9 DAYS until #12x12PB registration opens for 2025! The countdown continues thrue 1/9. To win today's prize - "Go Away, I'm Writing" socks, comment before midnight ET. Members: How does 12 x 12 motivate you to BIC? Nonmembers: Do you have a writing routine? #kidlit #kidlitart

It's Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas for Writers 2025. I posted my successes here: sarahhetu.com/1500-2/

Hooray! @littlethoughtspress.com just launched Issue 12: Better Together (www.littlethoughtspress.com). Be sure to check out pages 40-42, on which you will find poems by two of my critique partners: @pjpurtee.bsky.social and @davidmcmullin.bsky.social. (My poem is on page 33!)

We could spend all day quibbling (or kwibbling) about how certain words SHOULD be spelled, but there's no denying that Mike Flowers' poem, Quibble, is positively delightful! Check it out in Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Today, Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com launches Issue 12: Better Together. This issue is extra fun for me. Poems from two of my Rhyme Time buddies, @davidmcmullin.bsky.social & @sarahhetu.bsky.social, are published in this issue! One of mine is in there, too.

Congratulations to all the winners in this year's Halloweensie contest! The 2025 Halloweensie Contest WINNERS!!! – Susanna Leonard Hill share.google/dmQ3DLljlNdu... @laurimeyers.bsky.social @jennadaucunas.bsky.social

Please preorder Issue 12, Little Thoughts Press. The theme–Better Together–is significant: two critique partners and I have poems in this issue, proving that we truly are ‘better together!’ square.link/u/UOWLUcaU @littlethoughtspress.com @pjpurtee.bsky.social @davidmcmullin.bsky.social

Check out these awesome #FallWritingFrenzy contest entries: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f.... My poem is titled 'Skellerie Bones.' @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social‬ @lydialukidis.bsky.social

This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group: Use a photo from #FallFrenzy as your prompt to write a poem. Contest: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf... @lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social #childrenspoetry #poetryforchildren

Check out Susanna Hill's holiday contest: susannahill.com/2024/12/06/h... This year, the challenge was to write a complete story, in 250 words or less, geared towards kids under 12, with a theme of a 'holiday-centered mystery.' (mine's number 103 😉) #kidlit #picturebook