Feeling very grateful to have received a Penguin Random House Scholarship to attend next week's SCBWI Virtual Summer Conference! This will be my first national children's book conference - I can't wait! 🎊📚✍️💫🙌 www.scbwi.org/events/virtu... @scbwi.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Virtual Summer Conference 2026

Ready to take your children’s book career to the next level? Wherever you are in your publishing journey, the Virtual Summer Conference provides an opportunity for growth, creativity, and connection. ...

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Yay!! 🎊 5th and final year. Thanks to the mentors and PBRS team for all of their hard work coordinating this amazing opportunity for aspiring PB authors and illustrators! Good luck to all 💫💫💫 @pbrisingstars.bsky.social @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social @laylafallah.bsky.social

Fifth and final year of Picture Book Rising Stars Mentorship Program! I'll be applying again this year - the list of mentors is amazing. Thanks a bajillion to the PBRS team for putting on this amazing program and to the mentors for contributing their time and knowledge!! @pbrisingstars.bsky.social

30 ideas in 31 days! ✔✔✔ Woohoo!!! 🎉 Now to do something with them... 📚📚📚 Many, many thanks to Tara @taralazar.bsky.social, all of the contributors, and prize donors!!! 🙏🙏🙏 ✌❤📚 #Storystorm2026 #WritingChallenge

I participated in Fall Writing Frenzy 2025! 🤩🍂🎃🍁🎊 Look for my short excerpt, THE LONG ROAD HOME, at lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f... @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @professoraixa.bsky.social Good luck to all of the contestants!!! 🌟 #FallWritingFrenzy

Fall Writing Frenzy Entry Form 2025

Hello #FallWritingFrenzy Friends- Yahoo!! Our competition is finally here! Kaitlyn Sanchez (Fall Writing Frenzy creator and co-host), Aixa Perez- Prado (Fall Writing Frenzy guest judge), and I, Lyd…

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Amazing time at SCBWI-MI's Making Books Bloom conference this past weekend! Thanks to all of the organizers and faculty for an inspring, encouraging, educational day! 💞🌷💫📚✌ #scbwi-mi #makingbooksbloom #childrensliterature #picturebookauthor

Submitted my pitch for the upcoming SCBWI-MI Making Books Bloom Spring Conference today! Fingers crossed! 🤞Can't wait to spend conference day growing my craft and meeting awesome children's authors and illustrators and other industry professionals!

Applied for the Ann Whitford Most Promising Picturebook Award today through SCBWI! Feeling optimistic and hopeful and even more in love with picturebook writing! 💖 #scbwi #picturebookauthors

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