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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is Your Picture Book Submission Ready? Whether you are querying an agent for representation, submitting your manuscript to an editor, or sending your manuscript for a critique, we'll explore the qualities needed to make your submission stand out! #kidlit Register Here: www.scbwi.org/events/pictu...

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Join us for Middle Grade Monsters and Mysteries with Emily Daluga, editor at Chronicle Books, on Monday, October 12th. @emilydaluga.bsky.social #kidlit #scbwi REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/middl...

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Changing Lanes: The Picture Book to Graphic Novel Transition with author-illustrator Daniel Miyares on SEPT 2. #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/chang...

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

ELEVATE YOUR WRITING! Poetry is an experience in the possibilities of language. In this interactive writing workshop, award-winning author and poet Quartez Harris will explore crafting poetic metaphor. #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/poeti...

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Let’s Build Your Query Package You’ve polished your manuscript, perfected your opening pages, and identified the agents you want to query. Now it’s time to build your query package. Register Here: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... Illustration by @studio-w.bsky.social #kidlit

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Join us for a Sequential Art Connect! Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we...

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

How to Fit Writing into Your Busy Life on June 23rd Participants will have the option to share the first 300 words of a picture book draft with the audience for feedback. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Join us for an SCBWI NY: West/Central Upstate Illustrator Connect: Focus on Portfolios www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Character Sketches on May 19th Who (or what!) is your main character? Share a series of sketches and show us their personality. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join us tonight! For Chapter Book, Middle Grade and YA writers!

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate Picture Book Connect on May 5th How to Write Humor in Picture Books. Participants will have the option to share the first 300 words of a picture book draft. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate Illustrator Connect on March.24th Let’s discuss color and light, two important elements in an illustration. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

REVISE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR PICTURE BOOK MANUSCRIPT WITH INTENTION on April 21 with award-winning author Heidi E.Y. Stemple. #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi Register Here: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we...

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate Novel Connect on March 3rd. We’ll discuss story structure and plotting. Bring your preferred methodology and join the discussion. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate Illustrator Connect on Feb.24th Let's share our favorite materials and techniques. Be prepared to screen share one illustration and explain how you created it. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate Picture Book Connect on Feb.17th We will talk about structure in picture books including page turns and the rule of three. REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A Conversation with London Ladd: Bringing Depth to Your Work "This event is made possible by a grant from SCBWI and the Authors Coalition of America." REGISTER HERE: www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we... #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! Hello Agents, Art Directors and Editors! I’d love to collaborate with you on your Picture Book, Chapter Book and Middle Grade projects. I’m the Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI NY West/Cent Region. #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitpostcard Visit: pattywursterstudio.com

#kidlitartpostcard showing three oil pastel paintings of older elementary age kids. Vivid color palette and textured surfaces. Patty Wurster, author-illustrator is multi color text on a black background.

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Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! Hello Agents, Art Directors and Editors! I’d love to collaborate with you on your Picture Book, Chapter Book and Middle Grade projects. #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitpostcard Visit: pattywursterstudio.com

Girl riding bike on a sidewalk in a city in the rain. Patty Wurster, author - illustrator.

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Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

You know what I’m doing on Saturday, June 14th? Leveling up my #kidlitart #kidlit Career @brianlarossa.com

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Thank you for a great evening @brianlarossa.com ! SCBWI Illustrators learned so much! #kidlitart #kidlit #scbwi

Thank you Brian LaRossa! We had a fantastic presentation! Text in white over blue and red rectangles.

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Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Do you want to take your #kidlit illustration career to the next level or are you just beginning your career? You don’t want to miss this BRIAN LAROSSA event! More details and registration for our @brianlarossa.com event @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social here www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...

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David Litchfield @dc-litchfield.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

From ‘A Shelter For Sadness’ written by @bridgeanne.bsky.social and illustrated by me. #illustration

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This Is a Story turns two today!

This Is a Story | Words by John Schu | Illustrations by Lauren Castillo

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Heidi EY Stemple @heidieys.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Preorders of my new book from my local indies will get this amazing sticker! High Five Books, Odyssey Books, the Carle Museum Gift Shop and the Silver Unicorn #kidlit #swag

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David Litchfield @dc-litchfield.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Happy Book Birthday to ‘My Dog’ written by Olivia Wakeford and illustrated by me. Out TODAY! This story is a stunner folks. Can’t wait to hear what you all think ❤️ #illustration #mydog #oliviawakeford #dogsofinstagram

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

“Picture book writing and art making are an act of open rebellion against the howling wind. Stories for children are by nature not a loud or raucous affair, generally… A quiet and beautiful act of defiance as gift for future us.” ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou... #kidlit #kidlitart

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The Foreboding Dark

and the act of art making as rebellion

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The 2025 EJK Award Winners: www.ejkf.org/2025-ejk-awa...

