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Create a Scene! Registration for the 2025 SCBWI Midsouth Conference is now open! Don’t miss out on getting feedback on your work and learning from agents, editors, an art director and best-selling authors. Take advantage of early bird pricing! www.scbwi.org/events/2025-... #SCBWIMidsouth25
May 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Create a Scene! Registration for the 2025 SCBWI Midsouth Conference is now open! Don’t miss out on getting feedback on your work and learning from agents, editors, an art director and best-selling authors. Take advantage of early bird pricing! www.scbwi.org/events/2025-... #SCBWIMidsouth25
Conference info is live now at www.scbwi.org/events/2025-...! Head on over to check out all the great things coming to the Midsouth Create a Scene Conference this fall. The details about breakout sessions, intensives, critique and pitch opportunities, festivities, contests and more ... (1/2)
April 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Conference info is live now at www.scbwi.org/events/2025-...! Head on over to check out all the great things coming to the Midsouth Create a Scene Conference this fall. The details about breakout sessions, intensives, critique and pitch opportunities, festivities, contests and more ... (1/2)
Registration for the Midsouth Create a Scene Conference will open May 3. Start planning your conference line-up by reviewing the brochure on the Midsouth website when it goes live tomorrow. #SCBWIMidsouth25
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Registration for the Midsouth Create a Scene Conference will open May 3. Start planning your conference line-up by reviewing the brochure on the Midsouth website when it goes live tomorrow. #SCBWIMidsouth25
(3/3) And meet Mikaela through Stonefruit Studio!
April 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
(3/3) And meet Mikaela through Stonefruit Studio!
(2/3) Find Deeba's MSWL here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/de...
April 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
(2/3) Find Deeba's MSWL here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/de...
(1/3) One of the best ways to prep for a conference is to familiarize yourself with the faculty’s work. Scroll to learn more about these editors! #SCBWIMidsouth25
April 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
(1/3) One of the best ways to prep for a conference is to familiarize yourself with the faculty’s work. Scroll to learn more about these editors! #SCBWIMidsouth25
Have you seen any of Maryn's work? If so, share your favs in the comments!
April 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Have you seen any of Maryn's work? If so, share your favs in the comments!
(1/2) One of the best ways to prep for a conference is to familiarize yourself with the faculty’s work. Check out some of the books this creative art director has brought to the world of kidlit. She’s also written and illustrated her own books too! #SCBWIMidsouth25
April 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
(1/2) One of the best ways to prep for a conference is to familiarize yourself with the faculty’s work. Check out some of the books this creative art director has brought to the world of kidlit. She’s also written and illustrated her own books too! #SCBWIMidsouth25
(2/2) Share your favorites and most anticipated in the comments!
April 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
(2/2) Share your favorites and most anticipated in the comments!
We've got some great authors lined up to teach at our #SCBWIMidsouth conference in September. Here are some of the books they've written. Have you read any of these yet? 📚 (1/2)
April 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We've got some great authors lined up to teach at our #SCBWIMidsouth conference in September. Here are some of the books they've written. Have you read any of these yet? 📚 (1/2)
We're taking a break from our fun facts today to remind you of this exciting in-person event happening next month! Christopher Cheng is coming to Nashville next month and will be speaking with RAE Susan Eaddy about his newest picture book and his esteemed writing career. (1/2)
April 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We're taking a break from our fun facts today to remind you of this exciting in-person event happening next month! Christopher Cheng is coming to Nashville next month and will be speaking with RAE Susan Eaddy about his newest picture book and his esteemed writing career. (1/2)
(1/2) Nicole Tugeau is an agent and owner of T2 Art & Literary Agency. She has 23 years of experience in the industry and also helped start an independent agent network, KidLitAgents.
April 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
(1/2) Nicole Tugeau is an agent and owner of T2 Art & Literary Agency. She has 23 years of experience in the industry and also helped start an independent agent network, KidLitAgents.
Someone on our #SCBWIMidsouth25 staff plays the banjo! Who do you think? Scroll to find out!
