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Treasure Chest: November 2025

29 Wednesday Oct 2025

Posted by Eori Tokunaga in Contests & Grants, Industry Conferences, PAL, Treasure Chest, Tri-Regional News, Writers Retreat, Writers' Retreat

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Registration for the annual SCBWI 2026 Winter Conference in New York City is officially open! This weekend-long event runs from Friday, January 16, 2026, to Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square. Join us for a weekend full of industry panels, consultations, breakout sessions, and publishing house tours! Sign up now to get early bird discounts! The cost to attend does not include accommodations. For more information on booking your room, click the link here.

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Treasure Chest: October 2025

01 Wednesday Oct 2025

Posted by Eori Tokunaga in Contests & Grants, Illustrators Day, PAL, Treasure Chest, Tri-Regional News, Writers Days, Writers Retreat, Writers' Retreat

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author-illustrator, authors, awards, Charlotte and Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals, Comic Arts LA, Enchanted Realms Book Festival, Fall Harvest, grants, Highlights Foundation, ILF Encouragement Fund, illustrators, middle grade, PAL, published, Rare Books LA, SCBWI Amber Brown Grant, SCBWI community, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, SCBWI Russell Freedman Award, The Author's Guild, volunteer, Walter Awards, We Need Diverse Books, Working Writer's Retreat, workshop, young adult

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Register now for the annual SCBWI Los Angeles Working Writers Retreat 2025! This space-limited event will take place from Friday, October 31, 2025, to Sunday, November 2, 2025, at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino, CA. Throughout the weekend, there will be opportunities to learn from our faculty members: Editor Adam Blackman, Assistant Literary Agent Analía Cabello, Editor Matt Phipps, and Agent Moe Ferrara. Registration closes on October 12, 2025, at noon!

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Treasure Chest: November 2024

06 Wednesday Nov 2024

Posted by Eori Tokunaga in Contests & Grants, Industry Conferences, PAL, Treasure Chest, Tri-Regional News

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authors, Charlotte and Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals, Golden Kite Awards, illustrators, London Writers' Salon, NaNoWriMo, published, SCBWI Annual Winter Conference, SCBWI community, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, self-publishing, Spark Award, Walter Awards

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Registration for the 2025 SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City is now open! “This year’s event features must-attend keynotes from Newbery Medal–winning author Meg Medina, Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Sophie Blackall, and Caldecott Honor–winning author/illustrator Peter Brown.” If you are unable to attend the in-person conference from January 31, 2025–February 2, 2025, the Virtual Winter Conference will take place February 21–22, 2025.

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Treasure Chest: October 2024

02 Wednesday Oct 2024

Posted by Eori Tokunaga in Contests & Grants, Illustrators Day, PAL, Treasure Chest, Tri-Regional News, Writers Days

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authors, Book Festivals, Book Fests, Fall Harvest, Golden Kite Awards, illustrators, International Literacy Association, London Writers' Salon, NaNoWriMo, published, Rare Books LA, SCBWI Artober, SCBWI community, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, Ventura County Celebration of Books, Walter Awards, We Need Diverse Books, Writers & Illustrators Day

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Join the SCBWI Illustration Community in October for 31 days of drawing fun as part of SCBWI Artober 2024! Throughout the month, get inspired with daily prompts to create new art while working in any medium you like. “The goal is to develop a daily practice of creating new art.” Be sure to share your work with the #scbwiArtober2024 hashtag on Instagram and Twitter (X).

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