Announcing the Winner of the 2026 SCBWI-L.A. Writers & Illustrators Day Art Contest

25 Wednesday Mar 2026

Posted by Judy Y Faulkner in Writers Days, Los Angeles, Contests & Grants, Tri-Regional News, Illustrators Day

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by Brenda Scott Royce

While the parchment in Eori Tokunaga’s illustration is blank, the scene is bursting with possibility. From the mouse hefting pen to paper to the caterpillar munching an impressionistic pattern to the ants marching in to make their own mark, each critter seems poised to create in its own way. So, it’s no surprise that this illustration was selected as the winning entry in the contest to create the theme art for SCBWI-L.A.’s upcoming Writers & Illustrators Day.

*The winning image represents an experience “bursting with possibility.”*

Read on to learn more about Eori, her process, and what inspired her winning entry…

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Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Sue Alexander Grant!

14 Wednesday Aug 2024

Posted by Judy Y Faulkner in Contests & Grants, SAG, Writers' Retreat

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by Brenda Scott Royce, SCBWI-L.A. Contest Coordinator

*Author Sherry Shahan, recipient of this year’s Sue Alexander Grant*

We’re thrilled to announce this year’s winner of the Sue Alexander Grant, Sherry Shahan, whose middle-grade adventure got our judges’ hearts racing!

“My middle-grade work-in-progress, The Icy Wilds, was inspired by my many treks to Alaska as a photojournalist,” Sherry says. “In particular, visiting a small town where 95 percent of the residents live in a building that also houses a post office, church, general store, etc.”

Here’s what the judges had to say:

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