Conferences, Workshops & Retreats

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The following is a list of conferences and workshop retreats offered for writers across the country. Conferences are listed first, chronologically, and retreats follow.



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CONFERENCES

SCBWI Events Calendar- Workshops, conferences, retreats and regional events. We do not list the individual regional SCBWI conferences on this page. 

February 2024

Feb. 23-24 SCBWI Virtual Winter Conference Couldn't make it to the In-Person Winter Conference in New York City? Join us at this online event featuring the recorded keynotes and panels from the New York Conference, a choice of three deep-dive Creative Labs, a live marketing pitch-off with the opportunity to win money to market your book PLUS networking and peer critique opportunities! Video recordings of all the Virtual Conference sessions will be made available to attendees for 30 days after the event.

 April


April 5-May 2 Inked Voices Workshop: Young Adult Fiction First Pages with Sara Rivers   In this intimate workshop, you'll receive a written critique of your opening pages (3750 words) from Sera Rivers at Speilburg Literary, plus get the opportunity to speak to Sera individually in the live group call that follows critiques. You'll also exchange critiques within your group of up to 7 writers. (Inked Voices members $120/ nonmembers $145)


April 26, 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CST Southern Breeze SCBWI Spring Conference Joint excellent faculty in a series of in depth intensives for writers and illustrators: 

  • Picture Book: Behind the Scenes with an Editor Frances Gilbert, VP, Editor-in-Chief, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, Random House Children’s Books
  • Nonfiction: Revise, Rethink, Reimagine: A Deep Dive into Revision with Carol Hinz, Associate Publisher, Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books, Lerner Publishing Group
  • Novels: Getting Your Novel Submission Ready: Kristen Terrette, Literary Manager, Martin Literary & Media Management
  • Illustration: Destroy Your Dummy Mallory Grigg, Senior Art Director, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group