NOTE: Events shown on the calendar above are limited to events that require registration

Upcoming Events

(may not be shown on calendar above)

Novel CoronaVirus Measures: Until further notice, no “in-person” SCBWI regional events will be scheduled.

Online Critique meetings: Show-mo may be over for this year, but we had so much fun that we’re going to keep online critiquing going. Zoom Critique meetings open to all market categories. Links to meetings (you must be signed in on SCBWI.org to access this page)

Monday, 7/20/20 at 7:30 pm EST

Friday, 7/24/20 at 7:30 pm EST

Monday, 8/24/20 at 7:30 pm EST

Friday, 8/28/20 at 7:30 pm EST

Monday,  9/21/20 at 7:30 pm EST

Friday, 9/25/20 at 7:30 pm EST

July 25, 6-8pm: Online Gallery Show: Since the Decatur Arts Festival was cancelled this year, Southern Breeze’s annual gallery show in partnership with the Georgia Center for the Book is going online! Join us Saturday evening July 25 via Zoom as the participating illustrators tour us through their work. The art will remain on display online for a period of time after the opening event, as it usually would at the Decatur Library. Many thanks to Illustrator Coordinator TeMika Grooms and Joe Davitch and Ally Wright from the Georgia Center for the Book for their hard work putting this together. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88021101045?pwd=ODZmZVNWdDRscnV1dnAzd0xDajRhUT09

SCBWI’s Second Digital Workshop Series continues: These digital workshops are free for all SCBWI members. Workshops are on Thursdays from 1-2 pm Pacific time (3-4 pm Central and 4-5 pm Eastern). Registration to attend live opens each Monday at 10am Pacific. If you don’t make it into the live audience, don’t despair! Recordings of each workshop are available to SCBWI members for 1 month after its live date in the archives. Find details here:  https://www.scbwi.org/digital-workshops-slate-2/

June 11: “Character Building for Writers and Illustrators” with author- illustrator Vashti Harrison

June 18: “Writing Our Lives: From the Telling Detail to the Evocative Scene” with author Beth Kephart

June 25: “Telling Their Stories: Writing Nonfiction Picture Book Biographies from Beginning to End” with author Lesa Cline-Ransome

July 2: “Submissions Studio: Writing Queries, Strategizing Submissions, and 10 Ways to Translate ‘No’ to ‘Yes’” with editor Deborah Halverson

July 9: “Straight Through the Heart: How to Make Readers Fall in Love with your Characters” with editor Tiff Liao

Registration is still open for the SCBWI Online Summer Spectacular: July 31-August 4

Invite some of the brightest stars in children’s literature into your living room (kind of). Find the full program and registration information here: https://www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi-summer-spectacular-2020/   

Regional Conferences, Workshops and Retreats

• Writers’ and Illustrators’ Retreats
  

Want to help organize a retreat in your area? Southern Breeze is an all volunteer organization. We depend on the support of our member volunteers to set up and schedule local events in our region. If you want to have a writers or illustrators’ retreat, contact your Local Liaison and work with them to set up an event that you would want to attend. No Local Liaison in your area? Volunteer! Contact our Membership Coordinator will provide you with information about the volunteer job.

• Regional Workshops & Proposal Forms 

Want to share your knowledge in our Conferences, Workshops, and Local Events? complete the form to propose a presentation!

• Tip of the month:  

   It’s grants and awards season! SCBWI offers several opportunities for members to have promising work recognized with financial assistance and industry attention. The full list is here: https://www.scbwi.org/awards-and-grants-new/ . Three that take submissions during March each year are the Karen Cushman Late Bloomer Award for unpublished writers over the age of 50, the A. Orr Fantasy Grant for middle grade and young adult writers of all types of speculative fiction, and the  Work-In-Progress grant for, well, works in progress (although you do have to have a full draft to apply). Check out the details on these and more at the link above, and see if your work fits one of these opportunities.

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Are you a children’s librarian, author or illustrator?

Do you have a children’s book signing or other children’s writing or illustrating event coming up?

Let us know about YOUR local event so we can add it to our Breezers in Your Neighborhood schedule and regional calendar!

For more SCBWI events around the world, visit https://www.scbwi.org/events-home/

Recurring Local Events

• Manuscript Exchange  –  Juliette Hampton Morgan Library, 245 High Street, Montgomery, AL – A monthly meeting to be held on the second Sunday of each month.
• Open Critique groups  –  Birmingham: Night Writers and  Lunch Bunch, contact the Local Liaison for Birmingham to be notified of dates for meetings.
  
• Let us know about YOUR local event!

Need a gift for that writer or illustrator in your life? Treat them to an upcoming SCBWI Southern Breeze conference!

Contact Southern-Breeze@scbwi.org for a gift code just for you!

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