SCBWI San Francisco South

Sign up for a portfolio critique with Caldecott Honor author-illustrator Marla Frazee! Register for Golden Gate Fest now at scbwi.org/events/2026-golden-gate-fest !!

Manuscript critique submissions are also open now!

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A graphic with orange and yellow swirls with a space suit clip art holding a star balloon. Text says: Aoply Now February 27 to March 13

How to Apply: - click on a mentor’s profile - scroll down- click apply button - fill out google form and submit - check your email and spa folder after submitting for an email confirmation - subscribe to our newsletter

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#pbrisingstars applications are now open! Are you ready to improve your craft as a picture book creator, working with an experienced mentor for FREE?? Then our program is for you!

Register for First Pages Mini Critiques with Bonus Tips! ✏️ A great addition if you are signed up for a manuscript critique at Golden Gate Fest also!

March 3, 7-8:30pm PST

Register now at www.scbwi.org/events/ca-sf... to save your spot! 💖
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Faculty spotlight: Literary Assistant Sophie Sheumaker from BookEnds Literary Agency 🌟 @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

Pitch Clinic Roundtables with Sophie are still available. Register for Golden Gate Fest happening on 4/11 at scbwi.org/events/2026-golden-gate-fest ! 💖
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Golden Gate Fest Early Bird registration ends tonight 2/18 at 11:59pm PST! Registration for all opens 7am on 2/19! ⏰ Portfolio critiques with Sasha from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social are still available! Register now at scbwi.org/events/2026-golden-gate-fest! 🌟
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Golden Gate Fest Critiques and Pitch Clinic Roundtables selling out fast! Reserve Your Add-Ons Today! Limited Spots Available 🌉

Register at www.scbwi.org/events/2026-... 🌟
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Early Bird Registration for Golden Gate Fest opens TODAY, Wednesday February 11, at 7pm PST for Premium Members! 📚⏰

Act now to secure your top choice of faculty for optional add-on activities!

Register at www.scbwi.org/events/2026-... 🌟

Artwork by @artbyjoycho.bsky.social
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The Golden Gate Fest Website is open for preview now at www.scbwi.org/events/2026-... 🌉
Mark your calendar: Early Bird Registration for Premium Members will open at 7 PM on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. ⏰

We are proud to feature Jocelyn Cho who created the artwork and assets!
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Do you live in the CA: San Francisco/South Region? Do you have a new publication or sign with an agent? Were you nominated for an award or scheduled to speak at an event? Fill out by the 23rd of the month docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6vpL5Q0nK-StPlo5HE5AjtyS8tVj16JKOZ1428QV224Evug/viewform

Good news from our regional members!!! Congratulations everyone! 🎉🎉🎉 @heatherkinser.bsky.social @christineevans.bsky.social

Join us on Feb 28 for this incredible PAL event with editor Katie Carella for an inside look at the Branches early chapter book line and discover how to craft engaging, page-turning series for newly independent readers. 📚

Register at www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi... ✨

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Hope to see you next time, happy holidays! 🌟

I always felt that the Bay Area artist scene has an amazingly unique voice and am looking forward to helping it grow. (4/4)

… to help fill out Epic's digital kids ebook library. I joined the Regional Team in hopes of building more connections with the local community of creators and seeing what else I can give back with my mix of experience. (3/x)

I'm a Russian-born illustrator who always had a love for storytelling and animals. After graduating with a BFA from Parsons in Illustration, I took to working in eduTech and Epic! where I spent 8 years working with traditional book publishers, big and small… (2/x)

We're happy to welcome the newest member of the California: San Francisco/South Regional Team, Anastasia Kleckner. Here's an introduction from her (1/x)

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Wear your most festive holiday attire (a prize will be given for the best outfit) and bring a wrapped book for our White Elephant Gift Exchange.

Food will be available for purchase at your own expense from the food court. All SCBWI members are welcome!

Join your social coordinators Jasmine Fang and Seina Wedlick, for an evening of holiday cheer, book talk, and festive fun! Connect with fellow creators and book lovers, swap book recommendations, share your creative goals for the new year, and maybe snag a new favorite read.
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Don't miss out on the opportunity to win tuition to our SCBWI Winter Conference in New York this January!

Apply for our scholarships via your member home profile.

Join Julia Maisen tomorrow on Sunday, Nov 2 at 10:30AM for her free virtual presentation about how color and light work both from a real world perspective and a storytelling one. We hope you will join us for this valuable information! 🖍️🌈🌞
Please register to receive the virtual session details!

Love these thank you notes! 😊

Pen and ink drawing of a cat and an octopus with teacups. The octopus looks a bit goofy and is squirting ink helpfully into the cat's teacup (its cup is already full of ink). The cat, wide-eyed and flat-mouthed, says, "Thank...you." A label added digitally to the drawing says "prompt: cats, tea."

Pen and ink drawing of a cat wearing a wizard hand and brandishing a wand. It looks skeptically over its shoulder at an octopus who is making the word WOW with its arms. The cat says, "Thank you..." A label added digitally to the drawing says "prompt: magical cats."

Pen and ink drawing of a cat and an octopus with a baking sheet covered in broken heart-shaped cookies. The octopus looks a bit goofy and is using its many arms to attempt to reassemble the cookies. The cat, with a paw over its face, says, "...Thank you." A label added digitally to the drawing says "prompt: baking, fixing hearts."

Attendees of @scbwisf.bsky.social Illustrator's Day were given a Secret Misison to draw thank-you notes for the three organizers and coordinators, inspired by things those people like. I coudn't resist taking photos of mine before handing them in. Sending so much gratitude to these wonderful people!

Registration for our last IN-PERSON 2025 Illustrator Day closes TOMORROW on September 2nd!

Critiques are still available with select faculty!

✨ Register NOW: www.scbwi.org/events/SFSou...

Join Malar Ganapathiappan for her free virtual presentation this Saturday where Malar will share stories and speak to the process-oriented questions creators may grapple with when writing about these experiences.
Please register to receive the virtual session details at www.scbwi.org/events/schol...

Sign up for our last in person Illustrator Day! CRITIQUES with Aliza are SOLD OUT! But there are still limited spots with other faculty! All attendees will also get submission priority with Aliza afterwards.
Register now: www.scbwi.org/events/SFSou... ✨
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2 more weeks before 2025 Illustrator Day registration closes on September 2nd!
📚 Look forward to great faculty such as Laura Lee!
Author & Illustrator of picture book, Soy Sauce!
🎨 CRITIQUES AVAILABLE
Register now: www.scbwi.org/events/SFSou... ✨
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Writers and illustrators, come hang out with fellow kidlit creators for an hour of books, pastries (at your own cost), and good conversation at Meet Fresh. This social hour is hosted by Zaneta Cha and we are so excited to see you there! See you next week!
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Also, applications for our regional Scholar In Residence program close soon on Aug 15th!
Register here: www.scbwi.org/regions/sfso...

Join the SF/South Regional Team as Co-Illustrator Coordinator! The application deadline has been extended to Aug 12th! Send an email to us-ic@scbwi.org and in the subject field, please put “IC (or Co-IC) application and California: San Francisco/South.”