November Is For Illustrators!

November is a busy month for Southern Breeze illustrators! You have just a few days before these awesome art opportunities open:

 Annual Illustrators’ Mentorship

 Opens for Registration November 15th- November 30th 

Every year we invite our Illustrators to take part in this program with a children’s book Art Director or professional illustrator to gain insight into the process of creating children’s books. Craft development, valuable critique, and career advice are typical benefits received from participating in the mentorship program.

This year’s mentor is Saho Fujii, Senior Art Director, Little Brown Books for Young Readers.

The mentees are given detailed assignments from the mentor and will work 6 – 8 weeks to develop work based on a prompt provided. Feedback will be given throughout the process and final art will be critiqued and displayed at Illustrator’s Day in March. Participants will have a finished portfolio piece by the end of the program.

There is limited space (only 10 spots available!) in this program and participants are chosen on a first come first serve basis. We sold out within the first day last year so register early! You’ll find the link to register at the Southern Breeze website here. (The registration link will go live on November 15th.)


Liz Conrad Illustrator Award Applications 

Accepted November 15th – January 1st 

In honor of illustrator Liz Conrad, who created many wonderful children’s books, Southern Breeze has established a merit based award for our regional illustrators.

This year’s judge for the award is Christy T. Ewers at the CAT Agency. For more information about Christy, see the agency website here.

The Liz Conrad Award will be given to one promising illustrator in the children’s book field and will provide:

Free attendance at our Illustrators’ Day/Illustrator’s Intensive
Free attendance at our annual Conference
Review comments from the judge determining the recipient of the award

The Liz Conrad Award is open to Southern Breeze SCBWI members only. If you would like to apply, email your application and submission to Southern-Breeze-IC@scbwi.org beginning November 15th (deadline: January 1, 2020). Please use email subject: LIZ CONRAD 2020 (You can find the application and further instructions on the Southern Breeze website here.)

As always, if you have questions, contact the Southern Breeze Illustrator Coordinator, TeMika Grooms at Southern-Breeze-IC@scbwi.org.