Dear PAL members, Our mentorship program is expanding this year. If you are seeking an additional platform to promote your books, stay connected with the SCBWI writing community, help amazing mentees, and receive long-lasting friendships and fans, this is your opportunity. Our mission is to push the envelope and empower our PAL members by creating... Continue Reading →
Call for Mentors!
SCBWI WWA’s Third Annual Mentorship Program 2019-2020 : Call for Mentor ProposalsMentor an Aspiring Writer or Writer/Illustrator or an Illustrator! PAL members of SCBWI Western Washington are invited to submit proposals to our third annual mentorship program. We’re seeking creators who write, illustrate, or write and illustrate in any category of children’s and young adult literature, to... Continue Reading →
Congratulations, 2018-2019 SCBWI WWWA Mentees!
We are pleased to announce our mentees for the 2018-2019 Mentorship Program. In the program's second year, twenty one writers will work one-on-one with a published author to analyze every aspect of their manuscript for a six-month period. This year, we also have two winners of our Inclusivity Scholarship. They are Dolores Andral and Ruth... Continue Reading →
Meet Our 2018-2019 Mentors: Picture Book Text AND Illustration!
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what Picture Book Text and Illustration Mentors, Kevan Atteberry and Laura McGee Kvasnosky, have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Kevan: I am a writer and... Continue Reading →
Meet Our 2018-2019 Mentors: Young Adult!
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what our Young Adult Mentors – Jillian Anderson Coats, Kelly Jones and Kevin Emerson have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Jillian: My newest book, R is for Rebel, came out in February and... Continue Reading →
Meet Our 2018-2019 Mentors: Picture Book Writers!
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what our Picture Book Text Mentors - Peggy King Anderson and Lois Brandt have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Peggy: Right now, is an exciting time,... Continue Reading →
Meet Our 2018-2019 Mentors: Illustration!
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what Illustration Portfolio Mentors - Amy Hevron and Erik Brooks have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Amy: Currently I’m illustrating MOON BABIES, a picture book... Continue Reading →
Meet Our 2018-2019 Mentors: Nonfiction!
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what our Nonfiction Mentors – Clare Hodgson Meeker, Laurie Thompson, and Marin Younker have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Clare: My current book project is a narrative nonfiction chapter book titled Growing Up... Continue Reading →
Meet Our 2018-2019 Mentors: Middle Grade!
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what our Middle-Grade Mentors – Ailynn Collins, Sundee Frazier, and Suzanne Selfors have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Ailynn: I do a lot of writing for hire,... Continue Reading →
SCBWI WWA Mentorship Program 2018-2019
SCBWI WWA Mentorship Program 2018-2019 The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators of Western Washington is excited to announce the second annual mentorship program. For a six-month period, writers and illustrators will work one-on-one with a published author to analyze every aspect of their manuscript and perfect their work for publication submissions. Last year,... Continue Reading →