California: San Francisco North and East Bay

Welcome to SCBWI California: San Francisco North and East Bay!

This region of SCBWI serves Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Contra Costa, Mendocino, and Alameda counties. We are a vibrant community of ideas, events, and creativity to help you improve your craft and knowledge of children’s writing and illustration. Click below to sign up for our regional newsletter!

What's On

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Developing a Writing Process that Works—and What to Do When It Isn’t Working

Join us for a panel of three award-winning authors who write in multiple categories, for a frank and encouraging conversation about writing process, what they’ve learned, and what they try when they run into roadblocks.

Generative Writing Workshop and Critique

Olivia Berriz and Sarah Cronin will lead us in a community-based, in-person writing workshop on early-stage concept generation and revision. We will experiment with expansion and reduction as editing techniques combined with exercises to encourage us to tap into the minds of our young readership.

Creating an Effective Website: Key Elements for Children's Book Authors and Illustrators

Calling all children's book authors and illustrators! Is your website working as hard as you do? Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to revamp your existing online presence, this talk is your roadmap to an effective author website.