Last month, #SerendipityLit CEO Regina Brooks attended the 2025 Kirkus Prize ceremony to celebrate Derrick Barnes and other Kirkus Prize nominees on their achievements and honor the winners.

#KirkusPrize #DerrickBarnes #ReginaBrooks #KirkusReviews #BookSky

Photo of Erika with a backdrop of the NYC skyline and sunset

Photo of Kirkus jurors in front of Kirkus Reviews sign

I had the honor of attending the #KirkusPrize this week under the sunset at 🗽Tribeca Rooftop. Thx to KIRKUS for the invitation to be a juror for this year’s Kirkus Prize for Young People’s Literature. 😊

Whoa, @lilykingbooks!! Huge congratulations on your #kirkusprize win! Well-deserved!! Hooray!!

I've arranged to have Stan Rogers played on loop over the company intercom all day in honor @ek_johnston's Owen & the #kirkusprize. #canlit

Hey, @ek_johnston, is it true that @ThomasMulcair is crafting a statment in the event that Owen win the #kirkusprize? A new platform plank?

You know what to do: RT @KirkusReviews: Vote for the Kirkus Audience Favorite & win an iPad #KirkusPrize #canlit

It's the afternoon and I'm still excited for @ek_johnston and #kirkusprize:

Not insubstantial love for smaller presses on #kirkusprize. Bravo to the team @eerdmansbooks for The Right Word.

Thank you to Claudette S. McLinn, @LindaSuePark and John Edward Peters for juding the #kirkusprize kidlit category.