Joyce Uglow, award-winning kidlit picture book poet
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#PB poet 🌳🌸🌞🌙💦 #RA #SCBWI #12x12 #CtC | Storied Ink on Substack https://substack.com/@jpuglow #NSTA #ALA #CrystalKite WI Fellowship of Poets https://joyceuglowauthor.com repped by Liza Voges at Eden Street
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Nadia Ali@nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 2w agoWEDNESDAY’S WONDERFUL WRITERS WHO CHAMPION WRITERS: Heather Morris – First Stories IG @morr_writing Ian Eagleton – The Reading Room - @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social Jena Benton - Simply 7 Interview @jenanbenton.bsky.social Joyce Uglow – uGROnews @jpuglow.bsky.social substack.com/@jpuglow
sunrise sunrise a morning get-up-and-live word fog-riser gratitude-filler an ultimate-light word (c) Joyce P. Uglow 2026... https://joyceuglowauthor.com/2026/09/07/sunrise/
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sunrise a morning get-up-and-live word fog-riser gratitude-filler an ultimate-light word (c) Joyce P. Uglow 2026
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LOWRIDER FOR SALE by Laura De La Cruz biips and hops onto shelves on Sept. 8. Read all about it! ugronews.substack.com/p/laura-de-l...
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Read about Irene Latham's upcoming picture book Come In! Come In! Wordspinners to Welcome You Home in our interview on uGROnews on Substack.
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➡️#uGROnews on Substack! See beautiful new #poetry #PB by none other than the amazing Irene Latham! ugronews.substack.com/p/irene-lath... 🆕 #poetryform for #kidlit #Wordspinners #Poets, try it! #educators ➡️ #everydaypoetry + Enter #SunWriteFun www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26
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Lisa Carmody Doiron-Author@lisacarmodydoiron.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy favourite #kidlit book is Silly Boobies by Ame Dyckman and Christopher Weyant. What's yours? #SunWriteFun www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 @buchetbooks.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @hilarymargitich.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social Karen Greenwald
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Joyce Uglow, award-winning kidlit picture book poet@jpuglow.bsky.social · 2mo agowww.bonfire.com/store/sunwri... Get a cup and a shirt! Raise $ for under-served elem school libraries. Enter your #kidlit #FunWriteSun 200 word at www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 I can't wait to read your #NF or #InfoFic Entering? @janethalfmann.bsky.social
www.bonfire.com/store/sunwri... Get a cup and a shirt! Raise $ for under-served elem school libraries. Enter your #kidlit #FunWriteSun 200 word at www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 I can't wait to read your #NF or #InfoFic Entering? @janethalfmann.bsky.social
What color is for you? Pink? Blue? Purple? www.bonfire.com/store/sunwri... Get a cup & a shirt! Raise $ for under-served elementary school libraries. #FunWriteSun #kidlit Enter your 200 word #NF or #InfoFic on Karen Greenwald's website! www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26
#SunWriteFun It’s time to soak up the sun’s gifts. Write #kidlit #NF or #infofic and enter your 200 word story at www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 @buchetbooks.bsky.social ‼️ @swildmansf.bsky.social 🌟 Earn at least 7 points to qualify for entry in the grand prize.
Have I reminded you lately that #SunWriteFun26 is here - write your NF or info fic story and submit for prizes! Deets at www.karengreenwaldcontests.com @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social
Have you entered #SunWriteFun yet? Contest closes August 9th. #canscaip karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 @ReaderToReader Thanks to Stephanie Wildman, Jenny Buchet, and Karen Greenwald @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social @laurenhenry.bsky.social @judydemers.bsky.social
Have you entered #SunWriteFun yet? Contest closes August 9th. #canscaip karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 @ReaderToReader Thanks to Stephanie Wildman, Jenny Buchet, and Karen Greenwald @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social @sandraapp.bsky.social
Excited to donate awesome books by #12x12PB members Kari Lavelle and Chiara Colombi to rural Mississippi libraries through the #SunWriteFun and @ReadertoReader partnership! www.readertoreader.org Still 6 days to enter the #contest: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 #kidlit #booksky
As Karen Greenwald said: #SunWriteFun is more than a #writing contest-it has been a community-forming, idea-inspiring, opportunity-making event! From Aug 5-15, enter a 200-word NF or INFO FIC story(No back matter)incorporating this year's theme. Rules at www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26
I am so excited to announce that #SunWriteFun is back! Check out the rules before the contest starts at its new address. www.karengreenwaldcontests.com. @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social
It’s a summer #kidlit writing contest! Nonfiction/ info fiction picture books 🙌🍉🍀🌴 What are you waiting for?? #SunWriteFun #childrensbooks
Enter #SUNWRITEFUN 2026 a NF or INFO FIC #kidlit story 8/5 - 8/20 THX! Karen M. Greenwald, Jenny Buchet, Stephanie Wildman @swildmansf.bsky.social, Hilary Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social and Joyce Uglow @jpuglow.bsky.social Earn points! Enter ⬇️ www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26
WEDNESDAY’S WONDERFUL WRITERS WHO CHAMPION WRITERS: Jenny Bowman - @jennyb-writes.bsky.social Joyce Uglow – @jpuglow.bsky.social Judy Campbell - Back Matter Break Down @judycampbellsmith.bsky.social Julie Hauswirth – Creator Interview @juliehauswirth.bsky.social Kathy Temean @kathytemean
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Read all about it on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/... A picture book that you do not want to miss. FAKE GNUS by @lesliehelakoski.bsky.social Kirkus Reviews: Praised it as an "amusing primer that should help readers begin sharpening their critical thinking skills".
Join @debrakshumaker.bsky.social and me over on #uGROnews on Substack to get in on the insights about Debra and Vanya's new #picturebook SUNDAY SCARIES. It will hit shelves on August 4, 2026. open.substack.com/pub/ugronews...
Check out @kathygroth.bsky.social 's interview with @drliztracy.bsky.social and @annaaronson.bsky.social about the nuances of working separately but together as a picture book comes together. ugronews.substack.com/p/how-to-wor...
#SCBWI #SCBWI26CK #educators Are you looking for books to add to your classroom library? 🌟Check out the #CrystalKiteAward books www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite... 🥳 I’m thrilled that Stuck! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits won the Midwest Division ❣️
Congratulations to our Crystal Kite winning members! Way to go, @jpuglow.bsky.social, @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social, @sylviaichen.bsky.social, @carolinelperry.bsky.social, and @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social! We are so proud of you! #awards #crystalkite #scbwi #amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit
Thank you 12 x 12! The incredible support of community is heartwarming.
12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge@12x12challenge.bsky.social · 2mo agoCongratulations to our Crystal Kite winning members! Way to go, @jpuglow.bsky.social, @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social, @sylviaichen.bsky.social, @carolinelperry.bsky.social, and @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social! We are so proud of you! #awards #crystalkite #scbwi #amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit
Sponsored by authorscoalition.org and @scbwi.bsky.social free #kidlit #SCBWI series presented by the Inland Northwest, Los Angeles, Midsouth, Southwest Texas, Nebraska, Illinois, and Wisconsin Regions. Live workshops take place throughout September. Register www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
