SCBWI-Los Angeles

YA writers - join our webinar with Sam Cameron: What Every YA Writer Should Know About Teen Brains. Saturday, March 21 at 12pm PT. $30 and session will be recorded. Details on the link:
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Double the Fun! SCBWI-L.A. Launches Contests for Writers and Illustrators by Brenda Scott Royce “There’s nothing quite like sitting on the edge of your seat at the SCBWI-L.A. Writer’s Day, holding your breath as the winners of the contest are announced,” says autho…

Writer's and Illustrator's Day contests are open! Read about it on this week's Kite Tales blog. #kidlit #kidlitart
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Treasure Chest: March 2026 Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the end of the post! NEW—OPEN NOW The SCBWI-LA 2026 Writers & Illus…

A Treasure Chest of opportunities on this week's Kite Tales blog. Click the link to read. #writingcommunity #kidlit
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Toot Your Horn! SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at  Kite Tales!  Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome…

Read about our members on the Kite Tales blog this week. #publishing #kidlit
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Join our free Sketch Crawl this Saturday at the Central Library downtown. Email us to RSVP. See you there! #drawing #amillustrating #kidlit

Be an SCBWI Mentor in 2026! But first … a word from our 2025 mentor by Sherry Shahan I’ve been a proud member of SCBWI since the mid-1980s. I was a young, unpublished writer who met other dreamers at a National Convention in Southern California. Forty or so years l…

LA PAL Members, read about becoming a mentor on this week's Kite Tales blog. #mentorship #kidlit
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

Treasure Chest: February 2026 Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the end of the post! OPEN NOW There is still time to register for the S…

Check out the upcoming opportunities and events on the Kite Tales blog.

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Join our free Critique Day! Register on the link:
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10 Inspiring Kite Tales Quotes from 2025 Photo by Tairon Fernandez on Pexels.com January is not just right around the corner—it’s tomorrow! But don’t panic. We still have time to make our resolutions or More/Less lists (see below and link…

Happy New Year! Inspiration on this week's Kite Tales blog. #writinginspiration #amwriting #goals
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Toot Your Horn! SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at  Kite Tales!  Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome…

This week on our Kite Tales blog, publishing news from our members!
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Treasure Chest: December 2025 Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the end of the post! OPEN NOW Register today for the annual SCBWI 2026 …

A Treasure Chest of opportunities on this week's Kite Tales blog.
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Read about our Working Writers Retreat on the Kite Tales blog. #amwriting #community
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Ask an Editor: What to Submit for an Agent Critique “Ask an Editor” is a forum wherein SCBWI members submit questions that are answered quarterly as part of our Kite Tales blog. Hi Christine – I landed a critique from my dream agent at an …

Ask an Editor with @christinevanzandt.bsky.social on this week's Kite Tales blog. #kidlit #amwriting #publishing
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Treasure Chest: November 2025 Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the end of the post! OPEN NOW Registration for the annual SCBWI 2026 Wi…

A Treasure Chest of events, opportunities, and resources on this week's Kite Tales blog!
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Los Angeles Region | California: Los Angeles County The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators provides the resources, professional networking, and community-building opportunities that support writers, illustrators, and translators throug...

Calling all SCBWI LA, CenCal, and SoCal friends! If you have some exciting news to promote, Kite Tales would love to post about it! This is a great way to share your work! Please submit by Wednesday, November 19. @scbwi-losangeles.bsky.social @scbwisocal.bsky.social

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SCBWI CenCal Writers and Illustrators Day Winners 2025! by Ann Rousseau Smith, SCBWI CenCal News Liaison The SCBWI Central-Coastal Region held its in-person Writers and Illustrators Day on Saturday, September 20, at the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Pa…

This week's Kite Tales blog...CenCal Writers and Illustrators Day winners! #kitlit #amwriting #amillustrating
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Join one of our Mingles this month. Details and RSVP on link:
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A Treasure Chest of opportunities on this week's Kite Tales blog - including our upcoming Working Writers Retreat. Don't miss out, click the link to read more. #kidlit #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Toot Your Horn! SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at  Kite Tales!  Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome…

Publishing news from our members on the Kite Tales blog. #publishing
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Great News SCBWI loves celebrating our members’ successes and noteworthy news, and there are many! Read on to find out who’s got something to shout about. Digital high-fives welcome in the comments!

Read about our members' great news on the Kite Tales blog. #kidlit #writingcommunity
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Check out the Treasure Chest of upcoming events and resources on the Kite Tales blog. #kidlit scbwikitetales.com/2025/09/03/t...

Space is limited! Register on the link:
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Join one of our Mingles this month!
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Registration for our Working Writers Retreat opens on August 10th! Space is limited so sign up to share your work with agents and editors and be in community with other #kidlit writers.
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Learn what works when selling books at tables from experienced writers on the Kite Tales blog, #AskanEditor with @christinevanzandt.bsky.social

Treasure Chest: August 2025 Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the end of the post! OPEN NOW The SCBWI Virtual Summer Conference 2025 …

Check out the opportunities on this week's Kite Tales blog. #amwriting #kidlit #kidlitart #events #writingcommunity
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SCBWI SoCal Fall Harvest 2025 Offers Opportunities for Writers and Illustrators by Beverly Plass, RA SCBWI SoCal When: Oct. 4, 2025Where: Cal State Fullerton, Titan Student Union and virtual Join us for a full day of speaker presentations, critiques, pitches, and mingling with…

Registration open! #amwriting #kidlit #amillustrating #publishing
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Go “Beyond the Brush” at SCBWI-L.A. Illustrators Day with Kait Feldmann Agent Kait Feldmann brings a PB and GN feast to Illustrators Day Dive into visual storytelling for the modern picture book market with agent Kait Feldmann! Kait Feldmann is an agent with KT Literar…

Attention Illustrators! In person event with Agent Kait Feldmann this Sunday, July 13th. Read about it on the Kite Tales blog. #kidlit #amillustrating

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Los Angeles Region | California: Los Angeles County The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators provides the resources, professional networking, and community-building opportunities that support writers, illustrators, and translators throug...

Hi #SCBWI Los Angeles, SoCal, and CenCal folks!
If you have some exciting news to share or promote, the Kite Tales blog team would love to post about it!
Please submit at the link below by Thursday, July 24th: www.scbwi.org/regions/losa...
@scbwi-losangeles.bsky.social @scbwisocal.bsky.social