SCBWI-MI September News for YOU,

Hello friends,

Can it be pumpkin spice season already again? Where everything from coffee to dog treats, even deodorant (ew) is imbued with that warm, spicy scent?

If you Google "Pumpkin spice everything" you can see how creative people have become in adding pumpkin spice to their products. What if we try it, too?

Fun Exercise:

Combine two different things, two unlikely pairings, two opposites to come up with a new story idea or concept for your art. Give it a shot. If you can't think of anything just add a little pumpkin spice to it and you'll have a hit!

As always, if you have any questions related to SCBWI-MI or the SCBWI organization, please feel free to contact your co-RAs, Carrie Pearson or Jodi McKay or co-ICs, Rebecca Green or Katie Eberts.

Warmly (like a pumpkin spice latte),

Carrie and Jodi

Upcoming SCBWI-MI Events:

Free community-wide shoptalk hosted by Kalamazoo Area Shop Talk (KAST): The Terrifyingly Terrific Toolkit: Scary Secrets for Writing and Illustrating Thrilling Kidlit in any Genre with Shanna Heath via Zoom on Sunday, September 26 Time 3:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m (EST).

Click HERE to join the live event!

E&I Community Listening & Engagement Town Hall hosted by Tara Michener. Sunday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m. (EST) via Zoom.

Click HERE to join the town hall!

Check-in with your local Shop Talk to see what's going on! Some are transitioning into small, outdoor in-person gatherings.

Want to learn more about SCBWI-MI's upcoming events or find recordings of events you couldn't watch live?

Navigate to the EVENTS CALENDAR on the SCBWI-MI homepage and click on the event date.

OR go to one of our social media channels:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ScbwiMi
Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/SCBWIMichigan
Instagram, all members: https://www.instagram.com/scbwi_michigan/
Instagram, illustrators: https://www.instagram.com/scbwimichiganillustrators/

Want to connect? Need support? Want to share some good news?

Join MichKids Listserv! This is our online neighborhood. Click HERE for instructions.

STAY TUNED -- MANY MORE EVENTS ARE IN THE WORKS.

SCBWI-MI SCHOLARSHIPS

NEW Scholarship Alert!

SCBWI-MI's E & I team is proud to offer the BIPOC Scholarship.

This scholarship awards a one-year membership to SCBWI for new members who identify as BIPOC kidlit creators.

The application window is

September 1st- October 1st

Please pass this along to any organization or anyone you feel may benefit from this awesome scholarship!

For more information about our scholarships or to donate to a scholarship fund, please click the link below.

SCBWI-MI Scholarship Page

Hey, SCBWI-MI Illustrators!

We hope you’ll join SCBWI members all across the great state of MI this Fall as we meet up to draw outdoors, connect, and get to know each other.

During the last weekend of September, casual drawing meet-ups will be hosted by our fellow Michigan illustrators. We’ll meet to draw in parks, orchards, or other nature-inspired areas. Artists can bring any materials they’d like to draw or paint with.

Click on the link below to find locations, times, and details.

Link to Meet-up Locations

Thank you to Kristin Bartley Lenz & Nina Goebel for all of your work as our Mitten Blog co-editors!

Your SCBWI-MI friends are grateful for the many years you both have volunteered as co-editors. You have supported our members not only by giving them a platform to share their thoughts and work, but by providing insights that are valuable to every step of a writer's and illustrator's journey. Thank you for the connections you've made and the inspiration you've so generously given in every article. You both will be missed, but we are excited for what's to come for you!

Check out Kristin's website

Check out Nina's website

Check out these open positions on SCBWI-MI's leadership team!

The Mitten Blog Editor

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Website Coordinator

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Events Coordinator

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Thanks to Debbie Gonzales, our liaison with the Michigan Reading Association, we are building a great relationship with their organization! Synergies are blossoming.

CLICK HERE for more about how our collaboration will benefit each other -- and you!

Update on the Marvelous Midwest 2022

multi-region conference:

We are SO close to a final schedule and faculty announcements!

More to come soon!

SCBWI-MI | www.michigan.scbwi.org