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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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!

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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 🍁

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

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!! 💚🐈‍⬛💚

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 09/07/2025

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

Drawing of a joyful child running through a sprinkler, with the water illustrated using a broken blue GIOTTO crayon placed at the top of the page. The crayon’s scribbles extend downward as water sprays, integrating with the ink drawing of the child in blue shorts.

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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

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Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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

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Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Love it when I get brilliant plot points for #WIP while on the elliptical. #amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #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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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 10/04/2025

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

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Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 09/04/2025

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!

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Natali Simmonds @natalisimmonds.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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!

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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!!

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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

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Charlie Griffin @cbgriffin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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.

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Ivan Taurisano – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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KaitlynLeann7 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#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...

image with a dandelion stating the spring fling kidlit contest is almost here and to tag a friend to tell them you want to see them submit a story

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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

BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, the follow-up to the Geisel Award-winning BAT, CAT & RAT #2: VACATION, by Ame Dyckman, Mark Teague, and the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster! In each picture book/early reader of 3-and-a-half stories, unlikely roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat have funny little adventures in their cozy home, their cozy town, and beyond! THE BEACH DAY cover shows the trio carrying a beach umbrella and bags—TOO MANY bags, maybe?—for a fun day in the sand and surf. (But poor sweet Bat doesn’t know that trying to share your snack with hungry beach gulls is NOT a good idea! OOPS!) Available NOW for preorder wherever you love to get books, and publishes 4/29/25!

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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.

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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...

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Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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. 💕

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Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

🤩💫🥳 It's a *gorgeous* cover reveal for my next book SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story! I'm infinitely lucky to have the magical opportunity to create this book with illustrator #ThaiMyPhuong, published by Flamingo Books/PRH! @thecatagency.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social #Kidlit

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Brenna Jeanneret @brennajeanneret.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

New Verse Show #podcast with Alastair Heim! #kidlitmegafeed give it a listen to hear about working for the Dr. Seuss estate, the importance of luck, timing and hard work and to hear a SUPER SECRET Alastair Heim original manuscript! jmonken.podbean.com/e/the-idea-d...

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The Idea Doesn’t Care Who Has It With Alastair Heim | You May Contribute A Verse

Team Versy is Brenna Jeanneret, children’s lit author, mother, rock climber, outdoors person, and podcaster, Josh Monken, children’s lit author, father, science communicator, and podcaster Jon Seymour...

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Dream. Write. Be You. You got this. #Kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry

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Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train starts NOW & lasts all of Feb. 20–22 EDT 🚂Write a new PB draft 🚂Shout 'DONE' on this post 🚂Add your name to the Critique Train Google doc: tinyurl.com/Critique... 🚂CELEBRATE! 🎉 🚂FAQ: tinyurl.com/Critique... Good luck ✨✨

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PBParty Critique Train

PBParty Critique Train open for passengers on… February 20 - 22 Check out the FAQ here Keep up to date with PBParty events (including the contest) on Facebook Congrats for writing a new PB! Please add your name and e-mail below. I’ll critique the 1st person who completes a draft. They’ll c...

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” - Marcus Aurelius

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Look what's coming!

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

“Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.” ~ Yasmin Mogahed

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." ― John Steinbeck

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It’s just the 1st day the ”Silly Love Sonnet” #kidlit contest is open and I’m already swooning over the fun entries! Go & let the entrants feel the love in the comments. Even better, enter one of your own as well! Contest runs through Feb. 14th. www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil...

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2025'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!It's time again to celebrate the little th...

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I did it! 32 new ideas during this long, snowy, busy month. Thanks @taralaser and all the #Storystorm contributors! #kidlit #PB #WritingCommunity

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 22/01/2025

Hi, I'm Debbie Ridpath Ohi, author & illustrator, gamer, bibliophile. I Want To Read ALL The Books. #BlueSkyTips links: UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BLUESKY - Quickstart Guide - Curation Tips - KidLit Community - KidLit Mega Feed - Board Gaming Uplift 💙🦋 Questions? Try SEARCH in my Unofficial Guide!

Illustrated header for 'Debbie’s Unofficial Guide to Bluesky' showing a woman watering a tree against a bright blue sky filled with butterfly silhouettes. Text includes 'by @debbieohi.com' and a QR code leading to the guide at DebbieOhi.link/BlueSkyGuide.

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I just added IT STARTED WITH A P by Brittany Pomales (with awesome illustrations by Andrew Joyner) to my "Want to Read" shelf on Goodreads! Who else is excited for this one? @brittanypomales.bsky.social #kidlit

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

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Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

MY #kidlit #poetry #library haul!! Time to get writing and rhyming. Or maybe free versing. #SCBWI #webinar

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