Regan Johnson
		September 13: A Day With An Editor and Author - SOLD OUT All day workshop to be held in Central Austin 8:30 - 4:00 Workshop Speakers: Jill Santopolo, Senior Editor, HarperCollins Cynthia Leitich Smith, Award-Winning Author EDITOR DAY HAS SOLD OUT Editor Day has completely sold out before the early bird deadline! That has to be some kind of record. If you'd like to be on a waiting list for any cancellations, contact Tim Crow at timcrowscbwira@msn.com Thanks to everyone who registered and made this event an early success. Tim Crow, Regional Advisor Austin SCBWI timcrowscbwira@msn.com October 18: Open Critique Barnes and Noble Westlake 9:30-11 a.m. A totally open critique. Anyone can bring five pages of their work-in-progress for the rest of the group to comment and make suggestions on. Please bring six copies. This critique group will meet at the Westlake Barnes & Noble in the event area before the regular chapter meeting begins. Following the chapter meeting, artists can remain and reconvene in the children's area for a life drawing session.

Welcome to the website for the Austin chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). SCBWI is an international organization offering a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share the passion for children's literature. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators and booksellers.

During the months that we do not have a formal event, we host a monthly meeting at Barnes and Noble Westlake with special guest speakers. See Calendar of Events for details. Meetings are open to the public.

We offer assistance to members in finding a critique group. Please visit the Critique Group section to find out more. Critique groups are a great way to receive quality feedback from your peers on your writing manuscripts and/or illustrations.

We are proud of our members and their successes. Please see the Member Directory section as we would like to show you what our individual members have been up to.

Community outreach includes book signings and readings at local bookstores such as BookPeople, Hastings, and Barnes and Noble, work with the public libraries and schools, a booth at the Texas Book Festival, and we continue to judge writing contests for the adult writing community as well as schools in the Austin area.

Membership is via the international organization -- please visit www.scbwi.org to find out more. Subscription for the local quarterly newsletter is handled via this website -- please visit the How Do I Join? section to find out more.

We are fortunate to have so many creative folks in Austin willing to share their industry experience and knowledge. I want to give a special thanks to our many volunteers that make this local chapter possible: Lyn Seippel (Asst. Regional Advisor), Christy Stallop (Illustrator Coordinator), Erik Kuntz (Webmaster), Meg Shoemaker (Critique Group Coordinator), Betty Davis and Mary Durham (Contest Coordinators), Carmen Oliver (Public Relations Coordinator), Donna Bratton (Special Projects Coordinator), Julie Lake (Coordinator for Published Authors' Visionary Committee) and Meredith Davis, Anne Sparks, Nancy Jean Okunami, Debbie Dunn, and Julie Lake (former Regional Advisors).

Writing and Illustrating for children is a creative process and a rewarding journey; we hope to see you at an Austin event.

All my best,

Tim Crow
Austin SCBWI Regional Advisor