Awards and Wrap Up

Time for the awards! 🎉 Starting with...

Stephen Mooser Member Of The Year

This year's winner: Cecilia Yung!

Sarah Baker shared congratulatory messages from Stephen Mooser and Lin Oliver. 

BIPOC Scholarships

Antara Dave - MeiLin Chan - Aleesha Nash 

Marisa Catalina - Casey - Meneka Repka

Student Illustrator Scholarships

Sage Long - Kelsey Grass

General Conference Scholarship

Siyan Lim - Jenna Johnson - Kimáya May Barker

Mark Wilson - Janet Kelly

Portfolio Showcase Awards

Congrats to all the Portfolio Showcase winners! You can find out more about this year's Portfolio Showcase in our recent mini-interview with TeMika Grooms, SCBWI's Design and Illustration Manager. Judges Lauren Rille (Art Director, Simon & Schuster) and Karina Granda (Art Director, Little Brown Books For Young Readers) reviewed 104 portfolios submitted from illustrators worldwide.

Unagented Honor Awardee: Breanna Chambers

More info about Brenna at BreannaChambersart.com and Instagram.

Unagented Grand Prize Winner: Amy Kumph

More info about Amy at AmyKumph.com and Instagram.

Agented Honor Awardee: Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

More info about Marjorie at crosby-fairall.com, Facebook, and Instagram.

Agented Grand Prize Winner: Peili Huang

More info about Peili at peiliart.com, Instagram, and Linkedin.

Be sure to browse all the wonderful art in this SCBWI 2023 Portfolio Showcase at https://www.scbwi.org/submissions/scbwi-2023-portfolio-showcase.

And to wrap-up (sort of) as Sarah reminds us that tomorrow there will be Pitch Sessions, as well as an Illustrator's Intensive. And don't miss the Pitch-Off (open to all attendees). 

Did you know that SCBWI has a podcast? Be sure to check it out!

And an ANNOUNCEMENT! The in-person New York City conference will take place February 9-11, 2024 at the Hilton Midtown. Watch for more to come. 

Sarah leaves us with this: "If there's one thing you take away from this conference, please remember that no mater what challenges you face, and what hurtles you might have....please keep going. The world needs your stories."

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Register for the SCBWI Summer Conference at https://www.scbwi.org/events/summer-conference-2023. Replays of the conferences will be available until September 10th, 2023.