2024 2025 Season Ticket Virtual September-April Meetings 2:00-4:00 PM (PT)

Please Join Us for September - April MEETINGS VIRTUALLY!

2024-2025 Season Ticket ticket: Attend all September-April chapter meetings VIRTUALLY from the comfort of your own home. You will be able to view the event live or watch the recording.

Season Ticket benefits include:

• Those who purchase a Season Ticket between Sep.-Dec. will receive recordings of the meetings they missed.
• Free admission to all Sep.-April chapter meetings
• Discounts for author/illustrator intensives and the MayFest conference
• Discounts for author and illustrator mentorships
• Submission guidelines from editors and agents
• View the meeting recording for 30 days
• A free author/illustrator headshot/photo shoot if you register for a Season Ticket before midnight (PT) on September 14

Chapter Meetings Schedule 2024–25 (Pacific Time):

2-2:20 p.m. Announcements and Member News

2:20-3:45 p.m. Craft Talk by Guest Speaker

3:45-4:00 p.m. Questions

All meetings will be recorded, and all registered attendees will receive the link to the recording.

Virtual Meetings

Sept 14, 2024: New Agents and Editors to Watch Who Are Open to Submissions with Deborah Halverson, Award-winning Author and Freelance Editor

Oct 19, 2024: Crafting Believable Characters for Children's Books with Zoie Konneker, Assistant Editor, Peachtree Publishing Company

Nov 9, 2024: Strategies for "Selling" Your Work to an Agent with Mary Cummings, Founder of Great River Literary

Dec 14, 2024: Lessons Learned with new children's lit authors and illustrators

Jan 11, 2025: Editor/Agent/Author: Professional Perspectives to Propel Your Career with Abigail Samoun, Co-Founder Red Fox Literary

Feb 8, 2025: Decoding Authentic Voices with Saba Sulaiman, Senior Agent, Talcott Notch Literary

March 8, 2025: Perfecting Your Pitch with Eddie Gamarra, Media Rights Consultant and Former VP of Literary Affairs at Paramount Global’s Kids & Family Division

April 5, 2025: First Page, First Impressions (aka How to Catch an Editor's Eye on the First Page) with Foyinsi Adegbonmire, Editor at Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

IMPORTANT Information: This coming season our meetings will vary from the 1st to the 3rd Saturday of the month, please take note each month. Meetings are open to SCBWI members and nonmembers. Those who register and pay on-line will find the Zoom invite on your member home page events. SCBWI members please verify your correct email is on record with SCBWI to facilitate your receiving your invite. Any issues please contact us at sandiego-ara2@scbwi.org or sandiego-ara@scbwi.org.

PRICES

SEASON TICKET VIRTUAL ONLY: September through April Meetings $60.00 for SCBWI Int’l Members, and $115.00 for Non-Members.

INDIVIDUAL VIRTUAL ONLY CHAPTER MEETINGS: $10.00 for SCBWI members, $25.00 for nonmembers. To purchase Individual Meetings, go to https://www.scbwi.org/regions/sandiego/san-diego-meeting-schedule-for-2024-2025.

Season Tickets are available for purchase through December 14th.

Season Tickets provide admission to all chapter meetings, discounted pricing for intensives, conferences and workshops and access to chapter meeting recording whether they were able to attend or not. For a complete listing of the SD SCBWI 2024-2025 Season with Season Ticket Discounts, please visit https://www.scbwi.org/regions/sandiego/2024-2025-san-diego-region-events.

If you are a SCBWI member facing financial hardship, please contact us at sandiego@scbwi.org. We will be offering a free meeting, one time per person.