Hey, SCBWI-WWA peeps! We are looking for presenters for our 2015-2016 season. If you think you have something the group would appreciate learning about, thinking about, or being inspired by, here's your chance. The application can be downloaded here.
New Voices Award submissions due September 30
Lee & Low, publishers committed to diverse voices, is accepting submissions for their New Voices Award through September 30. The winner will be announced in December 2014. For more information and submission guidelines, please click here.
Last chance to submit!
There are only about ten days until the submission deadline to have your art considered for the SCBWI Western Washington winter exhibit at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. Submission deadline: Friday, August 29, 2014. Submitted artwork, whether existing work or created specifically for the exhibit, must be inspired by the events, myths, landscape,... Continue Reading →
Illustrators: SI call for entries
Applications are now open for The Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2014. Printed books or F&Gs for books published in 2013/2014 are eligible for this prestigious show; publishers often enter but illustrators can enter themselves, too (although self-published titles are not eligible). A few details: Exhibition dates: October 22 - December 20, 2014Application deadline:... Continue Reading →
Submit now for New Visions Award
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee& Low Books, a publisher well known for nurturing and supporting diverse books and authors, originated the New Visions Award in 2012. The award is given to a middle- grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a writer of color. It's a fantastic chance for new authors of color... Continue Reading →
Get on the bus!
What do you hear when you hear the word "home?" Submissions are open now through June 30 for Poetry on Buses with the theme of Writing Home. This 4Culture program celebrates poetry by displaying poems on Metro transit buses as well as online and at an event this fall. If you live in King County,... Continue Reading →
Hey you, Washington artists!
SCBWI Western Washington will take part in a winter exhibit at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma this year, and you're invited to submit art for consideration. The show will be held November 2014 through January 2015, and the exhibit space is adjacent to the museum store and open to the public free of... Continue Reading →
Ed publisher call for submissions
SCBWI WWA ex pat Chris Eboch, now in New Mexico, sends along this opportunity with Susan Tierney, now acquisitions editor at Schoolwide, an educational publisher of reading, writing, and grammar curriculum products. They're looking for submissions of books, stories, and articles for which the author holds rights and that support K-8 reading and writing for... Continue Reading →
Test materials — call for submissions
The Kansas Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE) is looking for quality poetry and prose for use on state assessments. (CETE is a research center at the University of Kansas that administers the Kansas Assessment Program on behalf of the Kansas Department of Education.) CETE is accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction texts for consideration.... Continue Reading →