Critique Group Co-ordinators

Critique Groups are notoriously difficult to track. Strong, established ones usually have no openings, and weak uncommitted ones just fall apart. SCBWI NORTH CA passes on the names and contact information of those wishing to start groups. If you're a member of SCBWI and would like to get on the list or get a copy of the current list, please
e-mail the following information to your region's critique group coordinator:

Name
City and Zip
Phone #
E-mail
Writer, illustrator or both?
Published or not yet?
Kid-lit interests.

  

East Bay region Critique Group Coordinator

Nanette Cooper-McGuinness < nmc22@cornell.edu> is the critique group coordinator for the North/East Bay region, which includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties (area codes 510, 925, 707 + a bit of 415).

San Francisco/South California region Critique Group Coordinators

Lynn Hazen is the queen of the critique group list for San Francisco/South region including: coastal counties from San Francisco to Monterey, Santa Clara and San Benito. Her e-mail address is scbwiLynn@gmail.com. So if you are interested in forming or joining a group, please contact her. And just to be clear, our region does not track on-going groups, but we do keep a list of individuals interested in networking and occasionally an established group will send us a message about an opening.

North/Central California region Critique Group Coordinators

Pam Wilkinson<pmwmarigrace@comcast.net> is the critique coordinator for the 38 counties in North/central California.

Tips for starting a critique group

Other critiquing opportunities for SCBWI members:

  • Join the email listserves to meet fellow writers who may wish to form critique groups
  • Check out local events which may have paid critiques or free peer critiques activities.
  • Get involved in the manuscript exchange program run by SCBWI National
  • Log on to the Discussion Boards run by SCBWI National