🕯️❄️🎁 Sharing this #holiday #writing #contest with my kidlit friends. Entries are due by Nov. 30th. Hope you’ll join me in entering!

So excited about the finalists who were chosen for Susanna Hill’s 15th Halloweensie writing contest! 😉

Congrats to those who entered, as there were so many A++ submissions. And a big thanks to those who host!

Please vote for your favorite by Tues 11/18 at 5 pm EST: susannahill.com/2025/11/16/t...

Feeling so grateful for the Honorable Mention I received after applying to the Write Kidlit Now scholarship! Thank you so much @bookthreader.bsky.social for your efforts and generosity! What a boost for those of us getting started on our writing journey.

#kidlit #community #scholarship #kindness

A truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
…
By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating.

- Pearl S. Buck

Thanks to the fabulous #sunwritefun donors and judges including
@nchurnin.bsky.social
@writerjolene.bsky.social
@jyotigopal.bsky.social
@jilanne.bsky.social
@juliefhedlund.bsky.social
@kellipanique.bsky.social
@authorhmacht.bsky.social
@literallylynne.bsky.social
@dowphumiruk.bsky.social
#kidlit

"ENOUGH!" Mouse cried. "I'm all pooped out!"
She promptly went inside to pout.

Katelyn Aronson's brilliant ‬POO-DUNIT? A FOREST FLOOR MYSTERY always gets giggles.

#kidlit #SunWriteFun @swildmansf.bsky.social
@kmgreenwald.bsky.social
@buchetbooks.bsky.social www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25

Last month, I was touched to learn I was one of the #springflingkidlit winners. Last week, I had the chance to redeem my prize with the amazing @valeriebolling.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who made this opportunity possible! 💛💜

@kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
@ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social

This badge designed by talented high school student Dillon A. is too cute not to post. Thank you to all of the kid judges, educators, and prize donors for making this contest as sweet as could be!

#pbandkidjudges

So very grateful for the opportunity to attend my first writer's conference this weekend. The speakers were awe-inspiring, and the entire community was delightful.

A huge thank you to the @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social leadership team for making this event such a valuable experience!

Delighted that My New, Furry Love limerick was recognized with an Honorable Mention in Susanna Leonard Hill's #valentiny contest. This one definitely reflects some very real emotions taking place in our home during this chapter of life. 😄😍

Happy to have submitted an entry in #50preciouswords this year. I hope that you have, too!

Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all of those in the #kidlit community who are offering such fun and fabulous prizes.

Imagine a gymnasium full of children cheering wildly for the books and fellow readers they love ❤️📚

#ReadersRally #gcpslibraries #kidlit

Thankful for the wisdom of the eleven-year-old who reminded me that the only way to lose was if I didn't jump in. Congratulations to the 1,015 others who pushed "submit" on Monday. And thanks to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social @sylviaichen.bsky.social and all of the other talents involved in #pbparty!

Completed #storystorm , and wow, was it a lot of fun!

Thanks so much @taralazar.bsky.social

Excited for year 2 of imagining, growing, and learning in the #12x12PB community!

@12x12challenge.bsky.social