JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC
JANUARY 2021
1-31 STORYSTORM
https://taralazar.com/storystorm
1 REGISTRATION FOR 12X12
Annual challenge for Picture Book Writers: http://12x12challenge.com
17-26 PEANUT BUTTER PICTURE BOOK PARTY
Twitter Pitch Party: www.karengreenwald.com
18 ONLINE PICTURE BOOK MENTORSHIP
3-Month Mentorship: https://writingworkshops.com/
18 PLOT TO PUBLICATION: THE YA NOVEL
4-Week Course: https://authorspublish.thinkific.com/
19 GRAPHIC NOVEL AND COMICS WORKSHOP
8-Week Class: https://writingworkshops.com/
20 #IWSGPIT (INSECURE WRITERS SUPPORT GROUP)
Twitter Pitch Party: www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com
20 RE-VISION WEEK TUNE-UP
Challenge: https://laurenkerstein.net/
21 CREATING MEMORABLE CHARACTERS
Webinar: https://nebraska.scbwi.org/
22 FIRST PAGES WITH CALLIE AND LYNNE
Workshop: www.clearforkpublishing.com
23 WRITING PICTURE BOOKS FOR READERS AGES 3 TO 103
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
23 REVISION WORKSHOP
Workshop: https://utahsouthidaho.scbwi.org/
23-30 2021 PICTURE BOOK WEBINAR SERIES
2-Week Series: https://inlandnw.scbwi.org/
25 PICTURE BOOK CHARACTER A-Z
5-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
26 CHILDREN’S WRITING FOR BEGINNERS
6-Week Course: https://loft.org/
26 CHOOSING THE BEST PUBLISHING OPTION FOR YOU AND YOUR BOOK
Webinar: https://iowa.scbwi.org/
26 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARE SELF-PUBLISHING
Webinar: https://newengland.scbwi.org/
26 INDIE PUBLISHING A PICTURE BOOK
Webinar: https://austin.scbwi.org/
27 WRITING FOR CHILDREN: CREATE A PICTURE BOOK
6-Week Class: https://writers.com/
27 READING AND WRITING DIVERSITY IN KIDLIT
12-Week Course: https://loft.org/
27 HOW MUCH MONEY DOES A WRITER MAKE? with Laura Purdie Salas
Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F5H7DX65Tu6W7Jf3nfzteQ?fbclid=IwAR0Ml_uxb0udT7wBaP11Cewpii_8BEjLcW07VX39kTucfyUvMt-S-Dysino
