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#DVPit #MG #DIS #F when warnings to stay out of the woods fail to stop a 10yo boy’s curiosity he finds himself in a world of talking trees & snarky skunks who send him on a quest to find the Golden Snigglett and bring it back to the Honor Tree or remain trapped there forever. Problem: what is that?

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#DVPit #PB #DIS a lonely dinosaur just wants to have a birthday party, but being big,clumsy, with very big teeth, he's not sure how to make that happen until a very tiny friend shows him that love isn't about size but about heart. A book about acceptance, love, and cake... lots of cake.

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#DVPit #MG #T #DIS a 12yo girl is the lone survivor of a plane crash in the jungle. To survive she must use her wits and find her way out before the band of drug smugglers searching for her and the plane carrying their drugs find her first.

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Ramya G Spaulding @rgspaulding.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#DVPit #YA #T #DIS When a body is found in the lake the town of Gladeville closes ranks and secrets long buried rise to the surface endangering the lives of three teens intent on solving the mystery of the unknown girl and the reasons behind the town's silence risking their own lives for the truth

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Caught this replay just in time before it expired. I've had the pleasure of having @devpetty.bsky.social as a mentor at the Big Sur Conference and having my work critiqued by her. She's awesome and gives great feedback! @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit #PB

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

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Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Our countdown to registration for Picture Book Summit 2026 is on! Don't miss your chance to win prizes including a FREE ticket to the biggest online event for picture book creators! Check it out here: picturebooksummit.co... #amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#KidLit fans, I highly recommend attending one of these 90-Second Newbery film festival events! Kids from all over the world create 90-second movies that tell the story of a Newbery-winning book, and it's absolutely as fun as it sounds. Event details here: jameskennedy.com/events/

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LitConnect Technologies @litconnect.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Here's how to enter the LitConnect soft launch giveaway: 1. Follow us on Bluesky or X 2. Repost this post 3. Join the waitlist (links in comments below) That's it. All four prizes. All entrants eligible. More details on the prizes this week. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AmWriting

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Anne @thegirlwonder.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Help a fellow Filipino out by commissioning them if you can!

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Susan @sburdorf.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

#DVPit #NA #Romcom to save the tea shop two college witches work part time at they do a “meet your matcha” date event where romance & tea are featured. Then a handsome devil, literally, challenges them to a contest. Winner takes all… the souls. Can they convince him love really does conquer all?

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#DVpit #MG #Horror The ocean fog was thick, the air heavy, voices whisper of ancient curses. When 12yo Brinna's father & his fishing boat go missing, she knew it was time to act. W/her dog Paddles & her best friend Chase, she rowed to the island demanding his return - no sacrifice was too great.

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#DVPit #MG when a hungry dragon is accidentally summoned by a boy with no magic, he has until midnite to return the creature to its own world or become its next meal. Instead, the 2 team up against the school bully to save the town's magic well from being drained by the bully and his uncle.

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Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit #YA #SF when an unexpected guest arrives inside space junk picked up by her family’s garbage scow 18yo Alyse finds herself at the center of a political disaster in the making. The handsome escaped convict enlists her help to prove his innocence and avoid a galactic war.

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I understand that a lot of kidlit authors stopped writing cause their books were banned, but also, kids need your books. For every school admin that bans them there's a teacher or a librarian getting them into kid's hands and that HAS to matter more

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#DVpit #MG in this gender-flipped retelling of the Wizard of Oz a young boy and his dog must find lost gold with the help of 3 companions and return it to the outlaw and his gang to break a curse or spend eternity in an old west ghost town

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#DVPit #MG Alice has arrived late to tea and finds everyone missing. To find them she must join The Queen of Hearts, her nemesis, as they race through time to rescue the Mad Hatter and friends before Wonderland disappears forever

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#DVPit #YA #T when her sister goes missing camping w/3 friends 17yo Maddie sets out to find them, but as bodies pile up & secrets unravel, she fears her sister isn’t missing at all, but instead is responsible for the tragedies unfolding. To prove innocence she’ll have to find her before the police

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#DVPit #PB when a lonely wizard’s wand goes wonky he “borrows” one he shouldn’t and ends up with more friends than he bargained for and must find a way to return them to where they came from before the master wizard returns

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Kellie Beggs @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#DVPIT #MG to save his land from decay a reluctant hero will journey to a disappearing castle to seek help from a reclusive sorcerer. To enter the castle he must battle a troll, solve a door barring riddle, and exchange his story for the library’s secrets without losing his mind to the magic.

