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Please use this form to submit your pitch. A few reminders: You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript. Finished manuscripts only. No WIPs allowed! One pitch per ...

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Fellow writer friends: here’s a super helpful article on how $$ works in traditional publishing. #kidlit #picturebooks #bookcontracts

Kate McKean@katemckean.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you ever wanted to know how the money works in traditional publishing works, I wrote a non-scary explainer for you. Don't be afraid of algebra! www.agentsandbooks.com/how-the-mone...

In honor of #Juneteenth, here are my favorite books I’ve read this past year by black authors. (Plus All the Sinners Bleed, by SA Cosby.) @percivaleverett.bsky.social @jesmimi.bsky.social @riverssolomon.bsky.social @authorvcm.bsky.social @blacktopkid.bsky.social #picturebooks #kidlit

Don’t they just! #BookSky

🧟‍♀️ This sounds fun! 🧟‍♂️ #picturebooks #zombies

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

Can't wrap your brain around how all this works? For everything you need to survive #KidlitZombieWeek, check out our web-crypt...er, gravesite...er, we mean our website. (Pay no attention to that morgue back there.) sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #KIdLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

A good reminder… #authenticity #beyourself #gonzo #picturebooks #kidlit

This Thursday, I'm attending the “GA & PA Text Bank w/VoteRiders!” It's easy and only takes an hour of your time. Join me!

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Join VoteRiders for a virtual text bank on May 14 at 7:00PM ET to Georgia and Pennsylvania voters! You can help ensure that voters in GA and PA have the information and ID they need to cast a ballot ...

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I came across this today. Who can relate?! 😆 #kidlit #picturebooks #writers #artists #interiordesigners #architects #creatives

Today I mailed my first batch of letters to voters in states with confusing voting laws. Fact: In 2023, 92% of TX voters contacted via letter-writing participated in the 2023 midterms! Nonpartisan @voteriders.bsky.social protects our most fundamental right: #vote! #democracy #picturebooks #kidlit

I’m very proud to announce that my daughter is on Season 4 of #LoveOnTheSpectrum. It just dropped on #Netflix. 🙌 🙌 🙌 #neurodiversity #diffability #autism #DEI #inclusion #InclusionMatters #kidlit #picturebooks

Seeing this heart-shaped balloon on the ceiling of Grand Central Station lifts my spirits. —Photo by Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/b... #architecture #NYC #constellations #hearts #serendipity #whimsy #kidlit #picturebooks

I’m thrilled to have received an Honorable Mention in humor for my #50PreciousWords entry. Thank you, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, and judges for all of your time and effort. And congrats to everyone who entered! #kidlit #picturebooks #picturebook

Another great No Kings march in downtown LA today #democracy #PeacefulProtest #NoKings #kidlit #picturebooks

I felt like a new mom today! Swipe to see… #butterflies #naturephotos #naturepic #cocoon #caterpillar #MourningCloak #kidlit #picturebooks #springtime

More delightfully creative phrasing. Thank you, #RichardPowers #Overstory #nature #environmentalism #favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel #kidlit #picturebooks

The 2026 #PBParty contest has 39 participating agents/editors so far. Wahoooo! It's only been a few days since e-mailing editors & a bit longer for agents, so I'm hoping we'll have tons more yeses by the showcase. Enter to win one of over 45 critiques!

Huge Critique Giveaway & PBParty Prep Replay ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland

If you're planning to enter the 2026 PBParty contest, here are TONS of critique prizes you can win to help prepare. Good luck. :)

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I entered #50PreciousWords today, the brainchild of @viviankirkfield.bsky.social. If you can write a complete story in 50 words or less, there’s still time to enter! #kidlit #picturebooks #wordsmatter

This little guy was busy today. #bloomscroll #breathe #bees #nature #flowers #springtime #kidlit #picturebooks

I had such fun entering Susanna Hill’s #Valentiny contest this year. If you need a dose of happy laced with superstition, check it out: susannahill.com/2026/02/13/cross-your-heart-the-11th-annual-valentiny-contest-is-here/ #picturebooks #kidlit #valentinesday #writingcontests

First butterfly of the season. (It was 86 degrees in LA today!) #breathe #nature #flowers #butterflies #bloomscroll #kidlit #picturebooks

I spy with my little eye… #breathe #bloomscroll #mindfulness #flowers #Naturephotos #naturepics #nature #rose #kidlit #picturebooks

I hope people support birchbark books in the twin cities which is run by Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich. birchbarkbooks.com

In honor of MLK Day (post #2), we visited the CA African American Museum today. In typical LA fashion, we missed the festivities due to traffic, but still enjoyed the exhibits. #MLK #MLKDay #BlackArtists #AfricanAmericanArt

In honor of MLK Day, I encourage everyone to visit the MONUMENTS exhibition in LA, co-organized and held in two places: #MOCA-LA and #TheBrick. If you can only visit one, go to The Brick. It has only 1 monument, but it is amazing, done by the brilliant #KaraWalker. #MLK #MLKDay #BlackHistory #Art

Need a little encouragement after rejection? Check out my guest blog post on @taralazar.bsky.social ‘s Storystorm. taralazar.com/2026/01/04/s...

Storystorm 2026 Day 4: Brian Gonsar Revises from Rejection

by Brian Gonsar Good morning Storystormers! Today, let’s talk about the most creatively stimulating thing there is: rejection. I know, I know, no one likes rejection. Not in love. Not with work. An…

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Today’s #WritingBreak: #Breathe #bloomscroll #Mindfulness #Cactus #Succulents #NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature #kidlit #picturebooks

More delightfully creative phrasing. Thank you, #JeffreyEugenidies #favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel

Halloween humor #writingbreak #darkhumor #kidlit #picturebooks #humor #cartoons #veganjokes

This is so inspiring and proof of the transformative power of books: #kidlit #picturebooks #libraries #books #read #booksky #fiction #litfic #FreedomReads

A smuggled book changed his life. Now he’s built 500 prison libraries.

Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape, and he went on to be a poet, lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads.

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