Halloween(sie) 2025 was a hit this year! I enjoyed working on these eensie 100 word stories with my amazing critique partners and am so thankful for the judges, prize donors (especially Heather Preusser), and gracious host, Susanna Hill!

🕯️❄️🎁 Sharing this #holiday #writing #contest with my kidlit friends. Entries are due by Nov. 30th. Hope you’ll join me in entering!

So excited about the finalists who were chosen for Susanna Hill’s 15th Halloweensie writing contest! 😉 Congrats to those who entered, as there were so many A++ submissions. And a big thanks to those who host! Please vote for your favorite by Tues 11/18 at 5 pm EST: susannahill.com/2025/11/16/t...

Michelle is an amazing rhymer, gives fantastic critiques, and has a wealth of knowledge about the #kidlit world!

Feeling so grateful for the Honorable Mention I received after applying to the Write Kidlit Now scholarship! Thank you so much @bookthreader.bsky.social for your efforts and generosity! What a boost for those of us getting started on our writing journey. #kidlit #community #scholarship #kindness

Our Story Sculpting Writing Workshop is happening THIS SATURDAY at the Decatur Library. If you haven't registered and want to improve your PB and novel-writing skills, don't miss it! Learn more here: www.scbwi.org/events/story... @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social

A truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. … By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating. - Pearl S. Buck

Congrats on your new publication @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social ! Sharing this giveaway for my teacher and librarian friends. 📖💙

Congrats to the all the winners, especially my writing buddies Lisa Davis and Amanda Fletcher @mandyfletcher.bsky.social!!! Your entries were so funny with great twists!! So well deserved!! 🎉

What could be better than reflecting on how we’re “Better Together”? Join me in sending a submission to Little Thoughts Press to be considered for their next issue!

Happy to #donate @kateywrites.bsky.social THE REINDEER REMAINDERS and Tonya Grant's KAMALA HARRIS to honor the #sunwritefun #writingcontest It's not too late to donate! karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25-raffle @swildmansf.bsky.social @jennybbooks.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social

Ready for a #Plottwist w/FAB PRIZES?! Today-next Wed (9.03), send a brand new pic #book to the MS #Library Comm. for rural elemen. #school & you'll get 1 #Raffle entry (no limits!). karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25-raffle for more info! @jennybbooks.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social

Thanks to the fabulous #sunwritefun donors and judges including @nchurnin.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jyotigopal.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @juliefhedlund.bsky.social @kellipanique.bsky.social @authorhmacht.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social #kidlit

"ENOUGH!" Mouse cried. "I'm all pooped out!" She promptly went inside to pout. Katelyn Aronson's brilliant ‬POO-DUNIT? A FOREST FLOOR MYSTERY always gets giggles. #kidlit #SunWriteFun @swildmansf.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25

Last month, I was touched to learn I was one of the #springflingkidlit winners. Last week, I had the chance to redeem my prize with the amazing @valeriebolling.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who made this opportunity possible! 💛💜 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social

@mandyfletcher.bsky.social gave me just the nudge I needed to submit my story to the #springflingkidlit #writerscompetition Many thanks to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity to submit and the tremendous effort you put in towards building community!

This badge designed by talented high school student Dillon A. is too cute not to post. Thank you to all of the kid judges, educators, and prize donors for making this contest as sweet as could be! #pbandkidjudges

What a fun idea! I am finalizing my story for submission, and I can’t wait to see what this panel of kid judges thinks of it. Thank you for offering this opportunity @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social !

Let's call it "research" for a current work in progress... what's your best April Fools' Day prank? (Bonus points will be awarded if I can test it out on my kids tomorrow. 😁😇) #aprilfools #pranks #ideas #picturebooks

So very grateful for the opportunity to attend my first writer's conference this weekend. The speakers were awe-inspiring, and the entire community was delightful. A huge thank you to the @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social leadership team for making this event such a valuable experience!

Spring is almost here, but it's still not too late to donate a book in honor of #50PreciousWords. I just called Toadstool Bookshop to ask what they needed, and the entire process took no more than 4 minutes. Thanks @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for an excuse to make a small difference this morning!

Congratulations to all of the 12x12 2024 winners! I took a leap last Leap Day when I learned about 12x12 and decided to join. This week marks one year into my writing journey thanks to @juliefhedlund.bsky.social and her #12x12challenge. I am so grateful! www.12x12challenge.com/winners-wall...

Delighted that My New, Furry Love limerick was recognized with an Honorable Mention in Susanna Leonard Hill's #valentiny contest. This one definitely reflects some very real emotions taking place in our home during this chapter of life. 😄😍

Happy to have submitted an entry in #50preciouswords this year. I hope that you have, too! Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all of those in the #kidlit community who are offering such fun and fabulous prizes.

Imagine a gymnasium full of children cheering wildly for the books and fellow readers they love ❤️📚 #ReadersRally #gcpslibraries #kidlit

Thankful for the wisdom of the eleven-year-old who reminded me that the only way to lose was if I didn't jump in. Congratulations to the 1,015 others who pushed "submit" on Monday. And thanks to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social @sylviaichen.bsky.social and all of the other talents involved in #pbparty!

Completed #storystorm , and wow, was it a lot of fun! Thanks so much @taralazar.bsky.social

Excited for year 2 of imagining, growing, and learning in the #12x12PB community! @12x12challenge.bsky.social