SCBWI shout outs

[Valerie Light]

@Merry-Millergass I'm in New York's Eastern/Upstate region!

and whew, I've been glued to my desk chair for the last 10 hours I think? Time for a break!

[Asyas_illos]

@Valerie-Light no kidding a little brutal lol

[Valerie Light]

@Asyas_illos did any of you sign up for peer reviews or pitches as well? I did not, but i'm very curious what those sessions look like.

[Asyas_illos]

@Valerie-Light no I didn’t either, I was really hoping you’d be able to kind of “sit in” to see how it goes? But I didn’t get a link to todays, so I’m guessing no. Maybe there’s somebody else who registered and can shed some light on it for us…

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Asyas_illos Thank u! I agree, our fellow rabbits definitely have great portfolios. Great job everyone!

[Asyas_illos]

@Valerie-Light did you catch the part when one of the ads said she had a dog file? I’m mean I honestly didn’t know they worked liked that. They find things that you do well and set it aside waiting for the perfect project? Or maybe that’s just her? I don’t know that was crazy to me! But, I think that’s the most important thing I took away yesterday, is draw the things you like to draw and what you’re good at and put those in your your portfolio. If you don’t like drawing cars don’t put them in cuz if they’re good you’ll get asked to do them again and again. And be drawing them for six months to a year.

[Jeremy Ross]

Thanks for sharing @Asyas_illos, and good luck to the Rabbits! I look forward to entering the next one

[Valerie Light]

@Asyas_illos I did see that, and I love it! I loved hearing from the panelists saying they welcomed art submissions from unagented, unpublished illustrators. That makes me feel way less pressure about sending a 'perfect' submission in.

[Asyas_illos]

@Jeremy-Ross thank you and I’ll definitely be attending again!

[TessaW]

@Asyas_illos Thank you! I freakin love SVS fam!

[Asyas_illos]

@TessaW

[davidhohn]

@Asyas_illos Yup. (Speaking from experience here)

[Asyas_illos]

@davidhohn haha good to know

[Asyas_illos]

Wow!!!! @Nyrryl-Cadiz congratulations! Two wins!🥳

[TessaW]

@Asyas_illos Omg! Came to celebrate here about that!!!! Holy cow congrats @Nyrryl-Cadiz I'm so excited for you!!!!!

[Merry.Millergass]

CONGRATS @Nyrryl-Cadiz

Amazing work!!!!!

[Valerie Light]

NYRRYL YOU NAILED IT! @Nyrryl-Cadiz Congratulations on winning BOTH the grand prize and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. So exciting for you.

[Jeremy Ross]

Congratulations @Nyrryl-Cadiz!!!! Well deserved!

[Valerie Light]

Oof my brain is full! I'm going to try to watch a few more of the sessions I missed, and go through my notebooks to look up the things I need to follow up on. A mountain of new information for me.

Are there other, more specialized conferences? Just illo, just kidlit, etc? @Lee-White once mentioned going to art directors' and designers' conferences and having great luck there. Can anyone point me to that?

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Asyas_illos @TessaW @Merry-Millergass @Valerie-Light @Jeremy-Ross thank you so much everybody!!!