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. :)

#PBParty is coming soon, and @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social is offering a huge critique #giveaway! #kidlit

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THE #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2026 INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST IS OPEN!!! Hurray! It’s time for the #50PreciousWords 2026 International Writing Contest! And THIS is the OFFICIAL contest post. If you are participating, please read through the guidelines and then pos…

THE #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2026 INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST IS OPEN!!! viviankirkfield.com/2026/03/02/t... Please share to spread the word! #kidlit #iamwriting #contest #prizes

Storystorm 2026 Registration is Open! It’s that time of the year again! Welcome to STORYSTORM 2026 Registration! Nine years ago I changed the name and month of my annual writing challenge, from Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo) to STO…

An awesome FREE activity for #kidlit creators! taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...

Lovely photo & haiku.

Lovely!

Thank you!

Sunset over St. John USVI

Sunset skies over
Blue-gray waters as islands
Jut into the dusk
#HaikuSaturday #haiku

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A meditative moment in St John, USVI:

Azure waters call
Me as waves swish swash across
Blue cobblestone beach
#haiku #haikuSaturday

ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...

PPBF – This is NOT a Sleepy Bear Book Anyone looking for a fresh take on bedtime reading need look no further. I’ve found the Perfect Picture Book for you. Title: This is NOT a Sleepy Bear Book Written By: Brian Gehrlein Illustrated By…

A hilarious new #PB by @briangehrlein.bsky.social #Thisisnotasleepybearbook patricianozell.com/2025/11/07/p...

Thank you #RevisionWeek team & @laurenkerstein.bsky.social

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Deadwood hemlock tree with several limbs reaching to the side, trunk slightly bent as if swaying standing in afternoon sun

in dappled woodland
deadwood tree dances alive
with life within

#haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #deadwood #forest #snag #Audubon #Aracadia

Gorgeous!

Orange Lantana flowers

Autumn’s bright oranges
Planted in the springtime’s sunshine
They’re blossoming still
#HaikuSaturday #haiku

I preordered my copy today! How about you? #Thisisnotasleepybearbook @briangehrlein.bsky.social

Bur oak leaf turning from green to yellow.

Henri Matisse artwork: The Sheaf (La Gerbe) 1953. Leaf like cut out of several bright colors.

single fallen leaf
a spark of inspiration
Henri's second life

#haikuSaturday #haiku #Matisse #nature #art

(Matisse drew inspiration from nature and it is thought that some of the shapes in his scissor-paintings are reminiscent of oak leaves.)

Lovely!

Iguana on top of a fence surrounded by gnawed vines

Invasive species
Lurching, searching for a snack
Chomps down tender vines.
#HaikuSaturday #haiku

Thank you!

Sign on a telephone pole, “please like and share this post.”

Please like and share this
Post - a kinder, gentler way
To interact.
#HaikuSaturday #haiku

I’m not a teacher or librarian, but heads up to both for this terrific opportunity!

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‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published A chance discovery at a country house revealed the three funny – sometimes surreal – interlinked tales, written almost a decade before Woolf’s first book was published

"A cottage of one's own":

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Thanks for the heads up!

Ah, those precious last sips of summer! Lovely!

Potomac River looking north towards Washington, DC

From a walk earlier this week along the Potomac River in Alexandria, VA:

A haze hangs over
Washington on otherwise
Shining bright morning
#HaikuSaturday #haiku