Maybe third time will be the charm...

It's contest season once again!

So thrilled to have been chosen as an honorable mention again this year!!

So excited to be a finalist in this year's Spring Fling contest!

Reading work by authors I will be meeting soon at my first writing retreat. @stephaniebearce.bsky.social has done an amazing job with hooking me in the first page of The Secret of Moonrise Manor. Can't wait to meet so many talented writers with @waywordwriters.bsky.social in a few weeks!

So exciting!

Worth a shot! Deadline is today: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors

⭐PB Rising Stars Mentee apps are officially OPEN now - March 21 at 11:59 PM ET!!! Are you an unagented OR agented PB author, illo, or author-illo without an agent-repped PB deal? Then this is for you!! Apply: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors #kidlitmegafeed #kidlit #kidlitart #pbrisingstars #pbparty

Excited to share my #50preciouswords entry for the amazing annual contest @viviankirkfield.bsky.social hosts! Thank you for all of your passion and hard work on this each year, Vivian! And thank you to all the judges. I know you have a lot of reading to do! I have so much fun writing these!

Ollie, the Acorn, and the Mighty Idea words by @andrewchacket.bsky.social and art by @kazwindness.bsky.social lands on shelves April 9th! Preorder Now pageturnerliteraryagency.com/books Learn all about forming a lasting friendship! #kidlit #kidlitart #pb #WritingCommunity

I'm finally giving this a go. Hoping to connect with more #kidlit writers out there, as I am deep in the query trenches.