Learn how publisher and author Janine De Tillio Cammarata uses journal techniques to help her get to know her characters.

Author/Illustrator, Sarah Perkins (our very own Illustrator Coordinator) has published her first picture book!

Sarah will share her art and her reflections on the publishing process. She is going to walk us through the journey from the spark of the idea to holding her published book in her hand–finding an agent, submitting her story, working with an editor and art director, revisions, revisions, and more revisions!

Good Publishing News! Eastern NY SCBWI member, author Diana Murray sold her picture book Firehouse Rainbow to Golden Books!

Eastern Up! writer and illustrator, Amy Guglielmo is the creative director for the revived Reading Rainbow!

Nonfiction Is Cool, and Our Kids Know It

Eastern Up! writer, Amanda Baker writes about the changes in kidlit nonfiction in Scientific America and it was featured in Publisher’s Weekly! Read the article here.

Publishing deals, awards, book cover reveals—all the good publishing news from SCBWI Eastern NY!

Here is the Eastern NY SCBWI Good Publishing News from March. Three new deals announced for our writers and illustrators!

Hello SCBWI NY: Eastern Upstate members and friends. Or as we’ve begun to affectionally call our community of writers and illustrators—Eastern Up! As you may have noticed over the last several months, the combination of Pandemic life and having a relatively new Regional Team has allowed us to move and grow in new, sometimes unexpected, and hopefully wonderful ways. As the world is trying to find a new normal, here at Eastern Up! we are doing our best to make our corner of the SCBWI the best it can be.