Southern Breeze is located in the southern corner of the United States. Our region covers Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. Come to one of our events, and you’ll learn what’s happening in the industry as you connect with editors, agents, writers, and illustrators, on a local and international level, all working toward the same goal:
getting the best new literature published
and into readers’ hands.
LEADERSHIP TEAM:
We are fortunate to be served by active and enthusiastic leaders. They head the organization of events dedicated to cultivating our members’ talents and careers. Those navigating our course are:
VOLUNTEERS:
Regional Team
LOCAL LIAISONS:
Southern Breeze is pleased to have many volunteer liaisons in cities throughout our region. If you’re new to SCBWI or are looking to become more involved, these individuals can help you learn more about what’s happening in your corner of Southern Breeze.
Find A Full Listing of Our Local Liaisons Here.
“I could do that!”
Perhaps you’ve seen a member working during a conference and thought, “I could do that.”
Well, you’re right!
Southern Breeze has become a vibrant SCBWI region thanks to our energetic volunteers. Like all regions, we run on volunteer power – even our leaders are unpaid volunteers. It takes many Southern Breeze volunteers to offer top-notch conferences, contests, and multiple opportunities to boost the careers of our members.
If you’re interested in helping, great! Volunteering your talents, efforts and time, is a wonderful way to “give back” to the organization. Below are just a few possibilities. Remember, volunteers work their way up the ranks from jobs like being a local liaison to the more prestigious positions such as being an Angel for our visiting editors and agents!
Opportunities to volunteer in 2023 include:
- Local Liaisons: Outreach to the general public in your area, and help local members connect with each other.
- Website transition: we anticipate migrating our content to a brand new website in spring 2023 and could use some help
Other online volunteer opportunities include creating web illustrations and graphic for social media, and much more. For information about these opportunities, email Southern-Breeze@scbwi.org.
And if you have a suggestion let the RAs, ARAs, or Illustrator Coordinator know! We can’t offer what you want if you don’t tell us what you want.
REGIONAL CONFERENCES & PROGRAMMING:
March 25, 2023, we’ll have a one-day in-person conference in Atlanta. Plus we have various online events all year long.
Look for information on what’s coming next in the Trade Winds newsletter, delivered to your inbox the first Wednesday of each month. And on our Regional Events Calendar page.
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CONTESTS:
Each year Southern Breeze offers contests for both authors and illustrators. Judge(s) are asked to comment on each entry; winners receive one year’s free membership in SCBWI! Some of the previous years’ Southern Breeze Writing and Illustrating Contest winners have gone on to receive representation and book contracts. Congratulations!
For complete information on both writing and illustrating contests, visit our CONTESTS page.
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SOUTHERN BREEZE WRITER’S & ILLUSTRATOR’S BLOG:
The Southern Breeze Writers’ & Illustrators’ Blog is another place where you can find out what’s going on in our region, read guest posts by members, learn more about our Leadership Team, and get more information on how to make the most of upcoming events.
Visit our BLOG. Feel free to share the blog content outside of our membership — it’s a great way to show the world all the Southern Breeze does. Don’t forget to sign up for email notifications!
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