ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

IT’S HERE! 🎉

Congratulations to the 2026 Round Table Mentor mentees! Our mentors are SO excited to get started and will be personally reaching out to their chosen mentee via email to kick things off, so keep an eye on those inboxes!

**See more details below 👇**

RTM Mentee Announcement Mentor: Bayley Mae. Mentee: Rachel Rauch

I am so so excited to be working with Rachel on their amazing MG manuscript for @roundtablementor.bsky.social I cannot wait to dig into this book!

Ah, this sounds so fun!

Hello #RTM Hopefuls!

There are officially FIVE days left to get your applications in! We thought we’d count down the final days with some community prompts!

Prompt 1: We want to get to know you and your MC!

#roundtablementor #writingcommunity #mentorship #amquerying #amwriting

Don't forget applications are now open!!
I can't wait to see all your middle grade submissions!! ✨👀

Applications are OPEN!! ✨

Exactly "how ready" will vary by mentor. But overall, mentors are looking for manuscripts they can help, so it's okay if it's not perfect!!

However, they should be complete (something readable and cohesive and, if possible, revised to the point where you don't how to improve it anymore)

Applications open in a couple of days! Come ask us questions! Mentors will be popping in throughout the day! ✨

And if you have any specific questions for/about me as a mentor, feel free to leave them below! I can't wait to see your submissions!!

Congratulations!!! 🎉✨

OMG YESSSS!

This book is so much fun, come on--a deadly trivia game? a sentient urn?! My mentee is brilliant! ✨

I'm so in!!! 👀

OMG EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS?! 🔥

Ooo this sounds so good!!!

Oooo I am so intrigued!!! 👀

OMG I love everything about this!! 😍

OMG a deadly competition in a monster-run city?! I'M SOLD!

I love love love everything about this!!!

Just LOOK at my amazing mentee's amazing book!!! 👀😍

Eee thank you!! ✨

Keep your eyes peeled for tomorrow!! 👀

A blue circle that says, "MSWLS ARE UP!" Around it are graphics of books, and then a line at the bottom reads, "MENTEE APPLICATIONS OPEN ON NOVEMBER 6TH."

Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀

Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!

www.roundtablementor.com/mentors

Awww thank you!! ✨

Applications will be open November 6-21 and I cannot wait to see all of your middle grade submissions!!! 👀 If you’ve been considering applying, please do!

If you’re interested in learning more and checking out MSWLs take a peek at the RTM website!

A watercolor background with a photo of Bayley Mae (a white woman with dark brown hair). Announcing she will be a Round Table Mentor for 2026. Age Group: Middle Grade. Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi. RoundTableMentor.com

Photos of six book covers for books that Bayley loves: Accidental Demons by Clare Edge, Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston, Chai Jinxed by Emi Pinto, The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling, An Encantadora's Guide to Monstros & Magic by Sarah J. Mendonca, Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

More photos of six book covers for books that Bayley loves: It's Watching by Lindsay Currie, Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow, The Liars Society by Alyson Gerber, The Nightmare Thief by Nicole Lesperance, A Taste of Magic by J.Elle, Unseen Magic by Emily Llyod-Jones

I’m THRILLED to be a mentor for @roundtablementor.bsky.social again this year!!! ✨ I had such an amazing time mentoring @goodsamiratan.bsky.social and @emblaauw.bsky.social this past year and I can’t wait to connect with other writers in this upcoming cohort!

I am SO excited to be mentoring again for middle grade! ✨ More info coming soon!! 👀

LOVEEEE a Megamind comp!!

Robot dragons AND magical labyrinths!!! 😍

YES PLEASE!! 😍 Need this on my shelf immediately!