Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social

Check It Out! Dream Jar Publishing Call for #chapterbook #middlegrade manuscripts #amwriting #kidlit #publishing #news asuen.com/dream-jar-pu...

You asked for it, so here it is 👀 The Season 3 line up!👇W/ @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social @heathercashman.bsky.social @darahenrywrites.bsky.social @abkoga.bsky.social @sophbriar.bsky.social @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social @amfaulkenbury.bsky.social & MORE! #WritingCommunity

Hooray for You, Me, and the Writing Journey!

@drenderturmaud.bsky.social is amazing, and @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social is also amazing... so you know that this episode of @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social was absolute 🔥🔥🔥! I highly recommend you listen to it right away. Trust me, you're going to find it inspiring. ✨️

Who’s excited??? 👀👀👀👀👇👇👇 I know I am!! #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast

🚨TOMORROWWWWW!!!! 📣 #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast #editors #agents #kidlit

The writing journey isn’t always about writing. Sometimes it’s about living, exploring, being, so that our soul feels alive and we can share that with the world through words. 💜 #writingcommunity #kidlit

Who’s excited??? 👀👀👀👀👇👇👇 I know I am!! #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast

#Agents, #Editors, & #Publishers, #KidLitGN's 2025 pitch event is open! kidlitgn.com/submission-d.... Reply to the pitches you are interested in with your sub guidelines, or add your guidelines here: kidlitgn.com/submission-d... #pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels

We need art and words and songs. Keep writing. Keep creating lighthouses for the world my friends. 🫶 #writingcommunity #kidlit

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

#editors who are interested in graphic novels! If you haven’t, check out the @kidlitgn.bsky.social pitch event happening at kidlitgn.com this month! There are some phenomenal pitches by agented & unagented authors posted! (And maybe check out my early reader #GN pitch as well 😉 ) #kidlit

YMWJ Podcast update/check in! 👇👇😁 #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast #kidlit #amquerying #amwriting

Calling all #agents, #editors, and #publishers of #graphicnovels for #kids through YA! Check out all the fantastic stories pitched at KidlitGN.com , now through October 31... and don't forget to request! There are over 150 #pitches from over 125 #creators!

What does a pass mean? 👇 ➡️ An agent/editor read your work! ➡️ You’re in the game. What does a champagne pass mean? 👇 ➡️An agent/editor see the merit in work! It just wasn’t the right fit for them, their MSWL, their pub house, etc. ➡️YOU’RE IN THE GAME!! 🙌 #writingcommunity

Hey #FallWritingFrenzy people- exciting news, the donors up up! Check them out here & pls share: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf... #FWF #kidlit #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #amreading #competitions #stories #writer @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @professoraixa.bsky.social

GN creators, you can load your pitches starting tomorrow. Agents, editors, publishers, only 4 days away until the #KiLitGN pitch even opens for viewing at kidlitgn.com #kidlit #pitch

Congratulations to all!!! #kidlit

Me: I want to expand into another genre outside of #PB Me: *stumbles unexpectedly on writing graphic novel scripts* Now me: “I’m in love!! 😍” My #kidlit craft is expanding my friends! #writingcommunity #scbwi #graphicnovel #GN

Advice for my #amquerying peers: “Query when you & your book are ready, & when the agents you want to query are open: to hell w/ the rest of it!” (From former agent & editor @keslupo.bsky.social who is a gem to the #writingcommunity !) Full article here: kesialupo.substack.com/p/how-import...

Thoughts today from an Author + Therapist: I hope writing gives you a window into the world, not just an escape from it. 💜 #writingcommunity #kidlit

Write fire my friends. 🔥 Let’s light up this world and change it for the better. #writingcpmmunity #kidlit

Submissions for this latest theme for my #kidlit magazine are the lowest they have been in a very long time & honestly, it's really bumming me out. Don't normally write for kids? 🤷 Give it a try & send something my way. Or get your creative kid engaged & have them send in a poem or drawing.

Yeah, you see that right! Podcast and #kidlit superstar Danielle Render Turmaud has donated a fantastic prize for the #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest. Thank you for your support, @drenderturmaud.bsky.social! ❤️ ✨

What do you think #writingcommunity? The #YouDeservepIt events used to be fall & spring but so many events have popped up which is becoming an over saturation issue for the entire industry (authors, editors, agents). To help with this, I’m thinking about shifting to 1x/year.

