Saturday, February 20, 2021

State of the Industry Keynote - Jean Feiwel

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Virtual keynotes continue! This time with Jean Feiwel. Lin starts by asking about Jean's career trajectory:  Jean started at Avon Books ...

Keynote Conversation: Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson on Creating The Picture Book

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Buy MILO in the SCBWI Bookshop Matt de la Peña is the New York Times bestselling, Newbery Medal winning author of seven young adult novels...

Lin Oliver's Welcome to #NY21SCBWI

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It's virtual, but it's still a warm welcome to the SCBWI Winter Conference. Lin Oliver, co-founder and Executive Director of SCBWI w...
Friday, February 19, 2021

The 2021 Golden Kite Award and Sid Fleischman Award winners are...

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For best illustrated book for older readers, the nominees were: the honoree is Mike Curato for "Flamer"! As part of his award, Mik...

The Golden Kite Awards are LIVE - and online with 6,000 of us watching!

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Lin Oliver, co-founder and Executive Director of SCBWI, introduces the evening's festivities, telling us that among the 6,000 of us atte...

First Time (and Many-Time!) Attendee Orientation with Jolie Stekly

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The SCBWI Winter Conference has begun!  Author and writing coach Jolie Stekly has been welcoming SCBWI conference first-timers for years no...

New Member of Team Blog: Lakita Wilson

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 Today's the big day! It's the beginning of The Official SCBWI Winter Conference 2021! This is my first time writing for Team Blog, ...
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Thursday, February 18, 2021

Illustrators' Social tonight! Here are some quick tips for Twitter chat newbies

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Until we can get together and socialize in person at SCBWI events again, Twitter chats can be a fun way to socialize with others during the ...

Interview with Jenin Mohammed about her wonderful #NY21SCBWI conference header art and winning the Summer Spec Portfolio Showcase

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Jenin Mohammed  (her first name is pronounced "Jeh-neen, like Janine) is the creator behind the beautiful art you see in the SCBWI Wint...