dark pink border with polka dots surrounding an award cup for a 2026 honorable mention in a writing contest
My #50PreciousWords entry got an Honorable Mention!!
I love seeing all of these stories 🥰
My entry was a shorter version of a book I've been wanting to write, so this is a great inspiration to work on it 📖📚
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Delighted to find my #50PreciousWords entry, The KINDERgartener, in the honorable mentions category, “Keep going/Expand” #KidLitChat
Oh my goodness. This was a nice surprise. Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for #50PreciousWords! Three of my critique partners are mentioned, too. And . . . names I recognize from 12x12, other contests, and Bluesky. 🥰 Congrats to all! 🏆 We are in this together.
A gold trophy with text saying #50PreciousWords Winner's Circle 2026 with a blue florette saying Prize Winner
Image showing the poem Creepy Crawlies
Absolutely thrilled and honoured that Creepy Crawlies wormed its way into the winners circle at #50preciouswords this year! Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, all the judges and prize donors, and of course my amazing CPs who help this piece fly! 🐛🐜🐝🐞🦋🦗🪲
Congratulations to all who entered!
50 Precious words trophy 🏆 HM
Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for creating and championing this contest that brings the Kidlit community together. And thank you and the judges for the hours spent reading each story. You all amaze me. Thank you!!!🙏 😊 My story Hide-and-Seek, Wild Child earned an HM!🥳🤩🎉🎊 #50PreciousWords
Honorable Mention badge for the 50 Precious Words 2026 writing competition. Image shows a trophy and a yellow ribbon on a pink background with white/grey polka dots.
Screenshot of the 50 Precious Words honorable mention results from Vivian Kirkfield’s blog. Shows the “Family” category with my entry: The Height Chart by Melissa Murray circled in blue ink.
Happy to see my entry to #50PreciousWords got an honorable mention in the Family category! Thank to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for hosting this contest every year! It’s always a great way to practice my brevity when telling a story.
Hey! Got myself a #50PreciousWords Honorable Mention in the humor category for this one! Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for all their hard work!
Congrats to CPs @barbarakimmel.bsky.social and Jenn Gaulding in #50PreciousWords Winner's Circle! And shoutout to CPs scoring Honorable Mentions: @beckygoodman.bsky.social @mandyfletcher.bsky.social & Daniella Porter!!
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So happy to have received an honourable mention in the #50preciouswords contest run by the lovely @viviankirkfield.bsky.social! What a lovely boost to keep putting pen to paper! Congrats to the winners! 👏
This happened!! I am of the #50PreciousWords HM 2026!
Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges!
My entry, Bridging Cultures. This is a sign I need to write the story, right?
Congratulations to all the winners and HM!!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit #pbbio
Thanks so much, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and the judges!
#50PreciousWords is always a fabulous event! I look forward to it each year💗
🎉Congratulations to the Winner’s Circle, Honorable Mentions, and all participants!🎉
Yahoo! I enter Vivian Kirkfield's #50preciouswords every year, and this year I'm in the winner's circle (54th out of 677 entries). Now I can say I'm an award winning poet. Lol, JK. Wishing what inspired it didn't exist though.
#50PreciousWords is one of my favorite contests 🙂 Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and her intrepid crew for reading through 677 entries. Thrilled to make Honorable Mention again this year. And even more thrilled to see my CP @jenngauldingbooks.bsky.social at #12. Woohoo! #kidlit #amwriting
Picture of trophy for Honorable Mention in the #50PreciousWords contest
Who doesn’t love a badge with a trophy?! Thank you to Vivian @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and her team for all the effort and love they put into this #kidlit contest.
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Cheers all around for another amazing year of #50PreciousWords! Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, judges, and prize donors for this opportunity to create and grow. Honored to receive an HM for my poem "Starry-Eyed"! 🤩
Hooray for #50PreciousWords and many thanks to judges & prize donors! I made the top 25 last year for "My Mama has a Great Big But" and this year got an Honorable Mention for "Poultry in Motion", about chickens. There were 677 entries this year, so HM is still pretty good! Congrats to the winners! 🏆
Golden trophy with "Magic happens when you make every word count" on it and a "2026" base. Blue ribbon with "Prize Winner" text. Festive, celebratory tone.
I woke up to an email from the magnificent Vivian Kirkfield and #50PreciousWords. My entry, GRANDMA'S PATCHWORK QUILT, found its way into the Winner's Circle.
Congratulations to all the writers and thanks to the judges and @viviankirkfield for reading all those precious words.
#PB #KidLit
Honourable Mention #50PreciousWords
I'm excited that my story 'More Than A Box' got an honourable mention in @viviankirkfield.bsky.social' #50PreciousWords competition. #Congratulations to all the winners 🎉🎉🎉
Happy to find out I got an honorable mention in the #50PreciousWords contest! Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges.
Honorable Mention badge for 2026 #50PreciousWords contest
Thrilled that my #50PreciousWords entry BACKYARD FOSSIL FINDER was chosen as an Honorable Mention! 🦖
Congrats to the winners & thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & all the judges!
I read so many excellent entries this year. I hope everyone will keep going & keep growing! 💚
#KidLit
Filled with joy to find my entry ALOKA THE PEACE DOG - STEPS FOR PEACE placed 12th in the #50PreciousWords contest hosted by @viviankirkfield.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who judged, donated, critiqued, entered, and celebrated!
#kidlit #writing #contest
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Lots of recognizable names on the #50PreciousWords winners and HM list! (Yay! My name is an HM under the "nature" category)
A very special shout out to @jenngauldingbooks.bsky.social for making Top 12!!! @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social rocks! 🥳
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I didn’t place in #50preciouswords, but I did celebrate entering the contest by treating myself to a fancy coffee at my local bookstore today. I may or may not have left with 5 books 😬 #kidlit Surely I deserve that, right?
I'm thrilled to see that I'm a #50preciouswords winner! 🤩
Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges who read my 50 words about the beauty of TIME 🫶
Honored to be an honorable mention in the #50PreciousWords contest! There were some seriously amazing stories this year!!! #kidlit #author #writer
Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for another awesome #50preciouswords contest. Excited to see so many CPs in the winners list and celebrating my honorable mention for my poem “Dump Truck.”
Yippee! My story, Game Changer, received an Honorable Mention in the 2026 #50PreciousWords! Congrats to all the winners and HMs. Thanks @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & colleagues for this annual event! #KidLit viviankirkfield.com/2026/03/31/50preciouswords-2026-prize-winners-honorable-mentions/
Against a yellow background with white polka dots sits a trophy with a 2026 plaque at the bottom and the #50PreciousWords logo on the cup. At the top left is a blue banner that reads: "#50PreciousWords Winner's Circle!" At the bottom right is a blue ribbon that reads "Prize Winner."
Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and team for awarding me 1st Place in the 2026 #50preciouswords #contest.
I'm honored "Dana Reaches Beyond" was recognized among such great entries. Read it at:
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2026 50 Precious Words Honorable Mention badge.
Cheering a #50PreciousWords HM today w/ fab friends & CPs @mariana-domine.bsky.social @lisasbilla.bsky.social @quirkybirds.bsky.social - but as @viviankirkfield.bsky.social says, "The true winners are the ones who don’t give up & who keep on moving forward on their writing journey!"
ONWARD!
