scbwi.zoom.us/meeting/register/chhTice_T-S97h7llanGfg
SCBWI Wis Sept. 27, 2025 The Artistry of Craft In-Person conference
Sep 27, 2025
1 event
Available seats 40
It’s time to gather, learn, network, laugh, and add artistry of craft enhancements. Come for the thought-provoking message in Jacqui Davison’s UNLESS… keynote. We know layers add to the quality of our art. So, come on in for added inspiration and motivation and encouragement in Susan Johnston Taylor's keynote, "Crafting A Creative Life." Take time to shop for books, admire artwork, and get faculty members’ books signed. Chat with old friends and make new connections. Enjoy a bite to eat, and compare stories. Take copious notes during insightful workshops led by talented SCBWI creatives. In person at THE ARTISTRY OF CRAFT on September 27, 2025. Picture book writers, add to your craft with The Art of the Art Notes with PB author, Katie Venit. Writers of all kinds, take your manuscript to the next level with writer Shannon Schuren. Novelists, add to your emotional arcs with Ann Angel. Laugh right out loud and get wild with creativity with Silvia Acevedo. Now, that's a day of artistry. A small - but mighty artful- conference. Susan Johnston Taylor will wrap up the day. We are going to gather in Wisconsin Dells, but there’s a place you may know called Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle, WA. Pike Place happily operates via its "Fish Philosophy". That is to say that they act intentionally via the notions of: Play, Make Their Day, Choose Your Attitude, and Be There. We KIDLIT writers and illustrators craft our art in much the same way. We know that making a difference in the lives of kids flows through our high quality books and art. We are all about being there for others. We play with words and images. We choose to create and be there for kids. We inspire. We motivate. We encourage. We create.