Pennsylvania: West 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.

Kidlit Art Show

Aug 08, 2025

1 event

Unlimited seats

Artist Image Resource, 518 Foreland St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

SCBWI PA: West will be hosting our second annual art show showcasing the amazing kidlit illustrators in our region! Come see the art on Opening Night, August 8 at 6PM EST at Artist Image Resource, 518 Foreland St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Free

SCBWI PA West Presents: Canva Basics for Authors and Illustrators (With Susan Johnston Taylor)

Aug 18, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Canva is a powerful tool that anyone can use to create book trailers, Instagram reels, slide presentations, social media headers, and other graphics. With the free desktop version of Canva, this webinar will cover the basics of setting up a project, adding images, text, and animation, changing colors, fonts, and other effects, downloading or sharing your project, and more. Monday, Aug 18 at 7 PM EST / Zoom 45 Minute Presentation / 15 Minute Q&A $15 for Members / $20 for Non-Members Susan Johnston Taylor is the author of the Crystal Kite-awarding STEM poetry book Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth’s Colorful Creatures. She's written over a dozen books for the educational market, and her writing also appears in magazines and poetry anthologies for kids and adults.

Standard price:$ 20
Price with membership:$ 15

SCBWI PA West Presents: Drab to Delightful: Creating Engaging Picture Book Characters with Mirka Hokkanen

Sep 08, 2025

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

Are you feeling stuck with designing characters for picture books? Have you gotten feedback that your characters are stiff or not drawn consistently? This webinar is designed to help you take your character designs from bland and stiff to charming and energetic. You’ll learn how to use the personality of your character to guide its design, how to use shapes to convey personality, how to make an appealing character, how to draw expressions and poses, and Mirka’s top tips for drawing characters consistently. This class is perfect for beginner and intermediate illustrators wanting to illustrate picture books for kids. Mirka uses examples from her own work and from other picture books to illustrate each lesson. September 8 / 7PM EST / 45 minute presentation / 15 min Q&A / $15 for members / $20 for non-members

Standard price:$ 20
Price with membership:$ 15

SCBWI PA West Presents: Mix & Mingle - Sept 19

Sep 19, 2025

1 event

Unlimited seats

Margaux in East Liberty, 5947 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Sept 19, 7 PM - Attention all members! Come mix and mingle with us at Margaux in East Liberty, 5947 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Cocktails, food, chatter and cheer will be in abundance! All members are welcome. Bring cash for the bar and for food! See you there!

Free