It's time to sign up for your 2018-2019 SCBWI WWA Monthly Programming Passport! Register HERE.
A full season of regular monthly programming begins with our kickoff
Editor Extravaganza,
Saturday, October 13, 2018, at
Seattle Central Library in the Microsoft Auditorium. During the Monthly Meeting portion of the day, from
10:00 a.m. to noon, we’ll host
Tiffany Liao, editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, presenting on
“Mirrors, Windows & Doors: Writing & Thinking Cross-Culturally.” After the meeting, enjoy the work of local illustrators at our
KISS Art Showcase, displayed in the lobby of the Seattle Central Library.
But, wait, there’s more planned for our
Editor Extravaganza! Plan to spend the day and evening with your SCBWI friends! From
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m,
Tiffany Liao will lead a wonderful
master class workshop,
"The Heart Wants What It Wants: How to Make Readers Fall in Love With Your Characters.” For your evening entertainment, stay for the Washington State Book Awards ceremony, 6-7 p.m. with schmoozing afterward. All events for the Editor Extravaganza and Washington State Book Awards will take place at the
Seattle Central Library.
The final event for our
Editor Extravaganza takes place on Sunday.
Tiffany Liao will lead two 90-minute
Roundtable Critique sessions on
October 14, 2018, at
Seattle Pacific University, between
9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Sign up for Passport early to get your spot at the table!
Tiffany Liao is an editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. She's had the pleasure of editing authors such as Tomi Adeyemi, Rhoda Belleza, Dhonielle Clayton, K.D. Halbrook, Lesley Livingston, Henry Lien, Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, and Margaret Owen, among others. She acquires young adult and middle grade fiction of all stripes, as well as the occasional nonfiction title. A Bay Area native, Tiff now resides in Brooklyn where she continues to pine for a good avocado. She (mostly) tweets about bookish things at @tiff_liao.
Monthly Meetings, Webinars, and Additional Opportunities,
September 2018 through May 2019
You asked and we listened! This year, we’ve mixed up some of our programming, moving regular monthly meetings to
Saturday mornings, 10 am to noon, and expanding meeting locations. Watch for announcements about monthly meetings at several different venues, some familiar and some new:
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle Central Library, and
Bellevue College. We’re also launching
Webinars, free to Passport holders, open to others for a fee. Webinar times and dates vary. Be sure to check our
website, Facebook
page, Twitter
feed, and, as always, your email inbox. We hope this mix of diverse programming means that there will be something for everyone in our fabulous region!
You won’t want to miss even one of these meetings and webinars and your
Passport purchase ensures that you won’t have to! This year, our season starts in September and ends in May. Our SCBWI Western Washington chapter is fully self-supporting since we don’t receive money from dues to the International Membership. Our chapter works hard to keep our fees low-cost or free when possible. For lowest cost access to all 2018-2019 monthly meetings and webinars, pay a one-time registration fee --
$44 for SCBWI International members and $88 for non-members. This year, we’re offering
scholarships for Passport. For more information about how to apply for a scholarship, check out our
website or email wwa@scbwi.org. Even without a Passport, you or your friends can still participate in our monthly meetings and webinars -- $15 per monthly meeting, and $20-$25 per webinar. Invite a friend!
SAVE THE DATES FOR THESE FANTASTIC PROGRAMS!
September 8, 2018, 10:30 to 12:30 p.m., Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium, An SCBWI & Seattle Writes Welcome at Seattle Public Library. (Free and open to all!)
September 17, 2018, 7:30 a.m to 8:30 a.m., Webinar: Author/agent
Lauren Spieller with “Dazzling First Pages.” (All attendees must register to participate. Watch email and social media for announcements.)
October 13, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium: Mirrors, Windows & Doors: Writing & Thinking Cross-Culturally with
Tiffany Liao, Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
October 13, 2018, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. , Seattle Central Library Lobby:
KISS Art Showcase. (Select this option during
Passport registration.)
October 13, 2018, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Seattle Central Library, Level 4, Room 1: Master Class with
Tiffany Liao, The Heart Wants What It Wants: How to Make Readers Fall in Love With Your Characters. (Register
here.)
