Western Washington 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.
You Aren’t Funny; You’re Hilarious!
Sep 20, 2025
1 event
Available seats 178
Laugh’s Comedy Club (University District) 5220 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Are you ready to give yourself permission to explore your funny side? In a dual keynote informed by their comic works, which range from PB to chapter books, middle grade, and YA, Martha Brockenbrough and Rachel Michelle Wilson will guide you through the entire creative process, offering strategies and exercises applicable to any story from PB to YA. Not only will we talk about where humor sits historically in culture and also the heart of childhood, we will show you how to brainstorm and select ideas ripe with funny potential, how to write in a comedic voice specific to who you are, and how to land the funny plane. In part two, we'll explore revision tactics like how to make your jokes better, leverage page turns and chapter breaks, and add layers of humor to your story using concepts, situations, and dialogue. You'll leave feeling confident in your own hilarious potential and excited to get to work.
Written Editorial Critique by Senior Editor Kat Brzozowski
Sep 21, 2025
1 event
Unlimited seats
Whether you plan to attend our 2025 Write in the Woods Retreat or not, you can receive a professional, written editorial critique from retreat faculty member and Feiwel & Friends Senior Editor Kat Brzozowski on up to 10 manuscript pages (no more than 2,500 words) or 10 illustration portfolio images. Gain insight into editorial reactions to your work and ideas for improvement in a professional format. Critique participants will upload their properly formatted submission no later than September 21, and will receive a written critiques by email before November 15.
Fireside Chat Webinar with Senior Editor Kat Brzozowski
Oct 06, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
Sit down with Feiwel and Friends Senior Editor Kat Brzozowski to get to know her during this informal webinar. She'll chat with local author Elayne Crain about how they've worked together on Elayne's new book, THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER, what Kat looks for in submissions, and what she's seeing in the children's lit market lately. She'll answer general questions and will talk briefly about what she'll share with participants of our 2025 Write in the Woods Retreat in November. Don't miss it! The webinar will be recorded for participants unable to join live, and the link to the recording will be sent out afterward.
Plot, Page-Turns, and Pith Virtual Workshop with Sylvie Frank, Senior Executive Editor at Flamingo Books (PRH)
Oct 19, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
What does pacing really mean? What does it mean for a picture book to be “snappy”? And how does plot function in picture books, anyway? In this jam-packed session, we’ll take a deep dive into a mentor text, examining character, plot, design, and all the other elements that make up a well-done narrative picture book. Sylvie Frank, Senior Executive Editor at Flamingo Books (Penguin Young Readers / PRH), will take us through our “paces” with well-seasoned insights and examples. As a result, you’ll come away with valuable advice and revision strategies from a top children’s book editor—plus a picture book dummy (or maybe even a stack of them!), ready to use with your manuscripts.
Write in the Woods Western Washington 2025
Nov 07, 2025 - Nov 09, 2025
1 event
Available seats 34
Rainbow Lodge, North Bend, WA
Join SCBWI Western Washington Nov. 7 - 9, 2025, at an all-new location for a full weekend of virtual workshops with Feiwel & Friends Senior Editor Kat Brzozowski and in-person workshops with award-winning local author/illustrator Ellie Peterson. Enjoy hands-on learning, creative time, community, great food, and inspirational nature. Kat will join the group by Zoom for a three-hour workshop on Saturday, with other workshops and group activities throughout the weekend. Opportunities for individual critiques from the editor are available separately. Basic retreat registration includes a shared room ($500 for members, $575 for nonmembers), or optionally add $100 for a single room.