January is National Mentoring Month. At We Need Diverse Books, we wanted to share resources for writers and illustrators who may be looking for mentorship or to mentor someone else. Some of these opportunities may not be open for the 2020 season but we chose to include them for those still in the research process.

• We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program
• Sesame Street Writers’ Room
• Editor-Writer Mentorship for Diverse Writers by The Word, a Storytelling Sanctuary
• The #PBChat Mentorship
• Writing with the Stars
• Author Mentor Match
• Pitch Wars
• Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program
• Children’s Lit Fellows
• SCBWI Mentorship Programs
• Write in the Margins Mentoring Program
• Harlequin’s Romance Includes You Mentorship
• Illinois SCBWI Illustrator Mentorship
• People of Color in Publishing Representation Matters Mentorship
• KidLit Nation Mentorship Program for Diverse Voices in Children’s Literature
• The Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship in Children’s Literature
• Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices
• Kundiman Annual Retreat
• Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Voices of Our Nation Arts Workshops
• AWP Writer to Writer Mentorship Program