Do you deal with regret? “I wish I hadn’t started querying so soon!” “I wish I had fixed that typo!” “Why was THAT how I wrote it??” If so, you’re not alone. But, you’re also in a different place looking back now. Show yourself compassion. 💜 #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast

Show yourself compassion. Show yourself curiosity. When you experience regret, meet yourself from where you were, not from where you are now. With 💜, Your Therapist & Author Friend #writingcommunity #mentalhealth

#DVpit 2025 is coming up! 🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉 ✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025 🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info #writersky #authorsky #booksky

YOU could be the winner of a manuscript critique from @drenderturmaud.bsky.social in the #KidlitChuckleChallenge. She writes beautiful lyrical picture books and gives wonderful critiques!

IT'S BAAAAAACK! The #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest is back for its second year, and I am so excited about it! Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...

Beauty is not just something within us or around us, it is something we can create… —>Through love —>Through writing —>Through music —>Through art —>Through gardening —>Through caring for the planet and others —>Through caring for ourselves #writingcommunity #kidlit

A #PB that reminds us that we can dance to the unique colors inside of us, no matter what they are. #QueerPit #OS In #editors inboxes now! 🌈(Represented/#agented by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social ) If other editors would like to see it, we’d love to send it to you!)

There's a place for all of us. MY RAINBOW TEACHER is an accessible & empowering #PB following one child's journey in learning how to dance to their unique colors, w/ support & care from their rainbow teacher. (In #editors inboxes now!) #QueerPit #OS (#agented by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social )

Know a talented young artist? Lit Kids currently has open submissions for the chance to have artwork published on an actual book cover! 🤯 Check out our site for more info and please share the contest far and wide! Keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag... #kidlit #parents #art

I’m so excited to be one of the donors for this important #writingcommunity auction with proceeds towards immigrant rights, trans rights, & families in Gaza! For my #kidlit peeps, I’ve donated 3 #PB critiques + an AMA. Let’s bring meaningful change in this 🌎 together 🫶

I can't wait to see what characters and objects you all pair together in a funny way in the #KidlitChuckleChallenge!

Writing is grounding. Writing is connecting to ourselves. Writing is healing. #writingcommunity #kidlit

IT'S BAAAAAACK! The #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest is back for its second year! Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-... I look forward to laughing at all your humorous stories! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

✨Please share and bookmark!✨ In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS... + A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:

Check out this episode of podcast You, Me, and the Writing Journey for some #RealTalk about #neurodiversity in #publishing #amwriting #amquerying #amagenting #amediting friends who love #writing and love #books open.spotify.com/episode/31Vr...

This spoke deeply to me today. May we be the lighthouses my friends 🫶 #writingcommunity #kidlit #therapist

The goal is the anchor, but the steps are what make the difference. With 💜, Your Therapist + Author Friend #writingcommunity #kidlit

What we put into our picture books (or don’t), matters! Even in how we choose our characters. I highly recommend this read for #PB and #kidlit friends! #writingcommunity www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

IT’S HERE!!!!! So excited to share the Season 2 finale with you with the AMAZING @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social ! 👇👇 You should go listen TODAY!!! #writingcommunity @drenderturmaud.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/31Vr...

@ymwjpodcast.bsky.social Season 2 finale is ✨LIVE✨ w/ ….. The amazing @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social on Navigating Neurodiversity in the Publishing Industry, the Strengths & the Challenges! I hope you find what Kaitlyn shared as inspiring as I do! #writingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/31Vr...

I tell my clients this all the time: Rejection doesn’t mean your book is bad. It means that it wasn’t right for that moment, that list, or that person. But someone else is still looking for your story. Don’t stop.

And as a part of my entry, I want to share one of my favorite science #PB ! I highly recommend! It’s fun and full of STEAM! #SunWriteFun www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social

I entered #SunWriteFun! Any #kidlit peers joining? @ellenmulholland.bsky.social @citlali.bsky.social @steenahernandez.bsky.social @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social @valeriebolling.bsky.social www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social

I entered the #SunWriteFun contest today! Any of my #kidlit friends doing it?? @stephanieowens.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social @staceystories.bsky.social @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 Thank you to @kmgreenwald.bsky.social !