Austin SCBWI Resources Library

Published Member Resources

General Resources

Children’s Book Links

• The Purple Crayon
• Cynsations
• Forever Young Adult

Neighboring SCBWI Chapters

• Brazos Valley
• Houston
• Northwest Texas
• Oklahoma
• Southwest Texas

Writer Resources

Links for Writers

• William Strunk’s Elements of Style online

Resource Blogs for Writers

• Poetry for Children
• Neverending Page Turner
• Following My Dreams… One Word at a Time
• Writer’s Digest
• Fiction Notes
• Jennifer Represents…

Illustrator Resources

Keep up with SCBWI Austin Illustrators:

• SCBWI Austin Illustrators on Facebook

SCBWI Opportunities:

• Webinars from SCBWI regions around the world
• SCBWI Student Illustrator Scholarship (Dec-Jan application)
• Tomie dePaola Award (Dec deadline)
• Don Freeman Grant for members (Mar-May application)
• Submit Art to The Bulletin (members only)

Resources for Children’s Book Illustrators:

• The Purple Crayon: Writing, Illustrating, and Publishing Children’s Books
• How To Be A Children’s Book Illustrator
• Kidlit Artists
• Simply Messing About

Children’s Book Blogs:

• Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
• Children’s Illustrators on Fire
• A Fuse 8 Production
• Design of the Picture Book
• 32 Pages

Create and Network:

• Illustration Friday

Do you use twitter? Check out #kidlitart chats Thursday nights at 8pm CST for great topics and a chance to make new illustrator friends.