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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 19/08/2026

Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests

Contact Congress today!

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April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Will you be participating in the #KidlitChuckleChallenge this year? The prizes are 🔥🔥🔥, and the writing prompts are 🤣🤣🤣. This is going to be so fun! #kidlit #writingcommunity

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

feeling inspired- in a sea of hope the capsule splashes down - team's over the moon! #haiku #haikuSaturday

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

More (belated) kidlit celebrating! So many amazing entries- congrats to all! Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and the judges for the #50PreciousWords contest, cheers to everyone in the winner's circle and honorable mention lists, and thank you to my awesome CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Late to celebrate, but excited to be part of this beautiful issue! Thank you to the editors, cheers to all the creators, and big thanks to my amazing CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity @littlethoughtspress.com

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Please join me in celebrating the release of THE OCEAN'S HEART with a reading on StoryTime Sprint! It may be recorded, so please register if you're interested. Thanks! #kidlit #nonfiction #teachers #librarians #ocean @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is such a generous and talented #kidlitcommunity to learn from! There's still time to join - registration ends 2/15. #kidlit #amwriting #pb #writingcommunity For more about #12x12PB: www.12x12challenge.com/membership @12x12challenge.bsky.social

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 08/02/2026

Our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts tomorrow, Feb 9th and runs through Wednesday, Feb 11th! Come share your small, silly pleasures and help us spread some joy! Read the contest rules here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2026-s-...

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2026's Silly Love Sonnets Kidlit Poetry Contest!

Valentine's Day is almost here! To celebrate and spread a little kidlit love, we are excited to once again host our"Silly Love Sonnets” Kidlit Poetry Contest! This year, we are happy to welcome our gu...

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Ready for an inspiring start to a creative 2026! Who's in? #storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity Register at taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 22/09/2025

Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th! Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together! #litmag #callforsubmission www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

Submissions extended for Issue 12: Better Together to October 6th.

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words! What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"! #kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

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ISSUES | Little Thoughts

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

the blazing heat over miles of interstate roadside sunflowers #haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave (Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 01/08/2025

Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷

Promotional image for the SCBWI Summer Virtual Conference 2025, taking place online from July 31 to August 3. The text highlights the Portfolio Showcase, which is open to the public, and includes a registration link at scbwi.org. The illustration by Liz Brizzi shows diverse children engaged in creative activities with famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

at the library golden harvest ripe for picking or outside the library sweet harvest Feel free to add a version! Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left. #haiku #haikuSaturday

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Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY! Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at: www.picturebooksummi... Enter today! Ends 6/9/25. #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

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#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

It's ba-ack. Dunh, dunh, DUNH! Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky. Check it out: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart

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Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for: BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS! Early Bird registration begins 6/12! #amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

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Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Happy Book Birthday to PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN written by Jessica Stremer, illus by Gordy Wright, published by Holiday House. THIS BOOK WAS A #50PreciousWrods Honorable Mention in 2022! And now it's a real book! A gorgeous Book. Read all about how Jessica did it!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/01/h...

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Happy Book Birthday: PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN: How Science Saved a Species

YES! YES! YES! It’s time to sing Happy Birthday to another beautiful new book! And this book has a VERY SPECIAL back story…this book was an Honorable Mention in the 2022 #50PreciousWord…

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Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

To celebrate Poetry Month, I suggest the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY. If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...

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Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

What a great idea! Two fun, informal events: #HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community #LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community

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Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

So exciting! Look at all the amazing prizes! Who's getting ready? #kidlit #writingcommunity #PB #poetry

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Andi Chitty @andichitty.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Join us next Thursday at 8pm for our February Storytime Sprint with Carol A. Foote🐶 Listen in! Review! Win! Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime

Storytime Sprint with author Carol A Foote, February 27th at 8pm EST

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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

#poetry Pea wants your imaginative & futuristic scifaiku dealing with advanced science & technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Oh yes please! #Submit by the 15th February ➡️ poetrypea.com/submissions-...

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 30/01/2025

❤️ & huge thanks to everyone who purchased a copy, or paid to download our Pride issue last year. With your help, we were able to donate $150 to The Trevor Project. If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!

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Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This new regime is attacking information in every way they can. Please join me in making a donation to the Internet Archive to preserve some of what we currently have.

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

What a whirlwind of PB ideas! Huge thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social and all the #Storystorm guest bloggers! #PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

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Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🚨 #Teachers and #librarians! Have you seen all the fantastic school visits up for grabs???🚨 There are 34 visits from NYT bestselling & award-winning authors and illustrators across the grade levels. Even a few in-person visits! Go bid! #booksky #teachersky #libsky #skybrarians #kidlit #librarysky

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Excited to be back! #12x12PB is called the friendliest writing community on Earth, and it is! (Also, the most fun and overflowing with resources and support.) See for yourself at www.12x12challenge.com! @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

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Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Tui T. Sutherland has two items up for bid! A 30-minute virtual Zoom Q&A and a COMPLETE set of the Wings of Fire series signed by the Tui. Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and co-author of the Menagerie trilogy with her sister Kari. #kidlit

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#WritingCommunity, you won't want to miss this amazing event! Is it too cold to go out? Too stressful to watch news? Look at these generous auction items instead! Bidding now through Sunday. #KidLitforLA #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos...

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Kidlit For Los Angeles

Silent auction 'Kidlit For Los Angeles' hosted online at 32auctions.

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

OMG! Today is the LAST DAY before #12x12PB opens! Our grand finale prize is a pro #picturebook critique from one of our 12 x 12 Critique Ninjas. Comment to win. Members: Share something you've learned from a CN critique. Nonmembers: Do you have a critique group? #kidlit

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

5 DAYS until #12x12PB opens! The countdown continues thru 1/9. To win today's prize - a 12 x 12 tote bag, comment before midnight ET. Members: Share a connection (IRL or virtual) you made with a fellow member. Nonmembers: Do you plan to attend any conferences this year? #kidlit

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

January rain falling steadily pages turn Happy Saturday! (no longer raining) #haikuSaturday #haiku

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Only 6 DAYS left until #12x12PB opens! The countdown continues thru 1/9. To win today's prize - a 12 x 12 mug to cradle the hot beverage of your choice, comment before midnight ET and tell us - are you a coffee or a tea person? #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #amwriting

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Hello Bluesky #Kidlit Friends — We have an upcoming 2-part open call for submissions at Little Thoughts Press Magazine, which I’m super excited about. Feel free to message me with any questions. www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

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THEME | Little Thoughts

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

winter green softens the landscape dandelions cheer #haiku #haikuSaturday photo: lawn with dandelions, after dog ate the dandelions

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Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Sharing from my #photography blog: the 12 Days of DSLR - my top 12 posts on making the most of your #DSLR. 📷📸 www.boostyourphotography.com/2024/12/12-d...

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Celebrating the 12 Days of DSLR

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

the longest night before a winter-pink sunrise begins to glow #haiku #haikuSaturday

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