Brenna! Josh!
The algorithm filters so much that I see very little, but I woke up thinking about you the other day and sought out the podcast. Talk about serendipity! I met Winsome Bingham and Jason Griffin at #SCBWINY26!
❤️“The courage to try.”
❤️“Musicality!”
❤️“I want to feel something!”
#scbwiny26 @scbwi.bsky.social So grateful I had the courage to submit the 1st page of my novel in verse. THANK YOU to @alyzaliu.bsky.social and @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and @mollyoneill.bsky.social for the incredible feedback! I've revised my first 18 pages. My critique group sees it this week!
It’s a good thing that replays will be available for the SCBWI Winter Virtual Conference. #scbwiny26
What a day. Thank you to all of you who attended the conference and made it such a fun day. And thanks to our awesome faculty! We'll see you next time! #scbwiNY26 #Booksky
Thank you @scbwi.bsky.social for a fantastic, inspirational, motivating Virtual Winter Conference 2026!
#scbwi #scbwiny26 #kidlit
Closing Keynote with @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
"I want to be an uplifting presence, and that is a conscious choice."
#scbwiny26 #WriterSky #KidLit ##WritingCommunity
Bringing our #scbwiNY26 Virtual Conference to a climactic end is award-winning author Traci Sorell! 🤗 @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social #BookSky
If you ever get the opportunity to take a class on writing from Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social , I HIGHLY recommend that you take it. Great teacher, makes a class fun, and you learn so much. #scbwiNY26 #BookSky
Is this you? It is if you're attending the #scbwiNY26 virtual conference. Creative labs are happening with stellar children's book creators, author Lilliam Rivera, author-illustrator Maple Lam @maplelam.bsky.social, and editor Andrea Welch. #BookSkyt
Creative Lab: The Case for Rage (in MG) with @lilliamr.bsky.social
There is something about anger that is a moment of communication for someone who gets frustrated with trying to communicate or doesn't know how to communicate in that moment.
#scbwiny26 #WriterSky #KidLit ##WritingCommunity
If you signed up for the #scbwiNY26 virtual conference, make sure you watch the State of the Industry panel. Great information and perspective by editors and agents. #BookSky
The State of the Children's Book Industry in 2026 panel
Fun Fact: Editorial agents still want the most highly polished work you can bring to them.
#scbwiny26 #WriterSky #KidLit ##WritingCommunity
The First Pages panel is so good! So interesting to hear the panelists' feedback on why the stories are intriguing and what needs to change. #scbwiNY26 #BookSky
The #scbwiny26 First Pages Panel is off to an amazing start! Lots of agreement that giving readers context is important to make sure that your first page doesn't confuse them.
#WriterSky #KidLit ##WritingCommunity
What a wonderful opening to the conference with a warm, inspiring address from award-winning author @olugbemisolabooks.bsky.social. If you're registered for the conference, you'll want to rewatch! 🥰 #scbwiNY26 #BookSky
Great panel about the process of submitting your manuscript with author @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social , agent Dan Mandel and Caron Levis, childrens book author and chair of @thenewschool.bsky.social MFA program for writing for children and YA. #scbwiNY26
I love that the Ready, Set...Submit Panel is giving a behind the scenes look at some common writer advice that often goes without explanation.
I.e. Starting with your MC in their status quo world & starting the story in the right place
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I love that Caron Levis talks about getting published as "The luck you work hard for."
Isn't that a freeing #truth?
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Forgot the most important hastag!🤦♀️
#scbwiny26
30 minutes into #scbwiNY26 virtual conference, and this day is already well spent thanks to author and keynote Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich:
🩵”90% of the people around you think you don’t do anything all day so go play.”
🩵“How do you need to make yourself uncomfortable?”
#scbwi #amwriting
The #scbwiny26 in-person conference was such a fantastic learning and growing experience. BUT I'm super excited to get to join today's virtual conference from my #anxiety #safespace.
#WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity
Starting the #scbwiny26 online conference shoveling in my #amwriting and #amrevising oasis.
Wind chills making it feel like a whopping -27°F this morning.
Stay warm, Everyone.
#WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity
From NZ to NY, I'm attending my very first @scbwi.bsky.social conference. Looking forward to learning lots, meeting new people, and having loads of fun despite the time difference! See you at #scbwiny26 everyone!
The @scbwi.bsky.social Golden Kite Awards are happening today! The livestream of the awards is open to the public and can be viewed on SCBWI's YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@theSCBWI
#BookSky #scbwiNY26
Who's attending the #scbwiNY26 Virtual Conference? ✋ It's a not-to-be-missed event. If you're into writing, illustrating, or translating children's books, be there. www.scbwi.org/events/2026-...
Took me two weeks longer than planned to sit down and write this, but here it is: 50% light and cheer, 50% dark and drear. A creative feast at #scbwiNY26 juxtaposed with soul-eating anxieties about democracy in decline.
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Art by @littlerainey.bsky.social
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If you missed the in-person #scbwiNY26 conference, get the lowdown from @scbwi.bsky.social Blogger-in-Chief, Justin Campbell, and his crew on our Conference Blog. scbwiconference.blogspot.com #BookSky #BlackSky
Picture Book of the Day: Just Right by Torrey Maldonado, illustrated by Teresa Martinez. This is an extraordinary PB that I was lucky enough to sneak-preview at #scbwiny26. It’s bold and emotional and beautiful. (Had to resist using “just right” there!)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725955...
