Category Archives: Community Corner

10 Inspiring Kite Tales Quotes from 2023

27 Wednesday Dec 2023

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The high-flying little girl in Laura Hunt’s illustration “Kite Night,” winner of this year’s SCBWI-L.A. Twitter Banner Contest, answered the question of whether it’s ever too late to follow your dreams.

Editing Kite Tales has its perks. One is being among the first to see, hear, and be able to use the many uplifting ideas expressed by the blog’s kidlit guests during the year. Another is being one of the first to look back at year’s end and take inspiration anew. Here are some of my favorite 2023 moments gathered up in KT’s traditional list of 10 inspiring quotes. (Plus some extra inspo via the images.) Scroll through. Click through. Catch a thermal current and be uplifted. Thank you to everyone who brought words, pictures, and stories to the blog this year. Thank you to our readers! May you continue to soar in 2024.

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Holiday Message from the SCBWI-L.A. Regional Team

20 Wednesday Dec 2023

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As 2023 draws to a close, we look back and celebrate our connections with friends and industry professionals, enjoying warm memories of events past. We look forward to future joys found in the myriad ways we and our colleagues bring stories to young people everywhere. And we anticipate the fun of offering programming in the coming year that will inspire, energize, and illuminate your creative path.

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Happy Holidays from SCBWI SoCal!

13 Wednesday Dec 2023

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For more fantastic content, community, events, and other professional development opportunities, become a member today! Not sure if there is a chapter in your area? Check here.

Happy Holidays from SCBWI CenCal!

06 Wednesday Dec 2023

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Image by Maddie Sandell

For more fantastic content, community, events, and other professional development opportunities, become a member today! Not sure if there is a chapter in your area? Check here.

SCBWI CenCal Recharge Beach Writing Retreat

11 Wednesday Oct 2023

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by Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison

Recharge your writing at CenCal’s beach retreat in San Simeon.

Recharge your writing life beside the sea. Join us January 19–21, 2024. The CenCal get-away-to-write retreat will be held at the Cavalier Oceanfront Resort in San Simeon, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Enjoy writing time, beach walks, ten-minute TED-style talks, campfire chats, and optional critique group sessions.

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SoCal Represents at OC Children’s Book Festival 

04 Wednesday Oct 2023

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by Beverly Plass, RA SoCal SCBWI

Heather Buchta (left), Bronwen Butter Newcott, Susie Yi and Susi Schaefer sell their books at the OC Children’s Book Festival.

Thousands of book-loving families flocked to the OC Children’s Book Festival at Orange Coast College on October 1. The event featured hundreds of booths as well as several on-stage presentations. SoCal SCBWI hosted a booth with its published authors, illustrators, and author-illustrators.

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SCBWI SoCal Fall Harvest Writers and Illustrators Day

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

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by Beverly Plass, RA SoCal SCBWI

An amazing faculty will present to in-person and Zoom attendees of the SCBWI SoCal Fall Harvest conference, Saturday, October 7.

Join SCBWI SoCal at Cal State University Fullerton or on Zoom on October 7, to learn about craft and book publishing, connect with professionals in the industry, and mingle with other SCBWI attendees.

SoCal’s FALL HARVEST WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS DAY will take place Saturday, October 7, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. You can attend in-person at California State University, Fullerton OR participate via Zoom. Lunch is provided for in-person attendees.

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SCBWI CenCal Writer’s Day 2023

05 Wednesday Jul 2023

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by Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison

The Camarillo Public Library will host CenCal’s 2023 Writer’s Day on September 9.

Join SCBWI CenCal for Writer’s Day 2023!

WRITER’S DAY: SPARK THE FIRE WITHIN is a two-day event this year. The first day is in-person at a new location, the Camarillo Library, on Saturday, September 9. Doors open at 8:45 am, coffee and pastries for early arrivers. Event begins at 9:30 am and ends at 3:30 pm. Lunch will be provided.

Day One includes writing contests, written critiques, first lines feedback, 4-corners critique meet-up, door prizes, book sales, and a tour of the Camarillo Library Children’s Room, aka the Pirate Ship.

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Interview with Laura Hunt, Winner of 2023 Twitter Banner Contest

28 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by in Community Corner, Contests & Grants, Illustrator's Gallery, Twitter Banner Contest

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Author-Illustrator Laura Hunt

In SCBWI-L.A.’s latest Twitter Banner Contest, illustrators were asked to submit their most creative response to our prompt: KITE NIGHT. The winning contestant’s artwork is featured on the Los Angeles Region SCBWI Twitter profile until the next contest, with a feature article published here on Kite Tales.

We’re excited to announce Laura Hunt as our winner! Laura is an author-illustrator who grew up in Connecticut and now resides in Los Angeles with her college sweetheart, young son, and old Yorkie. Her dummy received an honorable mention from PB Party 2023. Her comedy writing background includes writing sketches on a house team for the Upright Citizens Brigade, and her work has been featured on Funny or Die and HuffPost.

Read on to learn more about Laura, her tools and tips, and what inspires her work.

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Write for Kite Tales!

14 Wednesday Jun 2023

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Be heard.

Whether you’re a PAL member, independently published, or pre-published, Kite Tales wants your stories about your experiences in kid lit. Writers, illustrators, translators, editors, publishers, agents, teachers, librarians, and more welcome!

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