WRITE A FICTIONALIZED MEMOIR
V.T. Bidania
May 18, 7 pm CT
Register Free: linktr.ee/middlegradewritersgroup
Bidania’s middle grade novel in verse, A YEAR WITHOUT HOME, is a fictionalized memoir about her family’s harrowing escape from Laos in 1975. Learn how she fictionalized something so personal.
We were at #NoKings at the St. Paul, MN, Capitol today. Bruce Springsteen performed his song about Minneapolis — heart-wrenching and beautiful. Bernie Sanders, Tim Walz, Jane Fonda, and Joan Baez were there. A good day.
#nokings #Indivisible #NoKings #minneapolis #ReneeGood #AlexPretti
Thank you, Gennifer Choldenko, for your terrific presentation at our March Middle Grade Writers Group! You were so generous in sharing your writing process and how you created The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman. We appreciate you and all the wonderful books you write!
#Kidlit/YABookBoosters #kidlit
Behind the Book: Gennifer Choldenko’s Writing Process
@mgwg.bsky.social
March 16, 2026
7 pm CT
Register Free: gennifercholdenkoswritingprocess.eventbrite.com
NYT bestseller and Newbery Honor winner, Gennifer Choldenko, shares her craft tips.
#mglit #writingcraft #Kidlit/YABookBoosters #mgauthor
Behind the Book: Gennifer Choldenko’s Writing Process
@mgwg.bsky.social
March 16, 2026
7 pm CT
Free gennifercholdenkoswritingprocess.eventbrite.com
NYT bestseller & Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko shares craft tips. Find out the writing tips & tricks she uses with her own books. #kidlit
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 16, 7 pm CT
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Gemeinhart's most recent bestseller, BUSTED, garnered 5 starred reviews & is a 2025 Amazon Best Book of the Year. He'll share how he writes great first chapters that turn into bestselling books.
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 16, 7 pm CT
Free secretsofgreatfirstchapters.eventbrite.com
Gemeinhart's most recent bestseller, BUSTED, garnered five starred reviews & is a 2025 Amazon Best Book of the Year. He'll share how he writes great first chapters that turn into bestselling books.
#mglit
Congratulations, Maria!! I loved your book and can't wait to see it out in the world!
So excited to share some good news!
Congratulations, Maria!! This is wonderful news! So glad your fabulous book will soon be out in the world. I loved it!!
Thank you to the 2025 presenters for bringing terrific topics to the Middle Grade Writers Group. We hope you’ll check out and enjoy the many amazing books these authors have written.
@mgwg.bsky.social
Write Unforgettable Animal Novels
Lynne Kelly
Oct 20, 2025
7 pm CT
Register Free: tinyurl.com/bdd87wmr
Some of the most unforgettable middle grade fiction features animals, whether they take center stage or are faithful friends of the human characters. Learn to make animals come alive on the page.
#kidlit/YABookBoosters #WritingandBooks #writingcommunity
Novels-in-Verse: The Power of Poetic Narrative
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com
Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman
Authors discuss the creation of novels-in-verse using examples from their work.
#novels-in-verse
Next year will be the time to celebrate.
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, THE GIRL IN THE WALLS by @medenkuyatt.bsky.social (Scholastic) out on May 20.
To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: www.kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-... (+ more ways to win)
The Pros and Cons of Getting an MFA in Writing for Children
Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer
May 19, 2025, 7PM CT
Register Free: tinyurl.com/5exwx5j2
Erin Entrada Kelly & Eliot Schrefer teach in the MFAC program Hamline University. They will answer questions about program & their own careers.
#kidlit #writingcommunity #spookymiddlegrade #horror #middlegradebooks #middlegradeauthors #middlegradewritersgroup
Thank you to @mattmcmann.bsky.social and @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social for their terrific presentation at the April 21 Middle Grade Writers Group meeting, Writing Spooky Mysteries! @mgwg.bsky.social
Writing Spooky Mysteries
with Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie
April 21, 2025, 7 pm CT
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Join us for a conversation between bestselling authors Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie. They’ll talk about how they write spooky mysteries. #writingcommunity #mglit #kidlit
Writing Spooky Mysteries
Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie
April 21, 2025, 7 pm CT
Free: tinyurl.com/4eyvcx5b
Join us for a conversation between bestselling authors Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie. We’ll learn how they map out their books, blend “scary” with “mysterious,” and construct zinger scenes.
Who would you give this to?
Growing Your Author Platform on Social Media
with Matt Eicheldinger
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 17, 7 pm CT
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The NYT bestselling author of MATT SPROUT AND THE CURSE OF THE TEN BROKEN TOES will share how he garnered 70 million views on social media. #kidlit
Growing Your Author Platform on Social Media
with Matt Eicheldinger
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 17, 2025, 7 pm CT
Register Free tinyurl.com/bdfprdnj
The NYT bestselling author of MATT SPROUT AND THE CURSE OF THE TEN BROKEN TOES will share how he garnered 70 million views on social media. #kidlit
The Middle Grade Book Publishing Landscape
Jan 20, 2025, 7pm CT
Free: bit.ly/41llRZh
Sam Subity, MG author & Data Analyst, will share his latest report on the MG industry. Mallory Kass, executive editor at Scholastic, will discuss the middle grade slump & what's needed to turn it around.
#kidlit
The Middle Grade Book Publishing Landscape
Jan 20, 2025, 7pm CT
Free: bit.ly/41llRZh
Sam Subity, MG author and Data Analyst, will share his latest report on the MG industry. Mallory Kass, executive editor at Scholastic, will discuss the middle grade slump & what's needed to turn it around. #kidlit
Tom Hanks.
It's so exciting!! Way to go!
The Girl in the Walls by @medenkuyatt.bsky.social was on SLJ's list of the Most Anticipated Middle Grade Reads of 2025! Congratulations Meg!! #mglit #amreading #mgauthor #TheGirlintheWalls #writingcommunity #teachers #librarians