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Over 25 prizes! kelliebeggs.weebly.com/2025-prize-d... #PBandKidJudges info is up. Go to the link in my profile and click on the tab you need. Guidelines FAQs Prizes/Donors Entry form info I would not be surprised if there are typos, DM or email if your editing eye sees something🤗 #kidlit

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Kellie Beggs @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

#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!

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Kellie Beggs @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Tentative dates for #PBandKidJudges #kidlit writing competition. I hope to have the website up ASAP, but for sure by the date listed. Thank you all for blowing this up! The more hype/ the more excited my kids are. You all are fueling that 🔥 and I ♥️ you for it!

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Unless I can get in a little surprise #10Queries next week, which will largely depend on the length of some appointments and my chronic illness, my first session will be on April 7 at 2 pm CST! Stay tuned. 👀 #RevPit

Join Allison Alexander's RevPit #10Queries Session on Monday, April 7 at 3 pm ET / 2 p CST on Bluesky: @aealexander.bsky.social

Pick up tips for opening pages, comp titles, blurbs & more

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Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Are you ready for the #PBParty Prep Zoom on Sunday, January 26 at 7 pm Eastern? Huge thanks to @sylviaichen.bsky.social for the amazing graphics & everything she does for the PBParty contest. 💗 mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-prep...

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PBParty Prep Zoom 2025! ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland

Are you ready for the 2025 PBParty Prep Zoom on Sunday, January 26 at 7 pm Eastern? This is what we'll cover in the Zoom...

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Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

If you aren’t already following them, Frazzled Lit had so many great stories and poems in their first issue. Well worth following now!

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Fin Leary @finleary.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Writers, illustrators, and publishing professionals impacted by the California fires—this is an opportunity for you to apply for an emergency grant through @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social! Please spread the word far and wide.

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When a family on her route goes missing, and a bloody axe points to a potential tragedy, a packhorse librarian must find them before a threatened storm claims more victims on the harsh mountain they call home. #BluePit #A #HF #M

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Trying to find the treasure her family lost generations ago, a young girl and her best friend encounter mythical beings who hold clues to a legacy she didn't know she had, and a secret about a family she never knew she was part of, forcing her to choose her destiny. #BluePit #W #MG #F

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When the bleached bones of a town's dark secret are unburied, unraveling a decades old mystery is the least worry of a woman seeking answers to her sister's disappearance ten summers ago - staying alive to tell the tale is. #BluePit #W #A #T

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Shannon & Swift @shannonandswift.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

SERENDIPITY + FUNNY STORY Signs are everywhere, knowing what they mean is up for debate as a couple meet, fall in love, but question whether they're meant for each other so make a vow to meet 2yr later. Hilarity ensues when they meet at the wedding of one & the flame rekindles #Bluepit #W #A #Romcom

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Battered and tarnished but still here. Photo by Robert Redford.

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Susan @sburdorf.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

New FREE contest for writers of Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy — tinyurl.com/2025wdwcon3%... — Judged by agent Kesia Lupo, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work. @writingdaywksp

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Taylor Thackaberry @taylorthackaberryauthor.com · 11/01/2025

I attended a WDW last year and thought it was super insightful to meet agents IRL- now they have a FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction! tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Winners get an agent critique of their work! Other genres too!

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First Pages Contest #2, Young Adult: Judged by Agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary

Submit the opening of your unpublished YA novel to our First Pages Contest #2, Young Adult: judged by agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary.

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Susan @sburdorf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

RIP President Jimmy Carter. The world has lost a light that shone thru darkness. I know you are with your beloved wife and building houses in heaven.

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Traveling in space with the ambassadors from Irrea to earth a difficult pregnancy complicates things when a band of space pirates hijack them hoping to ransom the newborn for their freedom from a tyrannical regime. Only a 1st year yeoman stands btn their plans & the child's life. #Holipit #A #Q #SF

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The annual Christmas Festival of Lights has gotten out of hand and it takes one little girl and her dog to show a town how love and kindness beat the over-competition spirit every time in this book about being small in size but mighty in heart. #Holipit #PB

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Being an angel in the church Christmas pageant doesn't mean actually flying... or does it? A book about overcoming challenges, living out a dream, and friendships between generations #Holipit #PB #ND

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