27 BUILDING YOUR COMMUNITY
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
27 NOT EVERY STORY ARCS: WRITING NON-TRADITIONAL PICTURE BOOKS
Webinar: https://ksmo.scbwi.org/
27 PLOTTING YOUR VERSE NOVEL
5-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
27 FINDING MOTIVATION AND DIRECTION WITH THE HERO’S JOURNEY
10-Week Course: https://easternny.scbwi.org/
28 CRAFTING THE MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL TO CONNECT
Webinar: https://dakotas.scbwi.org/
30 HOW TO USE NARRATIVE DISTANCE
Online Workshop: https://arizona.scbwi.org/
31 SCBWI NEVADA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM DEADLINE
https://nevada.scbwi.org/
FEBRUARY 2021
1-28 NONFICTION FEST
https://www.nffest.com/
1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF STORY
3-Part Webinar Series: https://epa.scbwi.org/
2 PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES
6-Week Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
2 WRITING PICTURE BOOKS
3-Week Class: www.writer.org
3 CRASH COURSE IN CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING
10-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
3 #SFFPIT PITCH PARTY
Twitter: http://dankoboldt.com/
3-24 MULTIPLE POVS, MULTIPLE FORMATS, AND NON-LINEAR TIMELINES FOR NOVELISTS
4-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
4 SO YOU WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR?
8-Week Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
4-6 THE COMPLETE CHAPTER BOOK VIRTUAL WEEKEND
Online Intensive: www.thewritingbarn.com
5 CRAFT, COMMUNITY, & YOUR CAREER
4- Month Support Group: www.highlightsfoundation.org
6 WRITING HUMOROUS PICTURE BOOKS
Webinar: https://utahsouthidaho.scbwi.org/
6 DIVERSITY THROUGH ADVERSITY with Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Webinar: https://wwa.scbwi.org/
6 HOW TO GET NOTICED IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL WORLD
Webinar: https://oklahoma.scbwi.org/
6 WRITING RHYME THAT’S SUBLINE
Webinar: https://arizona.scbwi.org/
6 NO MORE DEAD MOMS: SECONDARY CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN’S LIT
Webinar: https://mddewv.scbwi.org/
6 UNDERSTANDING COLOR THEORY
Online Seminar: https://illustrationdept.com/
9 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NOVEL
8-Week Intensive: www.highlightsfoundation.org
9 CREATING IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS
Webinar: https://austin.scbwi.org/
9 CHARACTER DESIGN WORKSHOP
4-Week Online Workshop: https://illustrationdept.com/
10 REVISING YOUR MG AND YA NOVELS
6-Week Class: www.thewritingbarn.com
10 TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN WORKSHOP
3-Week Online Workshop: https://illustrationdept.com/
11 #PBPITCH PITCH PARTY
Twitter: http://www.pbpitch.com/
11 CRAFTING PICTURE BOOKS: TIPS AND TOOLS
Webinar: https://epa.scbwi.org/
11 CHARACTER EQUATION: HOW TO FIND YOUR STORY’S HEARTBEAT
Webinar: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/
13 WRITING WITHIN AND ACROSS IDENTITY ELEMENTS
Webinar: sandiego.scbwi.org
13 A VOICE TO REMEMBER: CREATING UNIQUE PB & MG CHARACTER VOICES
Webinar: www.thewritingbarn.com
19 INTRO TO CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING SEMINAR
Webinar: bit.ly/scholasticintrotopub
19-22 SCBWI WINTER CONFERENCE
Online Conference: www.scbwi.org
20 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING
Online Class: https://illustrationdept.com/
20 BECOMING A NONFICTION WRITER
Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.org
21 WRITE. SUBMIT. SUPPORT. FOR PICTURE BOOK WRITERS
6-Month Online Mentorship: www.thewritingbarn.com
21 WRITE. SUBMIT. SUPPORT. FOR MG & YA NOVELISTS
6-Month Online Mentorship: www.thewritingbarn.com
23 KNOW THYSELF: ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR UNIQUE VOICE IN NONFICTION WHILE KEEPING TO THE FACTS
Webinar: https://newengland.scbwi.org/
23 RISING FROM THE WRECKAGE: REVISION TIPS with Pat Zietlow Miller
Webinar: https://austin.scbwi.org/
24 THE CRAFT OF DAYDREAMS: WORLD BUILDING OFF THE PAGE
Webinar: https://wwa.scbwi.org/
27 WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT: VOICE IN PICTURE BOOKS
Webinar: https://arizona.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
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
4 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
4 PICTURE BOOK WRITING FOR ILLUSTRATORS
Webinar: https://carolinas.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/
8 PERFECTING THE PICTURE BOOK
6-Week Course: www.thewritingbarn.com
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/
15-25 THE ART OF GIVING AND RECEIVING CRITIQUE
Online Course: www.highlightsfoundation.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/
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/
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
20-25 WRITING FANTASTICAL AND OTHER-WORLDLY STORIES
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.org
24 MASTER CLASS: CREATING MEMORABLE PICTURE BOOKS
Online Intensive: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Write2Ignite
30 ASTRA INTERNATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING CONTEST DEADLINE
Contest: www.readinglife.com
MAY 2021
1 #WMPITCH Pitch Party
Twitter: https://write-mentor.com/
JUNE 2021
3 #PITMAD PITCH PARTY
Twitter: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
23-27 WRITING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET
Milanville, PA: www.highlightsfoundation.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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