For New England residents, membership in SCBWI automatically confers membership in one of three New England regions at no additional fee: New England North (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont), New England Central (Massachusetts), and New England South (Connecticut and Rhode Island).

New England SCBWI resources include:

• Critique Groups
• Regional Email List
• Regional Newsletter
• CONNECTIONS Speaker Directory
• Annual Regional Conference
• Workshops and Events
• Memory Fund

New England is an active and busy region for writers and illustrators of children's books and magazines. Read the News & Events section of this website for up-to-date information about all that we have to offer.

SCBWI Critique Groups are held, usually on a monthly basis, in communities throughout each region. Some groups meet in libraries; others, in homes. Each group is unique, shaped by the talents of the Critique Group Representative and the participants. An online list of SCBWI Critique Groups is updated frequently, and the New England Critique Groups Coordinator is available to help and advise prospective representatives on adding new critique groups to our network.

Please send your questions or suggestions to Critique Group Coordinator Jan Kozlowski at the following address:

The New England SCBWI Email List is a great way to keep in touch with other members who have similar interests. It's also a great way to network, to find out about upcoming events and opportunities and changes in both SCBWI and the publishing industry in general. The New England SCBWI Email List is available to SCBWI members from anywhere in the world. Most announcements are about events in New England, but in our discussions we value the experience of all writers and illustrators for children.

An Email list, or listserve, is a way of communicating with a group of people via email. Instead of sending an email to one person and then seeing his or her reply, you can send an email to every member of the mailing list at once. These messages will be seen or received only by other members of the group--in this case, only SCBWI members who have subscribed.

The New England NEWS is a bi-monthly newsletter of the three New England Regions. Each issue of The New England NEWS carries pertinent articles, announcements of classes, art shows, competitions, publishers needs and activities throughout the area. The achievements of our members are also highlighted, and your contributions are welcomed and encouraged.

In an often lonely and isolating business, The NEWS is a lamp of encouragement, hope, and support. If you are serious about your career, it is the key that can unlock many doors.

CONNECTIONS is a database of New England SCBWI authors and illustrators who are available for school and library speaking dates. This list of names, descriptions of school visit programs and contact information will be emailed to subscribers twice a year, in September and June. There is no cost to either the authors/illustrators listing with us, or the subscribers receiving this information.

New England SCBWI offers an annual conference in the spring. Members receive reduced conference tuition. The content of the conference is a mix of presentations and workshops, designed to assist the novice and encourage the established professional.

In addition to the annual conference, New England SCBWI organizes smaller events and workshops for writers and illustrators. Each New England region occasionally sponsors area workshops that give members opportunities to learn and to network with peers. These get-togethers range in scope from workshops on one aspect of producing children's books, to day tours, to "teas" hosted by bookstores for published New England SCBWI members.

In July 2005, we lost two friends and passionate contributors to children's literature: Illustrator Ann Barrow and Writer Ruth Landers Glass. This loss inspired New England SCBWI to begin thinking about ways to honor these and other lost friends.

Because SCBWI was so important to both Ann and Ruth, we have decided the best way to remember these two remarkable people would be to continue their passion for helping other writers and illustrators by offering a scholarship in each of their names that would allow a writer and an illustrator to attend the New England event of their choice in the next calendar year for free.