Austin SCBWI

Get set for another great year of events, meetings, and all-around super support for your craft. The dates listed below can also be found scrolled on the Upcoming Events feature found on the lower right of the website as well as listed on the Regional News page of the SCBWI International website. So gather up a calendar and a pencil. Write these dates down. You won’t want to miss a single one of these great sessions.

Also, note that the monthly meetings are being held at BookPeople will begin at 10:00 to be followed by the Open Critique Group meetings at 11:00.

• January 14 – Getting Organized with Brian Yansky: (St. Eds: Jones 10:30 to 11:30)
• February 17 & 19 – Something for Everybody Regional Conference (St. Eds)
• March 10 – The Writer’s Journey with Varsha Bajaj: BookPeople – 10:00 to 11:00
• April  17 to 20 – TLA in Houston
• May 12 –Writerly Despair with Salima Alikhan: BookPeople – 10:00 to 11:00
• June 9- Digging Deep with Greg Leitich Smith (St. Eds: Jones Auditorum – 10:30 to 11:30)
• June 30 –Full Day Picture Book Workshop with Chris Barton- You Don’t Have to Choose: Balancing Playful Picture Books with Rigorous Research (St. Eds’ Fleck Hall)
• July 14 – The Perils of Publishing with Madeline Smoot: BookPeople – 10:00 to 11:00
• August 11 – Digital Complexities with Meridith Taylor: BookPeople – 10:00 to 11:00
• September 8 – Love Inspiring Queries, Pitches, and Synopses with Nikki Loftin (St. Eds: Jones 10:30 to 11:30)
• September 23 to 25 – Full Novel Revision Workshop with Cynthia Leitich Smith and Bethany Hegedus
• October  – Texas Book Festival
• November 13 –Pictorial Readability with Shelley Ann Jackson and Jeff Crosby: BookPeople – 10:00 to 11:00
• December 6  – A Holiday Party