Thank you to Vivian Kirkfield and her crew for another wonderful #50PreciousWords contest. My story about my dad teaching me to skate won an Honorable Mention. Lots of familiar names on the Winners List and HM list. Congrats to everyone!

So exciting!!! Best of luck to all!

Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates@crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So excited that my agent, @jemiscoe.bsky.social has just launched Starling Literary + Media (@starlingliterary.bsky.social) — 🪶🐦‍⬛📚 Can't wait to be a part of this exciting journey!

Awesome!!!

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Sylvia Chen 余愛莉@sylviaichen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🤩✨💫 Look at this “Highly Recommended” review by School Library Journal for SPARKLES FOR SUNNY! This is such an honor when industry reviews can feel elusive to receive—let alone a stellar recommendation like this one. *Thank you* to @slj.com! 🥳🌟 @penguinkids.bsky.social #ThaiMyPhuong

I am so thankful for the #kidlit writing community as a whole and for my critique partners specifically who hold me up even when I have to take a break. Happy Thanksgiving 🍁

kidlitchat@kidlitchat.bsky.social · 9mo ago

TOPIC: Join us for our annual ThankFest: your opportunity to share the people, institutions, incidents that you are most grateful for in your professional or personal life--now or in the past. #kidlitchat

The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!

Nadia Ali@nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Thank You to ALL of the Wonderful Writers who champion writers and to many more across the social platforms.

Such a great #kidlit podcast with special guest @byaliciameyers.bsky.social !! As always @brennajeanneret.bsky.social and @joshmonkwords.bsky.social are top notch hosts!! #VerseShow podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

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Podcast Episode · You May Contribute A Verse · 11/18/2025 · 56m

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Staff meeting: welcome to Nov, humans!we’re now reading for February. Free subs, paying market. Micro fiction & CNF. We’re open for subs until the end of this month and then we’ll take a hiatus for Dec. New issue drops Monday!! 💚🐈‍⬛💚

You never know what will come out of a #BrokenCrayon. #Uplift #FoundObjectArt

Wordle 1,469 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Anyone else still enjoy Wordle?

Authors, Right now, someone is reading your book, and you don’t even know it. How cool is that?

We’re keeping the party going with one of the coolest podcasts around! 😎 I talk about IT STARTED WITH A P, Kidlit Haha Week, PBparty, and working for The Little Press. Definitely worth a listen. #kidlitmegafeed

Brenna Jeanneret@brennajeanneret.bsky.social · last yr.

It's here! The episode you've all been waiting for–author of It Started With A P @brittanypomales.bsky.social! jmonken.podbean.com/e/the-p-word...

This looks like such a fun book!! What’s better than #MG spooky? #kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading JOANN M. DICKINSON beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/05/05/j...

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Secrets of Hawthorne Manor is a spooky, middle-grade mystery about a boy named Jack Hawthorne who discovers his family’s long-lost connection to a haunted estate.

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Love it when I get brilliant plot points for #WIP while on the elliptical. #amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #Kidlit

#PBandKidJudges #kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!

For those who need it, I've updated my #Uplift feed: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.

Happy National Poetry Month! Packed full of wordplay and rhymes, this collection mixes puns with poetry, taking jokes to the next level. - Torrible Puns: A Collection of Punny Poems by @ttorrible.bsky.social #NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook

Recorded an interview for the @scbwi.bsky.social podcast yesterday & we had such a fantastic conversation about crafting novels in verse. Like, where do you even start, and how do you know when it's done? Look for it in a few weeks!

I have some time today, so if you're at the early stages of writing/trying to get published...ask me anything. Happy to help!

So excited my short story, "Brave Fynnigan, the Fire-Eating Dragon" will be included in @littlethoughtspress.com Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure. Thank you! The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!

I ROCK MY HAIR by Angel Tate encouraged me to sign the petition! You can too! campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/he...

Ivan Taurisano's MSWL. He's donating a Winner's Choice of a Rhyming Picture Book Critique, a Non-Rhyming Picture Book Critique, a Commercial Picture Book Critique, or an Above the Slushpile submission as part of the Spring Fling Writing Contest.

I #entered #SpringFlingKidlit JIT! sharonkorzelius.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/s...

#SpringFlingKidlit 2025 Edition

The rain is pounding on my skylight so it must be spring and time for #SpringflingKidlit! Here is my entry for this year! Many thanks to Ciara O’Neill and Katelynn Sanchez and all the fabulou…

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#kidlit friends tag a friend to tell them about our FREE #springflingkidlit contest with great prizes! Make sure to follow everyone in the thread. @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to read your submissions. All info here: sites.google.com/view/springf...

PICTURE THIS was my HR SEL entry for this year's #50PreciousWords about a neurodiverse child finding a voice through a camera lens.

NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂! 3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of: 🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️ 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂! ⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️ Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST! #kidlit #giveaway

Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for another outstanding #50PreciousWords #kidlit contest! Congrats to all the winners and honorable mentions! Me: I'm an Honorable Mention for the second year in a row.

If we're doing Poetry Month then by gum we're gonna do it right. And 2025, for whatever reason, is already FULL of shockingly good poetry. Here's a taste. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/02/t...

I've been a long time listener of the You May Contribute a Verse podcast, and now I'm on it! Thank you to Brenna and Josh for inviting me and for the great conversation. 💕

Brenna Jeanneret@brennajeanneret.bsky.social · last yr.

#kidlitmegafeed New Verse Show #podcast today! @joshmonkwords.bsky.social and I chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social about rhyme, her newest book Pigs Dig A Road and she even shares part of the story that got her agent AND the query letter! jmonken.podbean.com/e/carrie-fin...