October 13, 2018, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium:
Washington State Book Awards Ceremony. (Free and open to all!)
October 14, 2018, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, Seattle Pacific University, Roundtable Critiques with . (Option to purchase during
Passport registration.)
October 17, 2018, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Webinar: A Conversation with
Martha Brockenbrough, The Writing of Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump, hosted by
Lisa L. Owens. (All attendees must register to participate. Watch email and social media for announcements.)
November 10, 2018, Time & Venue TBD , Tacoma: Topic TBD with
Wendy Wahman.
November 14, 2018, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Webinar: Just the Facts: On Researching Your Nonfiction Children’s Book with
Lisa L. Owens, hosted by
Joni Sensel. (All attendees must register to participate. Watch email and social media for announcements.)
December 8, 2018, 10 a.m. to noon, Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall: POV & Emotion: Writing Reluctant First-Person Narrators with
Rob Land. And don’t miss our ever-popular holiday cookie contest and book exchange!
January 12, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall: Nuts and Bolts of Self-Publishing with Amazon KDP (indie publishing) with
Jessie Hughes,
Kamel Depuis-Perez and
Beth Bacon.
January 12, 2019, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Seattle Pacific University:
The Great Critique. (Not part of Passport programming; separate registration & fee required. Watch email and social media for announcement.)
February 2019, Webinar: Topic, Date and Speaker TBD, moderated by
Joni Sensel. SCBWI WWA’s creativity liaison, Joni Sensel, will moderate a webinar about a topic related to creativity, your imagination, and how to harness them to improve your work, your life, or both. Watch your inbox and our Facebook page for the date and time of this not-to-be-missed webinar! (All attendees must register to participate. Watch email and social media for announcements.)
February 23, 2019, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m, Western Washington University (Bellingham):
Social with SCBWI-WWA. Mingle with fellow SCBWI members at a no-host dinner after the
WWU conference. (Watch your inbox and social media for details!)
March 9, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m, Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall: Mini-Panel, Meet the Agents with
Linda Camacho &
Quressa Robinson. (Monthly Meeting is separate from Agent Day; registration required to participate in full Agent Day agenda).
March 23, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Eastside Venue TBD: Nonfiction Craft Talk with
Laurie Ann Thompson, hosted by
Lisa L. Owens.
April 13, 2019, 10 a.m. to noon, Bellevue College: Worldbuilding: How to Create Solid Worlds That Feel Real with
Alma Alexander (followed by Kidlit Write-In; see description below).
April 13, 2019, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., Bellevue College: Kid-Lit Write-In. (Kid-Lit Write-In is not part of Passport Series; separate registration required.)
May 11, 2019, 10 a.m. to noon, Seattle Pacific University: Join us for our final meeting of the year as we take a video stroll through two illustrator studios. After the video, both illustrators will answer questions from the audience about their work. (Illustrators to be announced in the new year.)
Registration Details and More Information
Click on the
Additional Opportunities tab for complete details about the October Editor Extravaganza’s Roundtable Critiques and Master Class, the October Meeting’s Keep it Simple (K.I.S.S.) Art Showcase, The Great Critique in January, and the Kidlit Write-in in April.
All have limited space and tend to sell out, so be sure to register quickly once registration opens!
To purchase a Passport Series, add a $60 roundtable critique with
Tiffany Liao, or sign up for the KISS Art Showcase, register
HERE.
To purchase
Tiffany Liao’s Master Class Workshop, click
HERE.
To register for webinars (sign-up required), or other programming, watch for future announcements in your email inbox or follow our Facebook
page and Twitter
feed.
And take advantage of our many regional opportunities for FREE event programming that require no registration and no fees!
Locations for In-person Meetings:
Seattle Pacific University
509 West Bertona
Demaray Hall, Room 150
Seattle, WA 98119
Seattle Central Library
1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104
Microsoft Auditorium & Level 4, Room 1
Bellevue College
Paccar Auditorium (N-201)
Bellevue, WA 98007
