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 Opening

Jul 26, 2024

1 event

Unlimited seats

Ketchup City Creative - 612 Main St, Pittsburgh, PA 15215

SCBWI PA West will be hosting an Art Show Opening of our region's kidlit artists at Ketchup City Creative in Sharpsburg! The show is FREE to the public and will open July 26th at 7 PM (Join us for the opening!) and run through August 5th. Picture book illustrations, spot illustrations, editorial illustrations and more will be on display and for sale. Come meet your local children's literature community! Register to be emailed the form to enter up to 5 pieces in the show. $20 for first piece + $10 for each additional piece.

Free

SCBWI PA West, CLP East Liberty and Kelly Starling Lyons present Marketing Your Book on a Budget

Aug 14, 2024

1 event

Unlimited seats

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh East Liberty - 130 S. Whitfield Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206

In this workshop, brought to you by The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Award winning author Kelly Starling Lyons will discuss budget friendly ways to market your book.

Free

SCBWI PA West, CLP East Liberty and Kelly Starling Lyons present So You Want to Write a Children’s Book

Aug 14, 2024

1 event

Unlimited seats

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh East Liberty - 130 S. Whitfield Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206

In this workshop, brought to you by The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Award winning author Kelly Starling Lyons will lead participants in learning the ins and outs of writing books for children.

Free

Aug 23 Mix 'n Mingle (Published Members Only)

Aug 23, 2024

1 event

Unlimited seats

TBA

Aug 23, 7 PM - Attention all published and listed members! Come mix and mingle with us at Industry Public House in Lawrenceville. Cocktails, chatter and cheer will be in abundance! Bring cash for the bar--this is a free event but the drinks are not! See you there!

Free

Map the World, Map the Scene with Amanda Zimmerman

Aug 28, 2024

1 event

Online event

Unlimited seats

This workshop will cover three scenarios for maps – basic cartography of your fiction's world, city roadmaps and building plans, and lastly mapping out a complicated action sequence. Come prepared with place markers (buttons, lego pieces, seeds, coins, etc), a list of locations both natural and manmade (towns, farms, roads woods, mountains, streams, oceans) in your story, markers or crayons, tracing paper and pencils!

Standard price:$ 20
Price with membership:$ 15