Western Washington Regional events
Serious about improving your craft? SCBWI's regional events provide opportunities for professional growth and help you connect with a supportive, creative community.
Write in the Woods Western Washington 2025
Nov 07, 2025 - Nov 09, 2025
1 event
Available seats 19
Rainbow Lodge, North Bend, WA
Join SCBWI Western Washington Nov. 7 - 9, 2025, at an all-new location for a full weekend of virtual workshops with Feiwel & Friends Senior Editor Kat Brzozowski and in-person workshops with award-winning local author/illustrator Ellie Peterson. Enjoy hands-on learning, creative time, community, great food, and inspirational nature. Kat will join the group by Zoom for a three-hour workshop on Saturday, with other workshops and group activities throughout the weekend. Opportunities for individual critiques from the editor are available separately. Basic retreat registration includes a shared room ($500 for members, $575 for nonmembers), or optionally add $100 for a single room.
Finding Your Why with Clelia Castro-Malaspina
Dec 03, 2025
1 event
Online event
Unlimited seats
FINDING YOUR WHY: WHY THIS BOOK? As author, freelance editor and former kid lit agent Clelia Gore knows that the key to finding success with your manuscript is knowing your WHY. In this helpful seminar based on a practice she relied on as a literary agent and now as an author, Clelia leads the exercise of figuring out all the reasons why your book should exist. This exercise helps understand a book's potential place in the current marketplace, helps authors figure out and understand their target reader, helps to formulate the strongest story, as well as identifies all the commercial selling points to help you put forth your strongest pitch to an agent or an editor. Join Clelia to find out your book's WHY and learn a practical exercise that you can incorporate into your writing and pitching process.
Sign Up For More Info. Save the Date! SCBWI WWA In-Person Conference
May 02, 2026
1 event
Unlimited seats
South Seattle College
It’s happening! There will be an incredible lineup of keynote speakers, agent and editor panels, breakout sessions, a portfolio showcase, manuscript and portfolio critiques and so much more! On one special day in May, we’ll gather the vibrant talent of our community, connecting and creating Together in Story!