Since there have been a lot of new subscribers in the last 24 hours (hello! 👋🏼) I just wanted to remind everyone you can subscribe to the #PitchDis newsletter via Substack. You can either search for us on Substack or go to www.pitchdis.com and scroll down to enter your email.
Yes!! 🥳🥳 I celebrate progress by starting a new side project 😂
Thank you!!
I just finished a big revision of my middle grade pirate novel, and I am very excited about it! 🤩
TOPIC: What are you celebrating of a #kidlit nature these days on an industry level, a personal level, a reading level, a creating level, or any other level you want to go to? #kidlitchat
Banner describing the MGHub pitch party schedule. This includes the critique group sessions (sign-up deadline: March 20; pitch: March 25 - April 7; query: April 8 - April 21; synopsis: April 22 - May 5; first page: May 6 - May 19; and submission package: May 20 - June 2). It also includes the pitch party, from June 3 - June 9, and the agent showcase, from June 10 - June 16.
MGHub's pitch party is back! Last year 50 agents and editors joined us. 66% of our 282 authors received at least one request.
All #kidlit genres are accepted! Plus, you can join a critique group to polish your materials!
Full details and links to sign-up are on our site: mghubpitch.com
2025 reads recap. Best neurodivergent representation
Autism representation: middle grade A Kind of Spark by Ellie McNicoll, middle grade Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos, and picture book How Are You, Verity
OCD representation: WAVE a novel in verse by Diana Farid, Buzzing a graphic novel, and Turtles All The Way Down a YA by John Green
Neurodivergent middle grade: Octopus Moon is about depression, The Secrets We Tell The Sea is about anxiety and grief, Vanya and the Wild Hunt is an ADHD fantasy, The Wild Book is about dyslexia, Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros and Magic is neurodiverse, as is the picture book Giraffes Can’t Dance
Thank you to all the authors creating stories with neurodiverse leads!
I really, truly, deeply loved these books. Surrounding myself with neurodivergent characters makes me feel so, so loved.
#neurodivergence #kidlit #representation
I love stories about discovering who we are and deciding how we want to show up in the world without the focus being on romance 📚 It feels like there’s more freedom in KidLit to highlight other kinds of relationships 💗
PW spoke with author Caroline O’Donoghue about the complexity of constructing her new YA novel ‘Skipshock,’ and her “great theory” about YA fantasy’s true target audience
🤩 Excellent priorities 😎 Sounds like you're off to an epic summer
Currently reading The Song of Orphan's Garden, which has a lot of winter lol I just got The Girl in the Walls in the mail today, so I'm excited to start that soon! My TBR is much more vibes-based than season-based 😅
TOPIC: As we in the US head into the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer, what's on your summer reading list? And how do you describe your perfect summer read? #kidlitchat
Had a wonderful time at my very first “unconference” this weekend! Thank you SCBWI Western Washington 🤓🤩
Attendees showed up, brainstormed ideas, voted on those topics, and split into small groups to discuss them over 3 session!! Such a cool concept 🙌🏼