December is all about celebrating, and here at The Mitten we love a party! It’s hard to believe this is the last issue of Hugs and Hurrah’s...

PiBoIdMo is Picture Book Idea Month. The goal is to brainstorm picture book ideas. You sign up in advance to participate, and all you h...

SCBWI-MI offers an annual yearlong  mentorship program , which varies to include picture book manuscripts, novels, and illustration.  In an...

  AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH MARCERO What is your art background?    I loved to draw from the time I ...

We have 10 years of  Neal Levin's  Kiddie Litter cartoons in our  SCBWI-MI newsletter archives . It's a shame to keep them tucked aw...

Every summer our critique group goes on a writing retreat. When Kristin noticed the pictures of our dedicated and smiling faces on Facebook...

Today’s Writer Spotlight features long-time Michigan SCBWI member Lisa Rose!  Lisa is well known around our Mitten as a lover of all ...