feeling inspired- in a sea of hope the capsule splashes down - team's over the moon! #haiku #haikuSaturday

More (belated) kidlit celebrating! So many amazing entries- congrats to all! Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and the judges for the #50PreciousWords contest, cheers to everyone in the winner's circle and honorable mention lists, and thank you to my awesome CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity

Late to celebrate, but excited to be part of this beautiful issue! Thank you to the editors, cheers to all the creators, and big thanks to my amazing CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity @littlethoughtspress.com

Please join me in celebrating the release of THE OCEAN'S HEART with a reading on StoryTime Sprint! It may be recorded, so please register if you're interested. Thanks! #kidlit #nonfiction #teachers #librarians #ocean @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social

This is such a generous and talented #kidlitcommunity to learn from! There's still time to join - registration ends 2/15. #kidlit #amwriting #pb #writingcommunity For more about #12x12PB: www.12x12challenge.com/membership @12x12challenge.bsky.social

Check out how author Sarah Meade explains Valentiny wp.me/pbeo3y-Zr

Our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts tomorrow, Feb 9th and runs through Wednesday, Feb 11th! Come share your small, silly pleasures and help us spread some joy! Read the contest rules here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2026-s-...

Ready for an inspiring start to a creative 2026! Who's in? #storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity Register at taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...

Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th! Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together! #litmag #callforsubmission www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

Fun interview and a giveaway! #kidlit #PB #humor #writingcommunity

Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words! What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"! #kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

the blazing heat over miles of interstate roadside sunflowers #haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave (Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)

Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷

at the library golden harvest ripe for picking or outside the library sweet harvest Feel free to add a version! Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left. #haiku #haikuSaturday

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

It's ba-ack. Dunh, dunh, DUNH! Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky. Check it out: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart

Happy to be part of Haiku Girl Summer! Thanks, Allyson Whipple! @teatimehaiku.bsky.social #haiku haikugirlsummer.substack.com/p/full-in-th...

It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for: BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS! Early Bird registration begins 6/12! #amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

Happy Book Birthday to PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN written by Jessica Stremer, illus by Gordy Wright, published by Holiday House. THIS BOOK WAS A #50PreciousWrods Honorable Mention in 2022! And now it's a real book! A gorgeous Book. Read all about how Jessica did it!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/01/h...

To celebrate Poetry Month, I suggest the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY. If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...

What a great idea! Two fun, informal events: #HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community #LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community

#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.

So exciting! Look at all the amazing prizes! Who's getting ready? #kidlit #writingcommunity #PB #poetry

Join us next Thursday at 8pm for our February Storytime Sprint with Carol A. Foote🐶 Listen in! Review! Win! Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime

#poetry Pea wants your imaginative & futuristic scifaiku dealing with advanced science & technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Oh yes please! #Submit by the 15th February ➡️ poetrypea.com/submissions-...

❤️ & huge thanks to everyone who purchased a copy, or paid to download our Pride issue last year. With your help, we were able to donate $150 to The Trevor Project. If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!

This new regime is attacking information in every way they can. Please join me in making a donation to the Internet Archive to preserve some of what we currently have.

What a whirlwind of PB ideas! Huge thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social and all the #Storystorm guest bloggers! #PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

out of the evergreens birdlets dart through the yard and hide again #haiku #haikuSaturday

🚨 #Teachers and #librarians! Have you seen all the fantastic school visits up for grabs???🚨 There are 34 visits from NYT bestselling & award-winning authors and illustrators across the grade levels. Even a few in-person visits! Go bid! #booksky #teachersky #libsky #skybrarians #kidlit #librarysky

Excited to be back! #12x12PB is called the friendliest writing community on Earth, and it is! (Also, the most fun and overflowing with resources and support.) See for yourself at www.12x12challenge.com! @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

 Tui T. Sutherland has two items up for bid! A 30-minute virtual Zoom Q&A and a COMPLETE set of the Wings of Fire series signed by the Tui. Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and co-author of the Menagerie trilogy with her sister Kari. #kidlit

#MartinLutherKing #MLKDay #KindnessMatters

#WritingCommunity, you won't want to miss this amazing event! Is it too cold to go out? Too stressful to watch news? Look at these generous auction items instead! Bidding now through Sunday. #KidLitforLA #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos...

Writers - pass it on. www.reddit.com/r/privacy/co...

Thank you, @taralazar.bsky.social, for inviting me to be a guest-blogger during #Storystorm2025! I firmly believe that every idea paves the way for every idea that follows - and in this case, one of them became an anthology! taralazar.com/2025/01/19/s... #KidLit #poetry #childrensbooks #inspiration

OMG! Today is the LAST DAY before #12x12PB opens! Our grand finale prize is a pro #picturebook critique from one of our 12 x 12 Critique Ninjas. Comment to win. Members: Share something you've learned from a CN critique. Nonmembers: Do you have a critique group? #kidlit

On picture books - worth a read:

5 DAYS until #12x12PB opens! The countdown continues thru 1/9. To win today's prize - a 12 x 12 tote bag, comment before midnight ET. Members: Share a connection (IRL or virtual) you made with a fellow member. Nonmembers: Do you plan to attend any conferences this year? #kidlit

January rain falling steadily pages turn Happy Saturday! (no longer raining) #haikuSaturday #haiku

Great idea! #StoryStorm

Only 6 DAYS left until #12x12PB opens! The countdown continues thru 1/9. To win today's prize - a 12 x 12 mug to cradle the hot beverage of your choice, comment before midnight ET and tell us - are you a coffee or a tea person? #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #amwriting

Countdown! Who's ready? #writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit #Storystorm #PB

Hello Bluesky #Kidlit Friends — We have an upcoming 2-part open call for submissions at Little Thoughts Press Magazine, which I’m super excited about. Feel free to message me with any questions. www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

winter green softens the landscape dandelions cheer #haiku #haikuSaturday photo: lawn with dandelions, after dog ate the dandelions

Sharing from my #photography blog: the 12 Days of DSLR - my top 12 posts on making the most of your #DSLR. 📷📸 www.boostyourphotography.com/2024/12/12-d...

the longest night before a winter-pink sunrise begins to glow #haiku #haikuSaturday

broken clouds- waking to rainbows above the gray #haiku #haikuSaturday

underfoot autumn leaves turn to confetti #haiku #haikuSaturday (@andrewssusanm.bsky.social After I found this, I saw your lovely confetti poem, which really captures the mood!)

I can, in fact, confirm this is true. Amazon and Walmart don't need money for their kids' field trips or to put food on the table. Small businesses do. Shop with intention today #SmallBusinessSaturday 🩷