Conference Scholarships
Conference Scholarships
Every year KidlitNation awards mentorships to diverse voices in children’s literature. This year’s scholarship will cover fees for the 2020 SCBWI Illinois Interactive online conference. The scholarship is open to any children’s writer or illustrator of color who has never attended SCBWI-IL’s yearly conference.
Previous Scholarship Winners

Leah Schanke
2019 Scholarship winner

Donna Beasley
2019 Scholarship winner

Gabriela Romero
2019 Scholarship winner

Kuldeep Kaur
2019 Scholarship winner

Sandra Mazuera
2019 Scholarship winner

Audrey Moy
2018 Scholarship winner

Candice Yamnitz
2018 Scholarship winner

Justin Barret
2018 Scholarship winner

Michelle Sharpe Silverthorn
2018 Scholarship winner

Rita D. Russell
2018 Scholarship winner

Anna Khan
2017 Scholarship winner

Erica Thomas
2017 Scholarship winner

Evan J. Roberts
2017 Scholarship winner

Jacob Sun Kim
2017 Scholarship winner

Jiton Davidson
2017 Scholarship winner

Katie Oatey
2017 Scholarship winner

Kevin Yu
2017 Scholarship winner

Ramone L. Outlaw
2017 Scholarship winner

Sunila Samuel
2017 Scholarship winner

Tiombe Alma Eiland
2017 Scholarship winner