We will still be hosting the Application Prep Party on February 12th, where @ebonylynnmudd and @kaileipewbooks will get you more ready than ever to apply to PB Rising Stars. Register now! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #picturebookauthor #picturebookillustration #illustration #kidlit

2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award Shortlist Announced buff.ly/bPfd0yi

Goldmine at Redlake, Ontario A.Y. Jackson 1945

Dear #Querying #Writers, Come join me here on #Bluesky for an #AskMeAnything session, this coming Wednesday, January 14, from 5pm - 6pm PT / 8p.m. - 9pm ET. Happy to share #tips for #Writing #Revising #Querying + anything I can to help you succeed. See you Wednesday evening! #StarlingLit

🎆Happy new year #writingcommunity! Let’s start 2026 off with a bang AND a #PB critique giveaway from Peak Team Critiques! To enter: 1- Follow @teachertoauthor.bsky.social and me 2- Tag a friend in the comments 3- Repost Winner will be announced Friday afternoon! 🥳

There’s just ONE week left until registration opens for the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge! Be the first to know when doors open—sign up for our email list and get a FREE webinar! 👉 buff.ly/cljGUvl #12x12PB #kidlit

The week between Christmas and New Year was made for hurkle-durkle. Let's stay in bed all day and read @shsinnett.bsky.social's delightful poem "Hurkle-durkle" in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print and pdf. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues 🎨 by Shaunessy Sinnett

A little something I wrote for the @picturebookseh.bsky.social blog as we're all having our end of the year reflections: picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/when-le...

In a new comic, Liana Finck writes about rediscovering the joys of William Steig as a parent. Read it here: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ose0u5

I was delighted to end up in even the top 14 of 333 wonderful entries in this contest. I know it won't move the needle on my career as a writer, but heck, I hope it shows that I'm out here trying like The Little Engine That Could. 👻🎃

2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...

Time to vote! susannahill.com/2025/11/16/t...

The one thing keeping me from a full crash out this week is a fictional cicada. Lol. This overconfident periodical cicada nymph DIVA won a prize in the SunWriteFun contest! Thank you judges! Never have I needed a boost more as I navigate my home renovation nightmares 💀

Richard Scarry: Fury Road

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Submit your entry NOW for the 2025 #FallWritingFrenzy #kidlit competition. See post for more details! @lydialukidis.bsky.social

Two of my favorite awards are now open for nominations!

After an amazing summer, today officially marks the last day of my PBRS mentorship and the beginning of my #amquerying journey! I'm jumping right in and just posted my pitch to the #KidLitGN site! I'm so excited to say, starting tomorrow, I'm officially seeking representation! #kidlit #kidlitart #pb

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

So exciting! Thank you to the hosts of the KidLit Chuckle Challenge! (And I’m dropping a virtual handshake as well 🤝 for not making us wait a month for the results hahhaha!)

Join us for the summer edition of the Great Canadian Picture Book Party this Monday at 7 pm! I'll be bringing the spooky fun with a reading of Vampire Jam Sandwich! Hope to see you there! (Write to [email protected] for the link!)

Little Thoughts Press just launched their September issue: Stirring Words! Peep my poem, Hurkle-durkle, and my doodle below 👀 @littlethoughtspress.com

In honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month, here's the card I designed for my local library! 🥰 Fellow #kidlit creators, make friends with your librarians! They are our partners and allies, our best resources, and our biggest hype people! #kidlitart #booksky #skybrarian #ala

Woot, woot! 🎃 The #FallWritingFrenzy #kidlit competition rules and images are up! Check them out here: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf... #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #competition #fall #writing #stories @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social

Applications for the 2025 Annick Press Mentorship Program supporting writers who have been historically excluded from children's publishing are open until September 29th. Visit www.annickpress.com/Submission-G... for guidelines and info on how to apply.

