by SCBWI Western Washington
CALL FOR ART! We are having an illustration show at the Seattle City Hall starting in November! This is a great opportunity to show the work of our crazy talented SCBWI chapter. You can send up to 6 jpegs of your illustrations for consideration. (Note: you must be a current a member of SCBWI International... Continue Reading →
For a lot of parents, teachers, and and anyone else that devotes a lot of time to kids, this week is for catching up on what might have slipped past us as we soaked up the last hazy days of summer vacation. Here are a few bits and bobs for what's been happening and what's... Continue Reading →
Reminder to join us TOMORROW for a free evening with Rosemary Wells (Wednesday, September 6, from 7-9pm in Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University). She will deconstruct two of her well-known and well-loved children's books and talk about lessons learned over a long and successful career. This is a great opportunity to introduce a friend or loved one to SCBWI! Rosemary Wells's career as... Continue Reading →
September is one of the most creative months. Kids go back to school and allow work from home parents to get back to peaceful routines (cough cough), we PNWers find ourselves spending more time indoors, and paper and pens are on sale everywhere. As former kids, we remember that start-of-the-new-school-year excitement and all of the... Continue Reading →
It's part 2 of our Outgoing Co-RA's Secrets Revealed series. It's like Shark Week, but with less teeth and more warm fuzzy feelings. Get to know Dana Sullivan! We're about to kick off the 2017-2018 programming season with a new pair of co-regional advisors! They're busy getting ready, and we realized that our outgoing leadership... Continue Reading →
"MAKING ART is like a dog rolling on his back in the grass. It's about glory in the commonplace." --our own Richard Jesse Watson Have you thought about your purpose in life? There may be times when the only answer is getting through the day without __ (fill in the blank)__. You may spend a few... Continue Reading →
We're about to kick off the 2017-2018 programming season with a new pair of co-regional advisors! They're busy getting ready, and we realized that our outgoing leadership team, Dana Arnim and Dana Sullivan, now have a lot more free time on their hands. Like, a bunch. Our former regional advisors never really go too far [*editor waves*], but we'll... Continue Reading →
Imagine biting into a Tootsie Roll… the taste, sensation, satisfaction... (or revulsion, I guess, if you don’t like Tootises). If you had to act out those sensations to someone who could see or hear you but couldn't taste or feel anything themselves, how would you do it? Okay, now imagine shaping a little person out... Continue Reading →
Books and resources for talking with kids about race, from middle grade author Olugbimisola Rhuday-Perkovich. Katherine Pryor will be teaching a free class on writing children's books at the Mount Vernon Library on September 12th at 6:30. Writing a complete and compelling story in less than 1,000 words is no easy feat. Modern picture books... Continue Reading →
Autumn is the best season (Fight me.), and one of the best parts is all the new releases and book events. August 31: Grab your shield and head down to University Bookstore to hear Leigh Bardugo talk about her newest, WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER. Priority signing tickets available in advance. September 6: Back to School with... Continue Reading →
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