Index : Links to all 2023 SCBWI Summer Conference blog posts

Thank you all for joining us (Team Blog) for the SCBWI Summer Virtual Conference 2023! You can find links to all our posts leading up to and through the conference below. Keep creating!

- Jolie Stekly, Jaime Temairik, Justin Campbell, and Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Leading up to the conference:

Meet TEAM BLOG: Looking forward to #scbwiSummer23

Interview: Druscilla Santiago, SCBWI Summer Conference materials illustrator

The Joy Of Beginnings: Navigating The Conference as A New Bookmaker 

SCBWI Portfolio Showcase: participants, judges, interview with TeMika Grooms

Orientation For First-Time Attendees with Jolie Stekly

FRIDAY:

Conference Welcome with SCBWI Executive Director Sarah Baker

Keynotes: Lisa Yee - Frank Morrison

Editor/Agent Panel:

Alexandra Aceves - Foyinsi Adegbonmire - Sara Sargent - Deeba Zargarpur - Elise Howard

Art Directors Panel & Illustrators' Advisory Committee Q&A:

Art Directors Panel:

Karina Granda - Miranda Paul (Agent, Author) - Lauren Rille - Zejun Yao

Q&A with SCBWI Illustrators' Advisory Committee

Breakout Sessions:

(Note: This is only a small selection of all the breakout sessions that were available. Registered attendees have access to all 50 sessions for up to a month after the end of the conference!)

Plot Your Novel In One Hour with Naz Kutub

Picture Them! Illustrating Picture Book Biographies with Selina Alko

The Zoom Where It Happens: How A Picture Book Is Made with Sylvie Frank and Ryan T. Higgins

Profit Strategies for Authors with Sara Megibow

Keys To Picture Book Magic with Joy Chu

Make Your Story Take Flight With Torrey Maldonado

Writing From Real Life with e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow-Miller

Making A Living as an Illustrator: Balancing Career, Values, Income, & Play with Susie Ghahremani

SATURDAY:

Keynotes:

Doug Salati - Angeline Boulley

Debut Authors Panel: What To Know About The Path To Publication

Hanh Bui and Levi De La Rosa - Frederico Erebia -  K.X. Song - Lala Watkins 

Breakout Sessions:

(Note: This is only a small selection of all the breakout sessions that were available. Registered attendees have access to all 50 sessions for up to a month after the end of the conference!)

Time To Play: Revision As A Practice Of Creative Openness with Melissa Manlove

What To Expect When You're Self-Publishing with Katie Carroll

Storytelling by Design with Lee White

Tips To Turn Up Book Promotions That Reach Teachers and Librarians with Alice Faye Duncan

Revise Like An Editor With Krista Marino

Seeking Representation: Next Level Querying With Sera Rivers

The Art of the Pause: Illustrating Graphic Novels with Rivkah LaFille

Special:

Sarah Baker's Welcome To Day 2

Illustrated Notes: Part 1 (Stan Yan) - Part 2 (Steve Asbell and Yuko Torii)

Awards and Wrap Up

Live Pitch-off!

Thanks For Joining Us At The SCBWI 2023 Summer Conference

If you want to view these sessions to hear the full content, along with the rest of the conference, register at https://www.scbwi.org/events/summer-conference-2023. Replays of the conferences will be available until September 10th, 2023.

Also be sure to check out the Faculty Conference Bookshop and the Portfolio Showcase!