Join me at KIDLIT FIREFLY—a writing community for kidlit writers on Mighty Networks—for real feedback + real connection through mentorship, industry webinars, and submisison opportunities. (Full disclosure: This is a new program, and I am a mentor.): mighty-kidlit.mn.co/share/f_xqXr...

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mighty-kidlit.mn.co/share/GIxDTK... Lots of sparkly #Kidlit events happening for children’s writers and illustrators with Sub Opps: Q&A with Agent Vicky Weber, + editor events with Michele McAvoy (TLP), Kat Brzozowski (Feiwel & Friends), & Wendy McClure (Sourcebooks) + many more!

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We're a kidlit community where everyone can shine! OUR IDENTITY: FAMILY. Welcome to your cozy corner of kidlit, where we cheer you on no matter where you are on your creative journey! We're here to li...

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It’s time for another ✨Encouragement from the Writing Community✨ episode!! And YOU are invited to be a guest. See more information below! 👇👇

Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD@drenderturmaud.bsky.social · 4w ago

Writing Community! ✨YOU’RE INVITED to be a guest on a special @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social episode!✨ Read below 👇 All you have to do is: 🔁 this post ✉️Comment below or DM your email (where I’ll send you instructions) ➡️Send a clip w/ encouragement for our community Deadline to send a clip: July 31st

Writing Community! ✨YOU’RE INVITED to be a guest on a special @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social episode!✨ Read below 👇 All you have to do is: 🔁 this post ✉️Comment below or DM your email (where I’ll send you instructions) ➡️Send a clip w/ encouragement for our community Deadline to send a clip: July 31st

If you’re a published author who’d like support through library purchase requests, I/we would love to show up for you! Just put your book info below (book image, title, & ISBN) 💜

PSA: Publishing opportunity for kids!! 📣 Lit Kids needs writing, art, and photos to feature in Issue 11: Spooky Stories by 8/7. We accept creative work strictly from 5-13 y/o kids. Please subscribe, share, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #parents #teachers #kidlit #emag

THE FALL FIREFLY MENTORSHIP Are you an unpublished PB writer? Join for a chance to be mentored by me or others by August 1st for a small monthly fee. shorturl.at/M5d7r @ziemkemichele.bsky.social @sueleopold.bsky.social @mightykidlit.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social #FallFireflyMentorTeam

My thoughts on today 👇💜

In case people are wondering, the summer still brings amazing things for publishing! In the last week, I’ve heard amazing news for SEVEN different friends (+ other #kidlit creators I know of)! Seriously. Amazing books are on their way!

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Publishing is like a two sided coin. 👇 All aspects of the experience can be true. Let yourself feel what you need to—and take care of yourself. 💜, Your Therapist + Author Friend #kidlit #writingcommunity

Often, stepping forward means stepping inward. You’ve got this. Trust yourself. 💜, Your Therapist + Author Friend

Most people think that if writing and publishing is hard for them, then they must be doing it wrong. Nope. It's hard for everyone. I mean, everyone. Read more about that here: www.agentsandbooks.com/does-publish...

Does Publishing Have to Be This Hard?

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I am having so much fun contacting prize winners! Congratulations to all of our Kidlit Zombie Week pledge winners! Keep writing those stories and bringing those “dead” manuscripts to life! 🧟 #kidlit

#KidlitZombieWeek@kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Publishing news is quiet on the weekends…but not for our 40 pledge prize winners!! This weekend we will be contacting pledge prize winners and connecting them to their donors! Congratulations to all! 🧟 #kidlit #KidlitZombieWeek (Pitch prize winners are still being solidified—Those results to come!)

The writing community going into the weekend realizing their inbox will be crickets: 🫠😢😮‍💨 The writing community going into the weekend realizing that a new @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social episode will be released: 👀😁🙌 *NEW EPISODE SUNDAY with @katemckean.bsky.social !!!!*

Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD@drenderturmaud.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social Season 4 Line up is here!!!👇With so many incredible editor, agent, & author guests! We are so excited to share these conversations with you! #writingcommunity #publishingpodcast

The @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social Season 4 Line up is here!!!👇With so many incredible editor, agent, & author guests! We are so excited to share these conversations with you! #writingcommunity #publishingpodcast

Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD@drenderturmaud.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stay tuned … The amazing line up for ⭐️Season 4⭐️ of @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social is dropping S👀N!!!! #writingcommunity

mighty-kidlit.mn.co/share/GIxDTK... ✨ Some amazing industry and craft events coming up! 🤩 Check it out as well as the sparkly new website and MENTORSHIP opportunities. ✨ kidlitfirefly.com #kidlit #submission #craft #growth

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ZiemkeMichele.bsky.social@ziemkemichele.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Check out these Author & Agent/Editor events! Free for Firefly members, but now available for non-members! $15 for Author Workshops $25 for Agent/Editor Events Cancel anytime. No guilt. When you're ready to connect, and get your work in front of agents and editors — they’re glowing for you.

