🎉📚Our region is happy to celebrate NATIONAL LIBARY WEEK
alongside the American Library Association—
Authors,
Illustrators,
Translators,
Friends...
How do YOU find your joy at the library?
🎉📚
Comment below with #scbwiepa and #nationallibraryweek
Artwork by Lorraine Nam from "I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy."
"This event is not organized by SCBWI and we are not liable for the information presented."
#librarylove #supportyourlibrary #supportlocallibraries #ALA #authorsofpennsylvania #illlustratorsofpennsylvania #kidlitcreators #booksforkids
🎉We are thrilled to reveal the banner winners from Eastern Pennsylvania—
🎉CONGRATULATIONS to
Rebecca W. Chester 👏
and
Georisell Stankiewicz-Soto 👏
Rebecca's full banner is now featured on our blog, social media, website, and newsletter.
The banners change every six months.
❤️Special thanks to our guest judge, illustrator Larissa Brown @larissabrownpaints
🎉Larissa will be a presenter for one of our August events: stay tuned for the coming announcement!
Visit the artists on their websites and social media 👈
and don't forget to subscribe to our blog for future contests and good news announcements! 👈
#bannercontest #contestwinners #illustrationcontest #scbwiillustrators #scbwiepa #kidlitartists #illustrationopportunities #artworkforchildren
Big things are happening in March!
📚These SCBWI Eastern Pennsylvania members have new book releases this month!
🎉Congratulations to
Anne Lambelet for We are Dwarf Sperm Whales🎉
and for her illustrations of When You Find a Question🎉
and to
Jessica Yoon, author of K-POP Demon Hunters, The Official Deluxe Junior Novelization!🎉
Check out these and other titles at your local bookstore or library🏫
#bookbirthday #bookrelease #picturebookrelease #childrenslibrarian #graphicguide #graphicnonfiction #graphicnovel #netflix #kpopdemonhunters #huntrix #whales #dwarfspermwhales #Sciencebooksforkids #whenyoufindaquestion #chapterbook #juniornovelization
🎉The winners of the Eastern Pennsylvania banner contest have been chosen! The new spring🌷/ summer🌺 banner will be posted March 31st, so hop over to our blog or visit our regional page to see the first contest winner.🎉
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or
/regions/epa
Follow our instagram account to learn about the winners on April first!
I promise—No tricks!🎉
#scbwi #SCBWIEPA #Illustratorsofpennsylvania #illustratorsofinstagram #kidlitillustrators #illustrationcontest #childrensillustrationportfolio #pennsylvaniaillustrators
🎉New webinar announcement!🎉
Beyond the Surface webinar with literary agent Eva Scalzo tackles authentic representation of invisible identity—
📚 language struggles, neural differences, chronic conditions, and more...you have questions? Let's find the answers together📚
🌎Mirror our diverse world
Practice inclusivity 🌏
🌍Avoid stereotypes
& Build 3-dimensional characters your readers can relate to—
👉register on our website.
MG & YA critiques including NIV available for additional cost
#neuraldiversity #diverserepresentation #diversityinkidlit #kidlitdiversity #invisibleidentity #invisiblerepresentation #middlegradebooks #middlegradewriter #YA writer #youngadultwriter #YA #MG #novelinverse #ADHDrepresentation #autisminbooks #invisiblediversity
📝Got questions about a revise and resubmit?
📝We've got answers!
🌼🌼We hope you'll join us March 24th at 7 pm ET🌼🌼
to hear Sally Morgridge, editor at Holiday House,🌼🌼
present the ins and outs of R & Rs from every angle—🌼🌼
📌registration and details on our website
/events/eastern-pa-webinar-not-a-yes-not-a-no-how-to-handle-an-r-r-with-editor-sally-morgridge
🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
#editorwebinar #editor #scbwievent #SCBWIEPA #queryingwebinar #queryingadvice #amquerying #reviseandresubmit #R&R #querytrenches #childrenseditor #submissiontips #scbwi
The end of February has arrived 🎉
Last chance to submit your design for the fall/winter or spring/summer regional banners🎨
Special guest judge Illustrator Larissa Brown!🎨
Full details can be found on the Eastern Penn Points blog
/2026/01/08/announcing-the-2026-eastern-pa-scbwi-banner-challenge/
#bannerchallenge #designchallenge #illustrationcontest #SCBWI #SCBWIEPA #illustratorsofpennsylvania
GOOD NEWS:
Jeong is Jeong released in February—
👏 to @jessyoonwrites
Meet Jessica @midsummer_books March 6
🎉check it out at your local bookstore or library
Spotted at @midtownscholar
#bookbirthday #koreanamerican #newpicturebook #PBdiversity #indiebookstore #picturebooksigning #meettheauthor #authorsofpennsylvania #phillybookevent #scbwi #scbwibookevent #scbwiauthor #jeongisjeong
🔧Sign up now, before critique slots are filled—
PB dummy and pitch critique workshop with literary agent Kait Feldmann
🔧🔧2 Sessions: May and September
First submission is due end of March ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆
🖥See our event page for details:
scbwi.org/events/eastern-pa-two-step-critique-for-author-illustrators-sith-literary-agent-kait-feldmann
#agentcritique #authorillustrator #scbwievent #scbwiepa #authorsofpennsylvania #illustratorsofpennsylvania #ktliterary #amquerying #seekingrepresentation #picturebookauthor #picturebookillustrator #critiqueopportunity #agentfeedback #manuscriptfeedback
⏰February 9 is the last day to
save $$$$ with early bird pricing that's JUST RIGHT!🐻
Join the SCBWI Eastern PA
Pocono annual retreat
⚡Held at Boyds Mills⚡
(formerly Highlights Foundation)
⏰Register on our website by Monday, 02/09 before standard pricing takes effect!
/events/pocono-the-three-bears-2026-in-search-of-just-right
🐻🐻🐻
#boydsmills #kidlitconference #agentfeedback #portfolioshowcase #silentpitch #poconoandthethreebears #scbwievent #SCBWIEPAevent #EPApocono2026 #kidlit #kidlitart
♟Make plans now for our April 13 webinar,
♟10 Game-Changing Things Authors and Illustrators Should Know
with literary agent Lilly Ghahremani
from Full Circle Literary♟
Lilly will share the publishing industry's biggest secrets during the webinar and Q&A
♟register on the SCBWI website
/events/eastern-pa-webinar-10-game-changing-things-authors-and-illustrators-should-know-with-literary-agent-lilly-ghahremani
#literaryagent #fullcircleliterary #SCBWIevent #scbwiwebinar #authorillustrator #publishingsecrets #publishinghacks #illustratorsofig #authorsofig
FREE EVENT—
🐓Wake-Up and Write-In
Online writing time
led by the amazing @jenraudenbush1
Bring your WIP and 🔥power through those pages, 🔥rip through those revisions, or 🔥slay that synopsis during our two 45-minute writing sessions🔥
🐓Register for the Zoom link
/regions/epa/wake-up-write-in
#writingtime #bodydoubling #onlinewritingsession #scbwifreeevent #scbwievent #scbwiepa #writersofpennsylvania #writingaccountability #2026writinggoals
