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Patricia Wiles
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SCBWI’s Director of Regional Team Management • Opinions are my own
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Congratulations to all of the Conference Scholarship winners! 🎉 Be sure to congratulate them below!
December 21, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Don’t kill someone else’s passion to create. Don’t let others shame you into silence. Thank you for this @scalzi.com
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Dec 17
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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We can all resist fascism.
December 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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The SCBWI was honored to have Nikki Giovanni as our conference keynote speaker on three separate occasions. Her moving, heartfelt, and often humorous talks never failed to bring the audience to their feet.

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Dr. Nikki Giovanni on the "man of his time" fallacy (2006)
YouTube video by Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
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December 14, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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My weekly #comic begs the question, "how do you want to be remembered?"

Help support this by sharing and/or visiting http://eupologies.com

#comic #eulogy #funeral #pronouns #bookbans
December 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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NEXT WEEK: Find out what you need to know and what works now when sending out a #kidlit manuscript. Handouts and recordings included--you must register in advance. $59

Live December 16 and 18 via @highlightsfound.bsky.social

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Visual for the "Successful Strategies for Submitting Your Manuscript to Agents and Editors" online workshop
December 10, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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The joyful message we all need right now. I dare you to watch it and not cry by the end 🥰

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Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
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December 13, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Cuéntame! Let's Talk Books with Cece Bell www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYdL...
Cuéntame! Let's Talk Books with Cece Bell
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December 12, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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Looking for the perfect book to cozy up with or an unforgettable gift for the book lovers in your life? Look no further—SCBWI BookStop is back and better than ever!

scbwi.org/bookstop

#scbwibookstop
December 11, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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I’ll be there and I can’t wait!!!!
scbwi.bsky.social SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · Dec 2
Raise your hand if you've already purchased your ticket for the NY Conference 1/31-2/2 ✋

Make sure you join us for our Industry Panel: The Outlook for Children's Publishing in 2025!

Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/winte...

Art by Maya Shleifer

#SCBWINY25
December 2, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Book shopping on Black Friday? Browse the #WorldKidLit picks at #SCBWIBookStop! 🌏
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November 29, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Beautiful Colorado sunset 💝
December 1, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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A message from one of SCBWI's partners
authorsabb.bsky.social Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Nov 25
An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
An Open Letter to Our Publishers With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025) For authors who are not citizens, this could also result in deportation. This promises to be a pro-censorship, pro-book-banning administration, and the successful implementation of its policies will require willing compliance of America's institutions, including its corporations. The freedom to write is as important as the freedom to read. We have been heartened by many publishers' willingness to engage in legal and legislative pathways to fight book banning and want to be sure that you will double-down on your fight during this consequential time. This past week AABB help open forums with authors from all genres and age levels to better understand author concerns and needs. While this may not be a complete list due to the rapid turnaround, we know we have a short time before January to prepare for what is to come and we want to this start this conversation sooner rather than later.
November 26, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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From Golden Books’ 'The Fairy Tale Book', illustrations by Adrienne Ségur. 1958.
Black fine line illustration on a pinkish background of a luxurious longhaired cat in a veiled crown and necklace and holding a folded fancy fan, looking upward with dilated pupils.
November 24, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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The ALA is looking for an artist to help develop a compelling tagline and core image around which the American Library Association (ALA) can build print and digital promotional campaigns and fundraising for Banned Books Week 2025
(October 5 – 11, 2025).

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November 22, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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✨ Join us at #NCTE24 (IG: @nctegram) for an impactful panel sponsored by SCBWI, where acclaimed voices Nancy, Ann, Torrey, and S.D. will explore the essential topic of mental health and how books can help find connections. 📚Mark this panel as a must-attend on your NCTE schedule! ✨
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Support school libraries on #givingtuesday - donate to the #scbwi Impact & Legacy Fund’s Support School Libraries project. All donations will be used to purchase books for schools in need. Read about the schools here www.scbwi.org/giving-tuesd...
November 21, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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Advice from a Literature teacher and resister: read your history, but don’t forget your literature.

Resistance is woven through the words of abolitionism and feminism and anti-fascism. Read the history and the literature.
November 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM