In Opening Lines,  Natalie Yates  gets expert advice from top literary agents to help you tune up your concept, pitch, and opening l...

Georgia Bowers Georgia Bowers , winner of the October 2019 Slush Pile Challenge, tells us why she entered the competition, and abo...

In the first of a series of articles on picture book basics, Words & Pictures Illustration editor John Shelley offers some beginner ...

In the first of a new series, Alison Padley-Woods invites John Shelley to tell us about the illustrator who has inspired him the mo...

In search of inspiration, Caroline Deacon invites established writers and illustrators to tell us about their creative space. This month...

In our new Agent KnowHow series, Louise Lamont , literary agent at LBA Books, tackles that all-important question - what gets a submiss...

This month's Featured Artist is wildlife researcher and picture book creator Howard Gray , whose experience with sea life gives an ex...

Welcome to  Debut Diaries—One Year On , where SCBWI-BI members share their highs (hopefully lots of these) and lows (hopefully fewer of...

We are pleased to announce the July 2020 Slush Pile Challenge,  set by Jo Williamson , of Antony Harwood Ltd .

Deputy Editor A. M. Dassu talks to Ayesha Braganza about how London’s writers development agency, Spread the Word helped support her in...