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Bologna Members' Choice Award Billy Goats Gruff Nicola Robinson Future Bologna opportunities at bologna.scbwi.org Summer Student Illustrator Scholarship Irena Freitas Julie Kwon Each year, the SCBWI sponsors four conference scholarships for full-time graduate or undergraduate students studying illustration. (Two for the New York conference, two for the Los Angeles conference) Many of our SIS winners have gone on to be represented by agents, get illustration work, publish books and win awards. Julie Kwon and Irena Freitas pictured here with Director of Illustration and Artist Programs, Sarah Baker 2017 Illustrator Mentorship Amber Alvarez Irena Freitas Diandra Mae Shannon McNeill Alexandra Thompson Heidi Woodward Sheffield The goal of the mentorship award is to identify, develop, and nurture illustrators whose work shows potential and may benefit from mentorship. Portfolio Showcase Honors Irena Freitas Andy Musser Shannon McNeill Grand Prize Ashlyn Anstee Many, many thanks to the ...

Scenes from the annual portfolio showcase! Honorees will be announced at the morning introduction. Meanwhile, here's an Only-at-SCBWI moment if I've ever seen one: Keynote speaker Marvin Terban had us all in stitches this morning. However, this evening, the tables turned when SCBWI LA member Esther Pearl Watson shared the notes she took about his talk -- in the form of a comic!  Marvin was honored, and had to take a photo to keep! This is the kind of connection that seems to uniquely happen at SCBWI. Love it. Catch more of the conference highlights this year through blog posts tagged  #LA17SCBWI  or  as-it-happens on Twitter .