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Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
What is the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing? An annual prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature. A chance for your YA and Children’s Lit to be read by Hunger Mountain edi… more →
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Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
wrote 8 hours ago: What is the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing? An annual prize for Young Adult … more →
Pumped Up in the Poconos
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wrote 6 days ago: Mary Zisk attended the Highlights Novel Writing Workshop at the end of last year, so I asked her if … more →
Little D's first book review!
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wrote 1 week ago: Little D’s first year at school has seen him learn to read, a huge step into Big Boy territory … more →
Writing Contest Winner!
wrote 1 week ago: The Missouri region Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators just announced … more →
The Gingerbread Girl
wrote 2 weeks ago: Once upon a time there lived an old woman who planned to make a gingerbread girl to keep here compan … more →
Another Avenue for Eileen Spinelli's PB WANDA'S MONSTER
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wrote 2 weeks ago: It seems more and more picture books and middle grade books are being picked up and brought to stage … more →
KUDOS to All Crystal Kite Award Winners!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: THE SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL CR … more →
Heads-Up
wrote 1 month ago: Believe me you will feel like pulling out all your teeth if you don’t realize that… Than … more →
Don't Mix Colors (or Words)
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wrote 1 month ago: Melanie asked her 5th grade students to “be honest” with their assessments. This artist … more →
The Picture Book and the Sonnet
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wrote 2 months ago: What do picture books and sonnets have in common? Simon Kaplan from Picture Book People knows. Here … more →
Final Round of Voting Open for Crystal Kite Award
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wrote 2 months ago: Did you see the New Jersey SCBWI Chapter Logo? It was created by illustrator Susan Brand. Congratula … more →
Self-Publishing - Getting Your Book Ready
wrote 2 months ago: I have met authors who have spent over $25,000 to self-publish their own book in print. Not counting … more →
Work-in-Progress Grant
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wrote 2 months ago: Work In Progress Grants Underwritten by Amazon.com. The SCBWI Work-In-Progress Grants are designed t … more →
That's a Hell of a City!
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wrote 2 months ago: Six-year-old Connor wrote about his family’s trip to Six Gun City in his “What I Did Thi … more →
Miles the Superdog visits Sir John Lillie
wrote 2 months ago: Miles in the city Miles, the friendly lurcher, visited Sir John Lillie primary school, in Fulham las … more →
Free Fall Friday - Jenne Abramowitz
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wrote 2 months ago: Here are the four winning first pages critiqued by Sr. Editor Jenne Abramowitz from Scholastic: Rais … more →
Gas Games Are Fun
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wrote 2 months ago: Six-year-old Alexis likes PE because her teacher makes up fun games. Not that gas in PE isn’t … more →
Imagination
wrote 2 months ago: A lot has been said about the lack of imagination in today’s young people. And most of it is … more →
Sydney Taylor Book Award Tour
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wrote 3 months ago: All of us have heard of the Newbery Awards, but there is another very prestigious award that is give … more →