April 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Someone on our #SCBWIMidsouth25 staff plays the banjo! Who do you think? Scroll to find out!
(1/2) Stephanie Fretwell-Hill is an agent with Red Fox Literary and has 20 years of experience in the kidlit space. She represents creators of both fiction and nonfiction picture books and middle grade.
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
(1/2) Stephanie Fretwell-Hill is an agent with Red Fox Literary and has 20 years of experience in the kidlit space. She represents creators of both fiction and nonfiction picture books and middle grade.
Which of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty do you think is handy with a needle and thread? Scroll to find out!
April 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Which of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty do you think is handy with a needle and thread? Scroll to find out!
(1/1) Mikaela Luke is an Editorial Assistant at Stonefruit Studio, an imprint of Sourcebooks, and a Taiwanese Canadian children's book reviewer. Her paper on transnational migration and magical narratives was published in The Lion and the Unicorn.
April 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
(1/1) Mikaela Luke is an Editorial Assistant at Stonefruit Studio, an imprint of Sourcebooks, and a Taiwanese Canadian children's book reviewer. Her paper on transnational migration and magical narratives was published in The Lion and the Unicorn.
One of the great things about SCBWI is that it's a worldwide organization. One of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty is from Canada and played ice hockey! Can you guess who?
April 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One of the great things about SCBWI is that it's a worldwide organization. One of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty is from Canada and played ice hockey! Can you guess who?
(1/2) Ruta Sepetys finally had to admit she was a terrible coloratura soprano, but now gives voice to underrepresented history. She is the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Middle Grade and YA historical fiction and a Carnegie Medal winner.
April 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
(1/2) Ruta Sepetys finally had to admit she was a terrible coloratura soprano, but now gives voice to underrepresented history. She is the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Middle Grade and YA historical fiction and a Carnegie Medal winner.
Who can carry a tune? Make your guesses and then scroll to find out!
April 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Who can carry a tune? Make your guesses and then scroll to find out!
Maryn Arreguín is a Senior Art Director at Sourcebooks Kids. She is also the author/illustrator of One Tiny Vote and the illustrator of The Leprechaun’s Game Day at Notre Dame and So Lucky to Have You. (1/2)
April 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Maryn Arreguín is a Senior Art Director at Sourcebooks Kids. She is also the author/illustrator of One Tiny Vote and the illustrator of The Leprechaun’s Game Day at Notre Dame and So Lucky to Have You. (1/2)
We may be creatives, but some of us are sporty too! Can you guess which one of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty was a varsity soccer player? Scroll to find out!
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We may be creatives, but some of us are sporty too! Can you guess which one of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty was a varsity soccer player? Scroll to find out!
Lauren MacLeod is a Senior Agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She has been obsessed with sunken ships since childhood and joined the Titanic Historical Society -- before the movie came out, she'll have you know -- just so she could devour the very stodgy journal, The Titanic Commutator. (1/2)
April 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Lauren MacLeod is a Senior Agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She has been obsessed with sunken ships since childhood and joined the Titanic Historical Society -- before the movie came out, she'll have you know -- just so she could devour the very stodgy journal, The Titanic Commutator. (1/2)
Time for our next edition of getting to know our faculty! Which of these lovely people looks like a history buff? Scroll to find out!
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Time for our next edition of getting to know our faculty! Which of these lovely people looks like a history buff? Scroll to find out!
Deeba Zargarpur is a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | Salaam Reads. She's also the author of the Middle Grade fantasy Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate, and a YA, House of Yesterday. Follow Deeba at @deebazargarpur.
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Deeba Zargarpur is a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | Salaam Reads. She's also the author of the Middle Grade fantasy Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate, and a YA, House of Yesterday. Follow Deeba at @deebazargarpur.
Time for day 2 of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty fun fact series! Who would you guess was an EMT-B as a teen? Swipe or scroll down to find out!
April 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Time for day 2 of our #SCBWIMidsouth25 faculty fun fact series! Who would you guess was an EMT-B as a teen? Swipe or scroll down to find out!