Welcome to SCBWI New Mexico!

We are here to support one another on the arduous but joyful journey of creating children's books. Click through this carousel to see what's happening in the region, or scroll down the page to catch up on the latest news and resources.

Our educational programming push in 2025 will be a series of 12 webinars on topics of craft and career from experienced creators in our region and around the country. The full schedule is now available as well as the most affordable option to attend: Season Passes! For members, you can get 12 webinars for $60 ($5 each) or 6 webinars for $36 ($6 each). Don't miss out! Season Pass registration closes on January 14, 2025.

Join us for our free and free-ranging Wednesday discussion groups, 1st Wednesday of the month at 4:00pm Mountain Time and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm Mountain Time, both on Zoom. See our events page for exact dates.

Are you struggling to find dedicated time to write? Looking for like-minded folks and accountability? Our monthly writing group meets the last Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mountain Time at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center in Albuquerque and spends two hours writing. No prompts, required sharing, or critiquing– just writing.

Congratulations to our member, Khadijah VanBrakle, whose 2023 debut, Fatima Tate Takes The Cake, has been nominated for a 2025 NM Land of Enchantment Book Award for Teens.

Congratulations to Linda Wilson, whose latest picture book, Botas Altas, illustrated by 1000 Storybooks, the Spanish version of Tall Boots, has just won Honorable Mention in Animals/Pets for the Royal Dragonfly award!

Vaunda Nelson celebrated the release of Radiant on January 7, 2025 at a book launch at Books on the Bosque in Albuquerque. Radiant is a middle-grade historical novel in verse, set in the early 1960s.

Anne Hanovich's YA manuscript "The Canon of Katrina Quinn" won 2nd place in the 2025 Arizona Literary Awards Unpublished Novel category.

Khadijah VanBrakle is pleased to announce the cover reveal for her YA novel, MY PERFECT FAMILY. It is due out from Holiday House on July 1st, 2025.

Jennifer Bohnhoff is pleased to announce the cover reveal for her middle grade novel set during the Folsom period, 11,000 years ago. In the Shadow of Sunrise debuts on April 8, 2025, from Kinkajou Press, an imprint of Artemesia Publishing.

Daniela Ramirez is pleased to announce the cover reveal for her debut picture book. Welcome Home, Esmerelda debuts on May 13, 2025, releasing in English and Spanish from Charlesbridge.

Alexandra McKenzie at Charlesbridge has bought world rights to Manny Matches the Weather by Jenny Lacika. This board book follows along as Manny learns to consider both temperature and precipitation to dress appropriately (with style!) for all kinds of weather. Publication is planned for summer 2026 as part of the STEAMworks partnership with Count Play Explore.

Andrea Tompa at Candlewick has won, in a six-figure auction, Reasons to Hate Me, a YA debut by Susan Metallo. The contemporary novel follows a witty autistic theatre nerd who attempts to distract slut-shaming high school bullies by publicly posting her own most ridiculous flaws on the Internet, inadvertently shining a light on how the lies other people tell about us can become lies we believe about ourselves. Publication is set for fall 2025.