The San Diego Regional Team is working to create another amazing lineup of authors, illustrators, agents, and editors. The 2024-2025 Season will consist entirely of online meetings and events via Zoom. Recordings will be available to all registered attendees and Season Ticket holders for thirty days after each event.
All meetings will be recorded, and all registered attendees (Season Ticket or Individual Purchase) will receive the link to the recording.
This coming season our meetings will vary from the 1st to the 3rd Saturday of the month--please take note each month. Those who register and pay online will receive the Zoom invite by email no later than the Friday evening before the meeting. Registration for each event closes the Friday evening prior to that meeting so we are assured of getting the Zoom invite to attendees on time. 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@scbwi.org, sandiego-ara2@scbwi.org, or sandiego-ara@scbwi.org.
To get all of the SCBWI discounted rates you are entitled to you must be logged into the SCBWI.org website with your email and password before registering and paying.
Sept 14, 2024: New Agents and Editors to Watch Who Are Open to Submissions with Deborah Halverson, Award-winning Author and Freelance Editor. For more info and to register, click HERE
Oct 19, 2024: Crafting Believable Characters for Children's Books with Zoie Konneker, Assistant Editor, Peachtree Publishing Company. For more info and to register, click HERE
Nov 9, 2024: Strategies for "Selling" Your Work to an Agent with Mary Cummings, Founder of Great River Literary. For more info and to register, click HERE
Dec 14, 2024: Lessons Learned with new children's lit authors and illustrators. For more info and to register, click HERE
Jan 11, 2025: Editor/Agent/Author: Professional Perspectives to Propel Your Career with Abigail Samoun, Co-Founder Red Fox Literary. For more info and to register, click HERE
Mar 1, 2025: Decoding Authentic Voices with Saba Sulaiman, Senior Agent, Talcott Notch Literary. For more info and to register, click HERE
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. For more info and to register, click HERE
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. For more info and to register, click HERE
Times and Dates Subject to change.
2:00-2:20 p.m. Announcements and Member News
2:20-3:30 p.m. Craft Talk by Guest Speaker
3:30-4:00 p.m. Questions
Individual Chapter meeting cost: $10 for SCBWI members, $25 for nonmembers.
Season Ticket: September through April Meetings $60 for SCBWI Members, and $115 for Non-Members.
Season Tickets provide admission to all chapter meetings; discounted pricing for intensives, conferences and workshops; and access to chapter meeting recordings. For more info and to register, click HERE
If you are an SCBWI member facing financial hardship, please contact us at sandiego@scbwi.org. We will be offering a free meeting, one time per person.
This on-line class takes you from idea to a polished manuscript and covers plotting, dialogue and characters, as well as finding an agent or publisher. Also included are critiques of students' work.
Cost is $60 for members, $90 for nonmembers.
Registration is open, first class in October. For more info and to register click HERE.
Dates and times will be held Oct. 26, Nov. 6, Dec. 21, Jan. 18, New Date TBA, March 15, April 12.
Recordings are available for 30 days after the class.
November 16, 2024 9:00 AM (PT) - 12:00 PM (PT)
Editing Tips Every Author Should Know (With First Pages from the Audience)
For more info and to register, click HERE
FOR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS ONLY Virtual Intensive $35 for SCBWI Members and $45 for Non-Members
FOR NON-SEASON TICKET HOLDERS Virtual Intensive $40 for SCBWI Members and $50 for Non-Members
New Date TBA, 2025 9:00 AM (PT) - 12:00 PM (PT)
Building a Lovable and Believable Character Readers will Fall in Love With
For more info and to register, click HERE
FOR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS ONLY Virtual Intensive $35 for SCBWI Members and $45 for Non-Members
FOR NON-SEASON TICKET HOLDERS Virtual Intensive $40 for SCBWI Members and $50 for Non-Members
This is a San Diego SCBWI Member Only Event.
The mentorship provides illustrators or author/illustrators the opportunity to work directly with Katie Fitch. The mentorship is appropriate for those interested in illustrating picture books, book covers, or art for chapter and middle-grade books. Participants submit a dummy, portfolio, or book cover for a first-round review. Katie will return a Gold Form with comments, offer one-on-one fifteen-minute Zoom critiques, and give an hour-long talk after the first round (anonymously) about common things that were well done or needed improvement in the work.
$170 for members with a SD Season Ticket and $190 for members without a Season Ticket. For more info and to register click HERE
This is a San Diego SCBWI Member Only Event.
The Author Mentorship is open to Unpublished SCBWI Members to work directly with Nick Thomas, Executive Editor with Levine Querido.
$170 for members with a SD Season Ticket and $190 for members without a Season Ticket. For more info and to register click HERE
May 17, 2025
Schedule and Faculty TBA
Chapter Meetings, MayFest, and Intensives--refunds will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Any refund will be minus Stripe fees and any other expenses. No refunds one month before the event, because all events are being recorded and available for viewing for 30 days after the event.
Critiques and Mentorships--no refunds because the payment is already promised to the faculty.
NO REFUNDS will be offered for Season Tickets, because the meeting recordings are available to attendees for thirty days.