JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC
FEBRUARY 2021
1-28 NONFICTION FEST
https://www.nffest.com/
3-24 MULTIPLE POVS, MULTIPLE FORMATS, AND NON-LINEAR TIMELINES FOR NOVELISTS
4-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
27 WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT: VOICE IN PICTURE BOOKS
Webinar: https://arizona.scbwi.org/
27 UNLOCKING THE HEART OF YOUR STORY
Webinar: https://wisconsin.scbwi.org/
27-28 OH MG! A WEEKEND OF MIDDLE GRADE
Online Conference: https://britishisles.scbwi.org/
28 BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES, AND ENDINGS with Kathy Erskine
2-Week Workshop: www.whalerockworkshops.com
MARCH 2021
1 GETTING YOUR YA NOVEL OFF THE GROUND
8-Week Course: https://writingworkshops.com/
1 PICTURE BOOK PARTY DEADLINE
Contest: https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
2 WRITING THE YOUNG ADULT OR MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL
8-Week Course: www.writer.org
2-7 50 PRECIOUS WORDS
Contest: https://viviankirkfield.com/
3 CREATING AN IMAGE SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR YOUR VERSE NOVEL
5-Week Online Workshop: www.highlightsfoundation.org
3 LINE EDITING YOUR MG OR YA NOVEL
8-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
3-4 THE 1-1 FESTIVAL
Online Conference: https://britishisles.scbwi.org/
4 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
4 PICTURE BOOK WRITING FOR ILLUSTRATORS
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
5 THE ILLUSTRATOR WORKSHOP
Online Workshop: https://midatlantic.scbwi.org/
6 WRITING PB BIOGRAPHIES THAT KIDS CAN’T WAIT TO READ with Laurie Wallmark
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
6 WE ARE ALL MYSTERIOUS: A LOOK AT SUSPENSE
Webinar: https://wwa.scbwi.org/
6 MAKING MAGIC: STORYTELLING DISNEY-STYLE
Webinar: https://arizona.scbwi.org/
6 OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS IN NONFICTION
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
6 UNDERSTANDING PUBLISHING CONTRACTS with Emily Keyes
Online Seminar: https://illustrationdept.com/
6 SPRING VIRTUAL EDITOR/AGENT DAY FOR NOVELS
Online Conference: https://newengland.scbwi.org/
6 WE ARE ALL MYSTERIOUS: SUSPENSE READERS OF ALL AGES
Webinar: https://wwa.scbwi.org/
6 BOOK DUMMY WEBINAR with Claire Lordon
Online Workshop: https://utahsouthidaho.scbwi.org/
6 OPPORTUNITIES IN CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
8 PERFECTING THE PICTURE BOOK
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
10 LISTEN UP! HOW TO CREATE AUDIOBOOKS
Webinar: https://wisconsin.scbwi.org/
12-13 CRITIQUE FEST
Online Conference: https://southern-breeze.scbwi.org/
13 AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR STORY DEVELOPMENT & ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES
Webinar: sandiego.scbwi.org
13 PICTURE BOOKS FROM THE INSIDE OUT with Peter Brown
Intensive: https://sandiego.scbwi.org/
13 FINDING YOUR VOICE AND GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CHARACTERS
Webinar: https://indiana.scbwi.org/
13 WRITING FOR THE CHILDREN’S MAGAZINE MARKET
Webinar: https://sfnortheastbay.scbwi.org/
13 GROW WITH THE PROS! Editor Erin Siu
Webinar: https://indiana.scbwi.org/
13 POETRY SPEAKS WHO I AM: WRITING VERSE NOVELS
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
15-25 THE ART OF GIVING AND RECEIVING CRITIQUE
Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
16 TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT?
Webinar: http://austin.scbwi.org/
17 CRAFTING THE POETRY NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
5-Week Course: https://writers.com/
18 WRITING PICTURE BOOKS
3-Week Course: www.writer.org
18 WRITE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET TODAY
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
19-21 BEACHSIDE NONFICTION WORKSHOP with Candace Fleming & Jennifer Swanson
Fernandina Beach, FL: editandgetit.com
20 INDESIGN 101: CREATING A BOOK DUMMY
Online Class: https://illustrationdept.com/
20 WRITING WITHOUT A TRACE FOR MG AUTHORS with Pat Cummings
Webinar: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
20 CHILDREN’S AND YA GRAPHIC NOVELS 101
Webinar: https://wwa.scbwi.org/
21 HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND WRITE FASTER
Webinar: https://michigan.scbwi.org/
23 GETTING IT RIGHT: RESEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS with Heather Camlot
Workshop: www.whalerockworkshops.com
25 CRAFTING NOVELS: TIPS AND TOOLS
Webinar: https://epa.scbwi.org/
26-28 TAHQUITZ WRITERS RETREAT
Online Retreat: https://socal.scbwi.org/
27 WORK FOR HIRE AND THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET
Online Meeting: https://brazosvalley.scbwi.org/
27 HASHTAGS WON’T SAVE YOU: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Webinar: https://newmexico.scbwi.org/
28 DESI KIDLIT SUMMIT
Online Conference: https://desikidlitcommunity.weebly.com/
30 CHARACTER DESIGN WORKSHOP
4-Week Online Workshop: https://illustrationdept.com/
APRIL 2021
1-3 SPRING FLING WRITING CONTEST
Contest: https://ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling-kidlit-contest
6 PB BIOGRAPHIES II
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
7 TAP INTO YOUR TOOLBOX with Anne Marie Pace
Workshop: www.whalerockworkshops.com
7 RE-VISION WEEK TUNE-UP
Challenge: https://laurenkerstein.net/
9-10 BLUE RIDGE WRITERS CONFERENCE
Blue Ridge, GA: www.blueridgewritersconference.com
10 BUILDING TENSION IN YOUR NARRATIVE
Webinar: sandiego.scbwi.org
10-11 #REVPIT PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://www.reviseresub.com/
14 THE HEART AND HUMOR OF AMY KRAUSE ROSENTHAL
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
14 NOVELS IN VERSE: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FORM
5-Week Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
15 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: TECHNIQUES TO DELIVER CHARACTER AND STORY
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
19 FIND YOUR MUSE
8-Week Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
20-25 WRITING FANTASTICAL AND OTHER-WORLDLY STORIES
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
23-25 YOUR STORY START TO FINISH
Online Conference: https://michigan.scbwi.org/
24 MASTER CLASS: CREATING MEMORABLE PICTURE BOOKS
Online Intensive: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Write2Ignite
27 CHARACTERS: READING LIKE A WRITING
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
30 ASTRA INTERNATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING CONTEST DEADLINE
Contest: www.readinglife.com
MAY 2021
1 #WMPITCH Pitch Party
Twitter: https://write-mentor.com/
4 POETIC TECHNIQUES TO MAKE YOUR WRITING COME ALIVE
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
18 SELF-PUBLISHING: NO LONGER A NO NO
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
JUNE 2021
3 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
12 OPPORTUNITIES IN CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
23-27 WRITING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
26 BOOK PACKAGERS 1010
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
JULY 2021
AUGUST 2021
SEPTEMBER 2021
2 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
30 RE-VISION WEEK TUNE UP
Challenge: https://laurenkerstein.net/
OCTOBER 2021
NOVEMBER 2021
1-30 NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH
Challenge to write a novel in one month: https://www.nanowrimo.org/
DECEMBER 2021
2 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
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