Image by Laura-Susan Thomas.
Happy Holidays from SCBWI Cen-Cal!
14 Wednesday Dec 2022
Posted in Central Coast, Tri-Regional News
Category Archives: Tri-Regional News
Calling All Illustrators: Be a Mentor in 2023! But First … a Word from This Year’s Mentor
26 Wednesday Oct 2022
Posted in Contests & Grants, Mentorship Contest, Tri-Regional News
by Joseph Taylor
Editor’s Note: Mentorship proposals are now open to PAL Illustrator members of the Los Angeles Region for the 2023 Mentorship program! Read on to find out more about this rewarding experience and how you can help champion the next mentee!
A few months after starting a new job as editor of Muse magazine, I got the chance to focus on book writing with 2022 SCBWI-L.A. mentee Sarah Gottlieb. I was grateful to SCBWI-L.A. for offering a mentorship focusing on nonfiction for the first time and delighted to get the chance to work with Sarah.
Continue readingSCBWI CenCal Save the Dates: Fall and Winter Events 2022
12 Wednesday Oct 2022
Posted in Central Coast, Critique Day, Tri-Regional News
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authors, CenCal, Critique Day, publishing, SCBWI community, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, small press, webinar
by Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison
Join us for a couple of fun programs this coming November and December. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to write for a small press, be with us in November for our Small Press Webinar. Also, we will be holding a Critique-a Thon, online, in December. Please see the details below for both events.
Continue readingSCBWI CenCal Writers’ Contest Winners 2022!
12 Friday Aug 2022
Posted in Central Coast, Tri-Regional News, Writers Days
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Anita Perez Ferguson, CenCal Writer's Day, contest winners, Eloise Freeman, Judith Torres, middle grade, nonfiction picture book, picture book, Rachel Waterstone, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, young adult
By Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison
The SCBWI Central-Coastal Region held its Writers’ Day webinar, Perfect Your Pitch, on Sunday, July 10. Lynn Becker, author of Monsters in the Briny, and Lisa Kerr, author of Wake, Sleepy One: California Poppies and the Super Bloom, were our Spotlight Speakers, sharing their paths to publication. Agent Joyce Sweeney from The Seymour Agency offered advice on composing pitches and gave live feedback on a handful of pre-selected pitches.
A highlight of the event was the announcement of the winners of the writing contest.
Continue readingLisa D. Kerr, Picture Book Author and Spotlight Speaker
03 Wednesday Aug 2022
Posted in Author's Perspective, Central Coast
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Lisa D. Kerr, nonfiction, nonfiction picture book, picture book, picture book author, Wake Sleepy One
by Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison
Lisa D. Kerr is the debut author of Wake, Sleepy One: California Poppies and the Super Bloom, illustrated by Lisa Powell Braun (West Margin Press, April 2022), a nonfiction picture book about the California poppy super bloom. The story includes details such as the life cycle and plant parts of poppies, the desert habitat and its food web, as well as some early California history.
Lisa was a Spotlight Speaker at SCBWI CenCal’s How to Pitch to an Agent event on July 10. She took a moment to answer some questions for Kite Tales.
Continue readingAn Interview with Lynn Becker, Picture Book Author
02 Wednesday Feb 2022
Posted in Author's Perspective, Central Coast
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author, CenCal Writer's Day contest, June Moon, Lynn Becker, Monsters in the Briny, picture book, picture books
By Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison
Lynn Becker is the author of Monsters in the Briny, illustrated by Scott Brundage (Sleeping Bear Press, April 2022). What do you do with a grumpy kraken, a sickly sea serpent, and a tearful gigantic tortoise? You sing them a tune! The verse in this debut picture book follows the sea shanty rhyme of “What Do You Do With . . . ,” as the ship’s crew face each creature’s demand for comfort or attention.
Lynn Becker, former resident and volunteer member of the SCBWI Central-California Region, now lives and writes in Colorado. She took a moment to answer some questions for Kite Tales.
ANN ROUSSEAU SMITH: Congratulations on your debut picture book Monsters in the Briny, illustrated by Scott Brundage (Sleeping Bear Press, April 2022). What was the inspiration for writing about sea creatures?
Continue readingHappy Holidays from Your SCBWI Regional Team
22 Wednesday Dec 2021
Posted in Los Angeles
Did you know that studies have shown that expressing gratitude induces feelings of pleasure and contentment, which in turn can impact your overall health? We are all about expressing gratitude—for our amazing volunteers, for our wonderful members, and for being part of an industry that cares so deeply.
Continue readingHappy Holidays from SCBWI Cen-Cal!
17 Friday Dec 2021
Posted in Central Coast
Image by Laura-Susan Thomas, SCBWI CenCal Regional Illustrator Coordinator.
SCBWI CenCal Writers’ Day 2021: The Winners Are…!
24 Wednesday Nov 2021
Posted in Central Coast, Tri-Regional News, Writers Days
By Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison
This year’s SCBWI CenCal Writers’ Day Creating with Hope! was a hybrid event. Saturday, October 30, was an in-person event with several author speakers. Day two, Sunday, November 7, was a webinar featuring Megan Ilnitzki, editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, and an illustrator’s gallery. Our fabulous writing contest winners were announced at Sunday’s event.
Congratulations to all our contest participants, including our winners!
Continue readingSCBWI CenCal’s Bounce Back Writers’ Retreat
13 Wednesday Oct 2021
Posted in Central Coast, Tri-Regional News, Writers' Retreat
By Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison
Need a boost to your creative juices? Join us for a weekend of writing and revising beside the sea on January 21 to January 23, 2022.
Our get-away-to-write retreat will be held at the Cavalier Oceanfront Resort in San Simeon, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Kite Tales 