IN THIS STRANGE TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ISOLATION
HOW ABOUT JOINING A SCBWI ONLINE CRITIQUE GROUP?
Want a bit of company? Want to get in touch with like-minded people? Want to chat about your manuscript or your portfolio? Want to get some great ideas of how to go forward with your writing or illustrating?
What are you waiting for?
Why not join one of the many existing SCBWI Online Critique Groups. Or register online individually or with some of your friends and form a new SCBWI Online Critique Group.
It’s free. It’s fun. And it’s rewarding.
Many of our SCBWI Online Critique Group members have since gone on to publishing success.
SCBWI Online Critique Groups often use DropBox and other means of communication but they can also use conferencing software such a Zoom for ‘Face to Face’ meetings.
New members wanted!
Although there is often a waiting list, at the moment there are:
* a few Picture Book Writers Groups requesting new members.
* a mixed group (Picture Book and Junior/Middle Grade) that wants a couple more members.
* we would love to establish some more PB, Junior and Middle Grade and YA Groups.
* Are there any illustrators out there that would like to form a group?
* Also any experienced published authors who would like to form PB or MG groups etc
What to do
Go our SCBWI website (link below) read the information and make sure you want to join and then apply online (choose the group option that suits you)
http://www.scbwiaustralianz.com/online-critique-groups
Please do not join on a whim! Think it through and only join if you are committed. There is nothing more distracting for a group than to have someone enthusiastically join and then not participate or leave.
Attention to all members who have applied recently (in the past month or two) on the SCBWI Website to join an Online Critique Group and have not been placed in a group or been contacted about their application. Our apologies. There has been a glitch in the system that we were unaware of but have since rectified. To ensure your application has been received we are asking all those members to re-apply on the SCBWI website again.
Looking forward to hearing from you on this exciting new adventure.
Margaret Roc
SCBWI Online Critique Group Coordinator