Sunday, February 8, 2015

Student Writer Scholarships

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One key component of SCBWI is bringing along new talent, so the organization awards student scholarship. The undergraduate winner is Desti...

Congratulations to the #NY15SCBWI 2015 Tomie dePaola Runners Up and Winner!

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Huge congratulations to the 2015 Tomie dePaola Award Winners! Well deserved. Award Winner Lisa Mundorff 1st Place Runner Up ...
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Sunday starts with an appreciative shout-out to SCBWI's Staff

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Lin introduces the people behind the magic of SCBWI year-round, from right to left: Sara Rutenberg, Gee Cee Addison Bahador, Kayla Heinen, K...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

The LGBTQ Q&A

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With conference faculty guest agent Tina Wexler , agent Jennifer Laughran , Art Director and Author Laurent Linn , Best-Selling and Award-Wi...

Gala Dinner

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Portfolio Showcase observations

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It's been years since I displayed my artwork in a porfolio night kind of event. Back in the day we displayed our artwork in huge 24...
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Kami Garcia: The Truth About Writing

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Kami Garcia is the New York Times best-selling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures & Dangerous Creatures novels and the author of the inst...

Thrillers and Mysteries with Ben Rosenthal

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Ben Rosenthal, senior editor at Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins is standing right behind you!! With a knife!!! Oh, no, he's her...

How Do You Take Notes at Conferences?

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This is what Brooklyn-based illustrator Scott Brundage does.

Hervé Tullet: Beyond Language: Creating Picture Books That are Read and Played

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Author-illustrator Hervé Tullet, author/illustrator of PRESS HERE and MIX IT UP! discusses his path to publication from young artist who bel...

Emily Clement: Seven Essentials You Need to Know about Writing Literary Fiction

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Emily Clement is an associate editor at Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic. She has worked on books by Shaun Tan, Jaclyn Mo...

Creating Picture Book Art with Denise Cronin

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Excellent, excellent breakout from Denise Cronin, art director and VP of Viking at Penguin. Denise managed to give hints and tips for illu...

Kwame Alexander: Writing Diverse Characters and Books

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It was announced this week that  Kwame Alexander won the 2015 Newbery Award for his middle grade novel, The Crossover! Kwame is a poet an...
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Stacy Whitman on Writing for a Diverse Audience

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Stacy Whitman is a founder and publisher of Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books. They publish middle grade and YA novels that ...
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Developing Your Illustration Brand and Career Path

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Heather Alexander, Agent, Pippin Properties is insightful, helpful, funny. She spoke about developing a style(s) and touched a bit on soc...

Jessica Garrison: Rules for Picture Book-making and Why We Should Sometimes Break Them

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Jessica Garrison is a senior editor at Dial. As she puts it, "thoroughly informed by my perspective as an editor at Dial, a trade ...
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Picture books today and into the future

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As this morning's Children’s Books Editors’ Panel wound down, publishers predicted the future of picture books. Publisher Justin Chanda...

Attendee Highlight: Prescott Hill

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Illustrator of 19 books and Illustrator Coordinator for New England SCBWI. When asked: What is has been the most valuable experience so fa...
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Liz Tingue: Writing Young Adult Fiction

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Liz Tingue is an associate editor at Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Seven Things You Need to Know About Writing YA 1....