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker
We Are Definitely Human
he Last Stand
Emergency Quarters
Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube
Bao’s Doll

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 15/02/2025

Photos & videos from joint event by @scbwi.bsky.social + @soi128.bsky.social event in NYC, a special "behind-the-scenes" events at #scbwiNY25. My 1st "official" appearance as part of the SCBWI Advisory Council Illustration Committee! See my other photos/videos at www.instagram.com/inkygirl/ #KidLit

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Manuscript Academy by #MSWL @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We can't wait! We have new features lined up for #MSWL day Wednesday. We're hoping to make the ManuscriptWishlist.com profiles more useful for both your left (facts, genres, tags) and right (creative, visual, emotional) brain. About to do a final meeting with our tech team--wish us luck!

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The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

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Adriana Hernández Bergstrom @adriprints.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

And that's a wrap on #WRAD 2025. Eight schools, many more classrooms, and so much fun! Reading matters. Literacy matters. Our future depends on it. #kidlitart #kidlit #worldreadalouday

screenshot of our drawing activity during World Read Aloud Day 2025. Students share their drawings with me (Adriana Hernandez Bergstrom) after reading ABUELITA AND I MAKE FLAN together.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy book birthday to Renée Watson's All the Blues in the Sky!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 04/02/2025

Thx @anneawh.bsky.social for this photo from #scbwiNY25 event collab w/Society Of Illustrators @soi128.bsky.social + @scbwi.bsky.social! L to R: @thejerrybennett.com @danacarey.bsky.social @debbieohi.com (me!), @paulozelinsky.com & Cecilia Yung. My 1st SCBWI Illustrators' Committee intro! #KidLit

Five smiling people standing in front of an illustrated wall at the Society of illustrators. Woman on the far right is passing a microphone to the next person. Woman in the middle is laughing. A giant blue O is painted on the wall behind the group, with an illustration of red poppies, book covers, and hanging framed art. Text along bottom credits Anne Cosnow Awh for the photo.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 04/02/2025

Back in Toronto! Still unpacking & catching up, but here's a quickie slideshow from the #scbwiNY25 Industry Social and Portfolio Browse. So much amazing art! Kudos to all who submitted portfolios. #KidLit Reminder: You can turn off video & gifs auto-play in your Settings: bsky.app/settings/con...

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 01/02/2025

SO much amazing art in last night’s Portfolio Browse at #scbwiNY25. What a wonderful way to start the conference!#KidLit

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

SCBWI is thrilled to unveil its new logo—a vibrant symbol of creativity, connection, and inspiration. Award-winning and New York Times best-selling illustrator John Hendrix, designed the new logo. @johnhendrix.bsky.social www.johnhendrix.com Learn more here: www.scbwi.org/society-of-c...

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

News I can finally share! So excited for what's to come! 🪼Can't wait to work with Luana and HarperCollins on this beautiful and funny story. 🌟 So, so thankful for @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social for seeing it's potential and pushing me onward. #kidlit #kidlitart

Luana Kay Horry at HarperCollins has bought world rights to Just Jelly by author-illustrator Jacob Souva, a picture book about a jellyfish who learns that he is actually not a fish, and the star-shaped echinoderm who helps Jelly realize what he could be in a sea of possibilities. Publication is slated for winter 2027; Jennifer Rofé at Andrea Brown Literary Agency negotiated the
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Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Snowy day children’s illustration with three friends and their dogs meeting. The kid and his white dog in the foreground are walking towards the other two kids waving with their dogs in the distance standing by a tree on a hill. One dog is black and the second dog is brown red. This illustration is hand painted in gouache on hot pressed watercolor paper. The illustrator is Patty Wurster.

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In this weeks newsletter I looked back on all the #kidlitart #kidlit stuff I used to worry about. Some of it wasn’t worth the worry at all and some I outgrew (and replaced with bigger dragons lol). ✨ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...

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Looking Back

A bunch of things on my creative journey that weren't worth the worry

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