Please take a moment to answer the questions below so that I have enough information to match you to an existing or start-up writing group.

1. Please list your complete name, address and phone number and Email address so I can
contact you and try to find a geographic match with a writing group.

2. Are you a member of SCBWI?

3. Have you attended any SCBWI programs and/or writing classes/programs or enrolled
in/completed any low residency graduate programs? Please list what you can recall.

4. What are your genre interests (i.e. picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle
grade, young adult, poetry, magazine, nonfiction, educational, plus any subcategories
like historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, etc.)?

5. Are you currently a member of a critique group or have you been in one previously?
If yes, how long?

6. How long have you been actively writing for children?

7. Do you submit to publishing houses on a regular basis?

8. Have you been published as a children’s writer/illustrator in any medium(print/web)?

9. Please rate your own experience level from these three categories:
a. Beginning writer for children
b. Somewhat experienced
c. I am an experienced and published writer for children.

10. What is your level of interest and commitment to writing?
a. I treat this as a hobby, write when I can
b. I treat this as a part-time job, I work at least 10 hours a week writing
c. I treat this as a full-time job, I write at least 20- 30 hours a week writing

11. Would you be interested in an online critique group, only face-to-face meetings, or a
hybrid that does both online and face-to-face?

12. How far are you willing to travel to participate in a critique group?

Please email your answers back to me at PhDTree@aol.com
Thank you for your time! I will follow up with you in the next few weeks about potential matches/alternatives. Teresa Smith, SCBWI-IL Critique Groups Coordinator