Join the Queensland branch for our first in-person meeting of 2025.
Pitch Perfect - A Pitch Perfecting Workshop
with Publisher Rowena Beresford
Plus - Online MS Assessments over Two Days!
What’s a Pitch?
A book pitch is a brief and compelling explanation of what your story is about. A well-crafted pitch is a powerful tool for selling your project and marketing your book.
Join us to hone your pitch writing skills. By the end, you’ll know what it takes to craft a pitch that sings!
Special Guest Speaker
Rowena Beresford, Publisher & Managing Editor of Riveted Press, will share a publisher’s view of what makes a winning pitch. Attendees will have time to workshop a pitch and practise delivering it in small groups. A few willing (brave!) creators can pitch to the entire room and the publisher.
Rowena Beresford
The Usual Goodies…
We’ll have our usual Book Baby Showcase and Member Milestones AND some exciting SCBWI QLD news. There may even be some of Jacqui’s fabulous cupcakes!
New-Old Venue
According to our recent survey, many members are keen to meet in the city rather than the suburbs, so we’ve booked a meeting room at Brisbane Square Library in the meeting room near the escalators.
Sunday, 16 March 2025, 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Manuscript Assessments Too!
Rowena is available for online feedback over two Saturdays. It will be the usual 15-minute editor appointment. Booking will open on 16 February, so get those MS samples ready!
Saturday 22 and 29 March, Online
Attendees of the 16 March event get priority booking, and there will be a number of spaces reserved for current SCBWI QLD members who live regionally.
If you are a regional SCBWI QLD member who lives 100 kms outside of Brisbane, and you’d like to take advantage of this assessment opportunity, please email Ali at scbwi.qld@gmail.com to reserve a spot.
Booking an Assessment
Links to book an assessment will be sent to participants first via their event confirmation email. The cost is $90 for a 15-minute Zoom appointment with some written feedback to be sent separately .
You will be able to nominate a day, 22 or 29 March, morning or afternoon. We will do our best to accommodate your time preference, but we cannot promise you your exact wish.
Details about what to submit are included in the online application form. Please note: materials must be submitted immediately (by 21 Feb) in order to give our editor maximum time to prepare.
Any remaining appointment slots will be made available to non-attendees on 22 February.