📣 Attention all #elementary & #middlegrade #teachers 🏫
Check out this call for stories written by your students 👇👇👇
If you have creative kids who have work that fits our theme, have them send it in and get published!
#kidlit #edusky #submissions
Where are all the creative kids? 👀
Lit Kids needs submissions for Issue 10: Folklore/Mythology by 5/15!
Send your twist on a classic tale, either using writing, art, or photography.
Please subscribe, share, and keep shining! ✨
litkidsmagazine.com/submissions
#kidlit #parents #emag
Where are all the creative kids? 👀
Lit Kids needs submissions for Issue 10: Folklore/Mythology by 5/15!
Send your twist on a classic tale, either using writing, art, or photography.
Please subscribe, share, and keep shining! ✨
litkidsmagazine.com/submissions
#kidlit #parents #emag
For local #SoCal teens, consider joining us at this free writing workshop at the Manhattan Beach Library
#EduSky #BookishEvents #Library #authorlife #workshop
📢MARK THE DATE!!!🗓️
✍️🏾Writing with HEART ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
LA County Library: Manhattan Beach Branch
March 12, 2026 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm
visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/15665887
🥹It's surreal to have my first in-person workshop just a few weeks away. Perhaps your teens can swing on through 🤗
#fromthemixedupfiles #WNDMG #newreleases #mg #fantasy #SEA #malaysian #filipino #folklore #representation #newbooks #november #muf #kidlit #booksky
😊It was an absolute delight to chat with both of them again and hear about their journeys. Congrats to my SEA MG authors on their US/CAN releases this month. 👏🎉❤️
🥰Support these wonderful women & buy their books!!!📚
👉HOW TO FREE A JINN by Raidah Shah Idil
👉THE FIREFLY CROWN by Yxavel Magna Dino
📝As a contributor on From the Mixed-Up Files blog, I had the pleasure of interviewing my dear SEA MG authors - RAIDAH SHAH IDIL and YXAVEL MAGNA DINO for this month's WNDMG post! 🎊
😮Be sure to check out the interview at:
fromthemixedupfiles.com/double-dose-...
DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR #SUBMISSIONS!
Do you have a young creative in your life looking to share their talents? Look no further!
LitKids Magazine's December Issue: Air is seeking writing, art & photograpy submission until Nov. 14.
Check out the link 👇
litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...
We wouldn't have Lit Kids Magazine if not for talented kids. Please, please, please send writing, art, and photos for Issue 8: Air so we can keep spotlighting 5-13 y/o creatives. We need your help to bring this issue to life! Keep shining!✨
litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...
#parents #emag
If you've never read it, check it out or request it at your library today!
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#bookbirthday #himmapan #authorsofinstagram #chapterbooks #thai #folktale #kidlit #celebration
😮Can't believe how fast time flies!
Exactly 1 year ago today, my lil story was published! Creating an original story based on Thai folklore was an honor & I hope Parami lives in our ❤️ for a long time to come 🥰
🥳Happy 📗Birthday to THE WHITE ELEPHANT OF HIMMAPAN! 🐘🧁
#booksky #bookbirthday #kidlit
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #GAWHS #Catstyles
Just ONE DAY left to show your support for the #arts! If you've ever been, known, or admired a theater kid in your life, #donate today! Every $ helps!
vraise.org/P4KVj1
As the #worstmom to #fundraise ever, I'm shouting into the void to help my daughter's theater program! If you have a few bucks to spare, consider #donating to their school. SUPPORT THE ARTS!!!
#GAWHS #Catstyles #Theatre #2025
🎭🎤🎧As members of the #creative community, we all started somewhere.
Help the Glen A Wilson Catstyles Theatre 2025 reach their fundraising goals after their theater budget was slashed by 90%!!!
Click Here to support their Fundraiser
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A Muay Thai fighter & a trans prodigy rolled into one!?! Gimme this one NOW!!!🫰👀🫰
I'm here for all the #Thai stories! Especially ones with underrepped characters like this! 💞
This pitch is PHENOMENAL!!! 😍😍😍
👀 #Agents & #Editors - this one is a must read!!! Where else will you find a ragtag super team like this to fight against hungry ghosts trying to tear you apart!!!
If your hashtag searching is not working for #DVpit we created a feed for the hashtag. Please always try to search the hashtag first, but this feed includes all posts under the hashtag as well. We will update during the day as we learn more from bsky bsky.app/profile/did:...
#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.
#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co
🎭🎤🎧As members of the #creative community, we all started somewhere.
Help the Glen A Wilson Catstyles Theatre 2025 reach their fundraising goals after their theater budget was slashed by 90%!!!
Click Here to support their Fundraiser
app.verticalraise.com/fundraiser/g...
It's gotta be my HEART method (Hero, Enemy, Action, Resolution, Tone). I incorporate these into my scenes and use it as an opening prompt when I'm stuck. Hopefully the tweens will find it helpful too!
🎉It's the Manhattan Beach Public Library!!!📚
If that's not a fated booking, I don't know what is!
Save the date (MARCH 5, 2026) & join me for a free workshop on "Writing with Heart" 🥰
#achievementunlocked #authorvisit #booksky #authorlife #savethedate❤️ #library #lapl #manhattanbeach
🤭Make a guess !🤔
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😮It must have been fate! 😮
🤓If you've read #SKYLIGHT, you know that Sofia moves from Colorado Springs, CO to Manhattan Beach, CA circa 2024 (when the book was published)!
⏰Fast forward to today > I signed a li'l paper for my 1st in-person #author event. 🎉
🤭Can you guess where it's gonna be held?🤔
Link to the #BookstagramAwards ballot is here 👇 forms.gle/FPG66Cp8RHUe...
🤓Remember, the "Children's Author of the Year" category is ALL the way at the bottom, so be patient!
Show your support for #authors and vote!🤗
🥳LAST DAY OF VOTING!!!🗳️
🎗️Final reminder to select yours truly (Patchree Jones - Children's Author of the Year Finalist) if you haven't voted yet! 🏃🏃♂️🏃♀️
#bookstagramawards2025 #middlegrade #fantasy #author #achievementunlocked #vote #authorsofinstagram📚 #childrensbook