Check out these Author & Agent/Editor events! Free for Firefly members, but now available for non-members! $15 for Author Workshops $25 for Agent/Editor Events Cancel anytime. No guilt. When you're ready to connect, and get your work in front of agents and editors — they’re glowing for you.

Posts like these absolutely get me. 🥲🥹 Thank you Rebecca!!

Rebecca Ensign@rebecca-ensign.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Make sure to add this to your wish lists! I am so excited for Danielle!

📢Calling all aspiring authors: our New Visions Award writing contest is open for submissions now through June 30, 2026! 💻Learn more about the contest and enter today! www.leeandlow.com/authors-illu...

Stay tuned … The amazing line up for ⭐️Season 4⭐️ of @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social is dropping S👀N!!!! #writingcommunity

Arlene Dickinson: I'm So Excited About This!

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Kidlit friends! What is the wildest thing you have done on your writing journey?? I’ll go first: I attended a pitch event with an Australian publisher I love at 1:30 a.m. in the morning. And it was worth it! What about you??👇

Prizes are going to be to die for!!! 😉 So excited begin the prize fun! We will be in touch over the next couple of weeks so watch those emails closely #kidlit friends!

#KidlitZombieWeek@kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're up to our eyeballs in undead pitches! Thanks to everyone who participated in #KidlitZombieWeek. It's been a scream! Be sure to check back all this week for updates on winners...and maybe some sneak-peek hints along the way. #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

Last day, #KidlitZombieWeek friends! You've dug into great tips and dusted off those dead manuscripts. Don't forget to take the pledge and enter your pitch for a chance to win! sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

BREAKING NEWS: The zombie feeding frenzy has jammed our off switch, so the #KidlitZombieWeek forms will be staying open one more day. sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... That's right. You have 24 more hours to enter your pitches and pledges for a chance to win! #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity

#KidlitZombieWeek Day 6 is here! Thanks to @amynielsen.bsky.social for digging into the important element of voice. Read it here: amynielsenauthor.com/2026/06/06/t... Then come & tell us: Which tip would help your story to sound more contemporary? #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

#kidlit friends! If you haven’t already, don’t forget to get your pitches and pledges in for a chance to win some amazing editor, agent, and author prizes!!! Our zombie clock is ticking! Get them in tonight! sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

Kidlit Zombie Week - Forms

Please note: forms will open up the Friday of Kidlit Zombie Week. So excited to see your pitches and pledges! Good news! We have a BONUS day and the forms will stay open until Saturday!

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#KidlitZombieWeek@kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oh no! The zombies ate our bonus post!🖨️ While the #KidlitZombieWeek team is tracking them down, keep those pledges and pitches coming in! We'll need all the brains we can get for bait...um, er... Wait! I think I see the culprits now. Stop those zombies!🧟‍♀️🧟 sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

Pssst - The #KidlitZombieWeek pitch and pledge forms are up to fill out for a chance to win amazing prizes. You can find them here: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

Kidlit Zombie Week - Forms

Please note: forms will open up the Friday of Kidlit Zombie Week. So excited to see your pitches and pledges! Good news! We have a BONUS day and the forms will stay open until Saturday!

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Ahem...testing...testing...1,2... Just making sure everyone has their ears on because IT'S PRIZE TIME, #KidlitZombieWeek friends! All it takes is a pledge or a pitch to enter. But the clock is ticking. Forms close at midnight tomorrow. 🧟‍♀️🧟✋⌛🕛⏰ #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

#KidlitZombieWeek@kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pssst - The #KidlitZombieWeek pitch and pledge forms are up to fill out for a chance to win amazing prizes. You can find them here: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

Have you been using your “yummy brain” for the chance to win some amazing #kidlit prizes?? 👇 Don’t miss out on some amazing agent, editor, & author prizes! It’s easy and free to enter! Just do what you love, write/revise, and that’s it! The @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social hosts are rooting for you!!!

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The Pitch and Pledge forms are alive! Go to sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... to fill them out for a chance to win prizes. Remember to take the pledge by commenting below (or your own post) with "I solemnly swear I’m using my yummy brain to bring a zombie manuscript back to life. #KidLitZombieWeek"

Make sure to thank all of our super star prize donors by writing reviews of their books and/or requesting their books from your local library! And don’t forget to follow them on social media too! sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

Kidlit Zombie Week - Prizes

Pitch Contest Info: Submit a short pitch (100 words or less) of a zombie story that you'd like help reviving Submit your pitch to the form by Saturday, June 6, 2026 by 11:59 EST One entry per person ...

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