SCBWI Oklahoma/Arkansas

Find information & registration for our spring conference here: scbwi.org/events/ok-ar-s…

Registration for our 2026 Spring Conference, April 17-18 at OSU-Tulsa, is officially open. Our faculty is first rate! It will be an awesome weekend of professional and creative growth. Early bird price for SCBWI members until 1/15. Link in comments.

This auction is beginning soon on the SCBWIOKAR FB page. Great items to bid on, including a PB critique from Tammi Sauer & YA one from @stageandpage & items from Edgar nominated author Ginger Reno. Join us!!

The SCBWI OK/AR Region is having an auction on our public FB page on Sunday night, 11/9, to fund a scholarship. Join us. Items up for bid include critiques from PB writer Tammi Sauer & YA writer Ginny Sain. Great stuff!

My picture book, ONE CAN BE, shares @LtlFreeLibrary joy. So, authors from all 50 states are adding a copy to nearby LFLs. Here, Darcy Pattison adds a book in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Darcy has 70+ fiction and nonfiction books in print. She runs Mims House Books AND started the @scbwiokar chapter. Two states down. 48 to go! Follow ONE CAN BE across America. #onecanbe #50states #Arkansas #kidlit

Had a great time with @SCBWIOKAR writing group friends at @crystalbridges Museum of American Art yesterday. Did a little writing based on some of the paintings - mainly snippets & bits of funny dialogue - but those small creative exercises often spark bigger ideas. A lovely day.

More information coming soon. Watch this space. SCBWI OK/AR Spring Conference, April 17-18, 2026 @ OSU-Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.

So excited to share this news! A recent survey revealed that an in-person spring SCBWI conference was the #1 programming desire of 87.5% of @SCBWIOKAR writers & illustrators. Mark your calendars and save the dates. More info & registration is coming in the next few months.

Join us as @JenSneedWrites shares her screen & tips, re: how to get started using Canva, or level up. SM graphics, video, adapting templates, rights limits, & QR codes, she'll demo how to create low cost, DIY promo materials for you & your book. Low cost. Link below.

Registration is officially open for our June 7 "On the Road with OK/AR SCBWI" Event. We are going on the road to Tuttle, Oklahoma. Follow this link to read more about all the opportunities for you on the day of the event. #scbwiontheroad scbwi.org/regions/oklaho…

Thank you all for a great conference! #scbwiokar24

Thanks to our RA, Gaye Turner Sanders, and our ARA, Jennifer Sneed! Also thanks to our IC, Kara McCarty Mitchell, the amazing Jerry Bennett, and all of the volunteers, speakers, and attendees at this year’s spring conference! What an amazing time we had!!!!!!

Day 2 of #scbwiokar24 kicking off with our Regional Advisor @gayesanders introducing our first presenters of the day, agent/author team Stephanie Fretwell-Hill and @MaierBrenda !

Rise and shine! It's time for another great day at our SCBWI Oklahoma/Arkansas Spring Conference on the beautiful University of Central Oklahoma campus! Doors open at 8 am! #scbwiokar24 #amwriting #amillustrating #amhappy

After a great keynote by Sr Editor at Crown Books, Kelly Delaney, a few conference attendees got lucky with door prizes, then we had an informative panel with our onsite faculty! Now for an offsite mixer at Round Midnight, then back bright and early! See you there! #scbwiokar24

And we’re off! #scbwiokar24

TODAY'S THE DAY! Are you ready for #scbwiokar24? See you tonight in Edmond!!! 🤩

We're so excited! Set those alarms because #scbwiokar24 starts tomorrow!!!