SCBWI Pennsylvania: West

Bring what yer working on! Bring what you wanna work on but haven’t started! Bring an idea you wanna bring to life! Bring some new tools! Come get caught up in the caffeine and creativity and camaraderie!

Come walk and tell spooky stories with us! Bring your favorite kidlit short stories with spooky themes and we will share them. We'll meet at D's Six Packs & Dogs (1118 S Braddock Ave, Swissvale, PA 15218) at 6:00PM, get some food and drinks and tell some stories, then take a walk around after to see the neighborhood decorations. Bring a flashlight! See you there! Sunday, Oct 18 at 6PM EST.

SCBWI Pennsylvania: West is an enthusiastic group of people who write and illustrate stories for children, ranging from picture books to novels for young adults. We welcome folks from all regions, whether published, pre-published or self-published, providing webinars, in-person events, critique groups, a book club and more. Our region's territory stretches as far east as Potter, Clinton, Centre, Huntingdon and Franklin Counties.

Sketchy Characters is a group of Picture Book writers and artists. We meet in person monthly for writing and sketching and exercises, coffee and casual conversations. Our illustrators work in both digital and traditional mediums. We also talk about upcoming event ideas. This is a supportive community of artists committed to the Kid Lit craft – join us!

The best way to get inspired to write is to read, and to read lots of different kinds of books! SCBWI PA West is launching a book club with a monthly online zoom meeting to discuss our reading. We would love to have you join us!