The 2025 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature has been revealed:

I’m seeing a lot of inaccurate info about the Anthropic settlement being passed around as fact, so here’s a good basic explainer from the Author’s Guild that I highly recommend reading so you understand it better if you’re potentially part of the class: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an author/illustrator and current #PBRisingStars mentee about to dive into the #amquerying trenches. I enjoy creating lovable oddball characters who are definitely, probably, never evil. Check out more of my work at: brookebaum.com #kidlit #kidlitart

Psst…Labor Day is an excellent occasion to send us your #kidlit stories, poems and artwork celebrating labor movements & workers’ rights. Issue 12 Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action is open for submissions until September 22nd.

🎉 Big congrats to #12x12PB member @heatherstigall7.bsky.social on the book birthday of 📚 GILBERT AND THE GHOST, illustrated by Jess Mason and published by @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social! 🎉 Check it out (plus more great reads) here: buff.ly/XbOYn4g #kidlit #12x12PB

Thanks to the #sunwritefun donors! #kidlit @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @nchurnin.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jyotigopal.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social @authorhmacht.bsky.social @juliefhedlund.bsky.social

The #SunWriteFun contest is STEAM-themed! One of my favourite STEAM info fiction books is THE FIRE OF STARS. “In physics class, Cecilia is the only woman in a galaxy of men.” #kidlit www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 @buchetbooks.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social

Many readers now think of Margaret Wise Brown titles like “The Runaway Bunny” as tranquil introductions to storytelling. But the books, like their author, were radical for their time.

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-...

Have you been on the fence about whether to join #SunWriteFun? Well here's some good news - you still can do it - new deadline is August 18. @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social and me (and the #kidlit community) all want to read your NF/info pic stories.

Upcoming #12x12PB members-only webinar! 📚 Join us 8/5 at 1pm ET/10am PT for Panel by Panel: How to Write Comics and Graphic Novels (Even if You Can't Draw) with @marciecolleen.bsky.social. Replay will be available for members who can’t attend live! #kidlit #12x12PB

Writers & illustrators: It's tough sometimes (especially on social media re: publication news, book lists, awards etc), but try very hard to RESIST COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS. Focus on enjoying your own journey. You may be luckier than you think. #KidLit #WriterSky

A great reminder of how brilliant William Steig was…

The latest version of The Essential Guide is NOW UP! There are updates to the Agents Directory as well as a new version of the Market Survey. Access The Essential Guide via your member home under the my resources tab!

💼 JOB OPENING 💼 The Andrea Brown Literary Agency is seeking a part-time assistant to provide light support to several agents on our team and to assist with running our social media accounts and website. Check out the full job posting, including key responsibilities and qualifications, here

"Humor is a survival skill. We didn't just inherit generational trauma. We also inherited their laughter and love and ways that they adapted to survive." — Angeline Boulley on the role Native humor plays in her in her writing. #ALAAC25

I will not ride at dawn. That’s way too early

“We’re coming up on our 250th birthday as a country, the association’s about to turn 150, & we’ll be meeting in our nation’s first capital. It feels momentous in a way that I’m not sure it would have in a different year.” President-elect Sam Helmick #ALAAC25 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Up Next…#pbcreativecrew member @ronnawriter.bsky.social. Ronna’s #debut #picturebook HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR LATKES? with art by Madison Safer & published by Paw Prints, is out in 2026. #picturebookauthor #debutauthor #kidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #jewishbooks #teachersofbluesky #librariansofbluesky

Are you an illustrator coming to #ala25 next week? Would you like a fun soiree to attend? It appears that Mr. Brian Biggs is local to the area and he's organizing a get together. Come! Hang out! More info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ala-illust...

Children's book lovers, it's time to vote for the best books of the past 25 years, but you can choose ONLY 25 per category (children's and young adult).

Tag zom-buddy you hope is participating in #kidlitzombieweek 2025! (Because brains are better shared...) 7 days to go! #writingcommunity #kidlit #writersky

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the graphic novel, THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES by @caseylyall.bsky.social and @sarafaber.bsky.social (Greenwillow Books) out on July 17. To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/06/the-... (+ more ways to win)

Look at this wonderful group! 🧡 @pbrisingstars.bsky.social

There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY! Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at: www.picturebooksummi...#PBSummit Enter today! Ends 6/9/25. #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky