SCBWI Metro New York Chapter

Welcome to the Metro New York Chapter
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

SCBWI Metro New York is a chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, a professional organization for writers and illustrators of children's books. SCBWI members who live in New York City, Long Island and parts of the counties directly north of New York City are automatically members of the Metro New York chapter. We are happy to be here and to offer a variety of events and services.

July 14, 2013
Illustrators Character Book Camp

Join us in the morning with Patrick Collins or Rachael Cole to create a character for a story and receive feedback on your work. In the afternnon, Caldecott honor award winner, Peter McCarty shares his unconventional methods of creating lovable characters.

Individual 15 minute Portfolio Critiques at an additional charge will be available throughout the day.

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Illustrator Logo Competition

Calling all NY illustrators!

SCBWI Metro-NY needs a new logo, and we want YOU to design it. Your logo will be used on the website, as well as other Metro-NY documents. To sweeten the deal, we're throwing in free entry to the next SCBWI Metro-NY Illustrator Bootcamp Day (details coming soon) and a portfolio review with an art director. The only requirements for the logo are:

1) It must feature the SCBWI kite
2) It should have a NY theme
3) Creator must be an SCBWI member

Send your entries to scbwinymetro@gmail.com with the subject heading, "Logo Contest Entry". Image files should be named as follows: firstname_lastname.jpg (ex. John_Smith.jpg). All entries should be low-res files, but we will need a high-res file later from the winner. Files should be 1024 pixels on the longest side, 72 dpi, RGB jpegs.

Deadline for entry is 12pm June 15, 2013.

June 11, 2013
Setting the Scene with Ruta Rimas

A constructive dialogue about better, believable world-building in Middle Grade and YA, by looking at specific examples and applying the techniques to your own work.
Ruta Rimas is an editor for the Atheneum and Margaret K. McElderry imprints at Simon & Schuster, for which she edits picture books, middle-grade novels, and teen novels for both. Ruta loves characters that come to life on the pages, stories that resonate long after the last page is read, and fiction that challenges our preconceived notions of the world.

Location: The Anthroposophical Society, New York Branch,
138 West 15th Street (between 6th Avenue & 7th Avenue).

Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm

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