Huge Critique Giveaway & PBParty Prep Replay ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland If you're planning to enter the 2026 PBParty contest, here are TONS of critique prizes you can win to help prepare. Good luck. :)

The best time of year!🥳 A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved🙏 The time and love poured into #PBParty is remarkable - and now there’s even more opportunities with this giveaway🤩 You all are too generous! @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social

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Thank you so much for this opportunity! Looking forward to May 1st 😊

Ooo I recognize some names on here 🤗 …including my talented CPs @markieleehayes.bsky.social and @darlachristie.bsky.social Wooohoooo!👏 Congrats to all of the winners and honorable mentions! #50PreciousWords

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#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.

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Everyone is welcome to browse the amazing #PBParty finalists! Comments are only for agent, editor & AD requests.

We had 199 requests the first day. Last night, we had 310. Wahooooo!

We'd love to have even more requests for our talented finalists. 💗

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⭐PB Rising Stars Mentee apps are officially OPEN now - March 21 at 11:59 PM ET!!!

Are you an unagented OR agented PB author, illo, or author-illo without an agent-repped PB deal? Then this is for you!!

Apply: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors

#kidlitmegafeed #kidlit #kidlitart #pbrisingstars #pbparty

Congrats #PBParty finalists!🤩 I’ll be cheering each of you on next week👏 “Thank you” doesn’t feel like enough @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social + judges…for the countless hours of hosting, but also for showing everyone who entered SO. MUCH. LOVE. ❤️ The #kidlit community is definitely where I want to be!

Biggest congrats to all of the finalists!👏🤩 And best of luck next week in the agent/editor rounds!!! I can’t wait to follow along! Thank you again Mindy and judges for EVERYTHING!!!🫶

#50PreciousWords 2025 International Writing Contest IS OPEN Welcome, everyone! This is the OFFICIAL #50PreciousWords 2025 International Writing Contest IS OPEN post!! I’m so glad you are here. Some of you have been participating since the beginning. B…

I have been so busy (and excited🤗) polishing up manuscripts that I didn’t get a chance to write anything for #50PreciousWords but I am sending all the good vibes + best wishes to my #writingcommunity friends who enter!✨Thanks @viviankirkfield.bsky.social + donors for hosting 🫶

Amazing! Thank you so much🫶

So nice of you to share this! Thank you🫶

Children’s publishers accepting unsolicited manuscripts * UPDATED FEBRUARY 2025 * You can’t get published without an agent, and you can’t get an agent without being published – or so the adage goes. Thankfully, there are still a few ch…

My list of children's publishers accepting unsolicited manuscripts has long been in need of an update. A few publishers have sadly gone but there are still plenty of markets out there. Good luck to everyone submitting at the moment! loutreleaven.com/2010/07/21/c... #writing #submitting #publishing

Yes, so true!

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Happy Valentine’s Day to the wonderful #kidlit community!🥰 Sending extra love and thanks to the #PBParty judges for allllllll the time they are spending on the contest🙏 The teasers have been SO fun to read! Every story sounds like the next #picturebook I’d love to have on our kiddos’ bookshelf😍

Random Acts of Kindness Day is next week! It's a day to spread love, compassion, and positivity through small, unanticipated acts of kindness. Like, maybe, reading this book to a child and sharing ideas.

#kindness #KindnessMatters #KindnessIsPower #booksky #kidlit #megakidlit

Thanks for sharing this, Kim!

What a wonderful tribute to your mom!❤️

That means a lot 🫶 Thank you so much!

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Happy dancing seems appropriate for this news! Congrats 👏👏👏

#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features This is "#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features" by The Manuscript Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉

This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!

Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106

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🎙️ #kidlit podcasts + writing contests 📝 are always so inspiring! Especially when it’s this podcast AND this writing contest rolled into one 🤗👏😍 Thank you for this @waywordwriters.bsky.social @viviankirkfield.bsky.social 🫶

Thanks for sharing, and good luck to all❣️

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Aw thanks, Markie❣️

My MC has too many favorite treats to narrow it down to just one… but you’ll see that they will happily share ALL of them! 😉

✨Writing, revising, reading, connecting✨The laundry can wait, right?!😅 Polishing up those additional manuscripts in hopes that someone asks to see them someday!☺️

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Happy #WorldReadAloudDay !🤗📚 Sharing Storyline Online’s wonderful collection of celebrity read-alouds to celebrate this special day✨ #WRAD #kidlit

Made my week, too! This is all the motivation an aspiring PB author needs🥹 Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for starting this! I would love to be added on here to connect with other PBPartiers 🥳

Thank you, Lorraine!🫶