Amanda Spino
@amandaspino.bsky.social
✏️ Middle-grade writer
📖 Librarian
✨ Seeker of Treasure
📖 Librarian
✨ Seeker of Treasure
Reposted by Amanda Spino
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
Our 3rd Annual "From Trash to Treasure" Kidlit Poetry Contest!
Little Thoughts Press and the Revision Raccoon are excited to announce the return of our “From Trash to Treasure” Kidlit Poetry Contest!
www.littlethoughtspress.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
I'm so grateful that my story The Borderland was selected in this year's Fall Writing Frenzy contest! Thank you again to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social, @lydialukidis.bsky.social and @professoraixa.bsky.social for hosting! Also, a huge thank you to @sylvialiu.bsky.social for selecting my story! #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I'm so grateful that my story The Borderland was selected in this year's Fall Writing Frenzy contest! Thank you again to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social, @lydialukidis.bsky.social and @professoraixa.bsky.social for hosting! Also, a huge thank you to @sylvialiu.bsky.social for selecting my story! #kidlit
Equal parts querying and writing must be the writer's equivalent of living a balanced life. Trying hard to maintain that balance. #amquerying
a dog is balancing a ball on its head while standing on a wooden beam .
ALT: a dog is balancing a ball on its head while standing on a wooden beam .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Equal parts querying and writing must be the writer's equivalent of living a balanced life. Trying hard to maintain that balance. #amquerying
Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This was a fun contest and challenging too (only 100 words). I'm enjoying all the creative entries! #kidlit #halloween
The 15th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest aahhhrrrooooOOO!!!
Adder’s fork and wool of bat! It’s time for. . . The 15th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest!!! ~ for children’s writers ~
susannahill.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This was a fun contest and challenging too (only 100 words). I'm enjoying all the creative entries! #kidlit #halloween
Cutest vampire ever. 🐰
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Cutest vampire ever. 🐰
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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After being bullied for her smarts AGAIN, Cal goes home to cry in her dad's failed teleporter. But then it actually works. Kinda. She's going to need all her brain power, a little toxic dihydrogen monoxide, and a few new friends if she ever wants to get back home.
#SFpit #MG #SO #Q
#SFpit #MG #SO #Q
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Thirteen-year-old Hannah has spent her entire life within the walls of Paradise, safe from those infected by the asteroid.
But a chance meeting with an outsider leaves Hannah changed—in more ways than one—and at risk of losing her loved ones forever.
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #NovelInVerse #Q
But a chance meeting with an outsider leaves Hannah changed—in more ways than one—and at risk of losing her loved ones forever.
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #NovelInVerse #Q
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thirteen-year-old Hannah has spent her entire life within the walls of Paradise, safe from those infected by the asteroid.
But a chance meeting with an outsider leaves Hannah changed—in more ways than one—and at risk of losing her loved ones forever.
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #NovelInVerse #Q
But a chance meeting with an outsider leaves Hannah changed—in more ways than one—and at risk of losing her loved ones forever.
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #NovelInVerse #Q
When a rip in spacetime causes wormholes and other cosmic oddities to start popping up in town, twelve-year-old Mackenzie must balance homework and babysitting with time jumping squirrels—and keep her loved ones safe, no matter the cost.
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #Epistolary #Q
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #Epistolary #Q
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
When a rip in spacetime causes wormholes and other cosmic oddities to start popping up in town, twelve-year-old Mackenzie must balance homework and babysitting with time jumping squirrels—and keep her loved ones safe, no matter the cost.
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #Epistolary #Q
#SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #Epistolary #Q
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I did this today. The first seeds of a new project. It feels good to be writing again. #kidlit #justwrite
Whether the words fall from your fingers like autumn leaves in a windstorm, or it's more like pulling teeth, put your pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard) and let the words fly.
#15minsprint #justwrite #kidlit
#15minsprint #justwrite #kidlit
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I did this today. The first seeds of a new project. It feels good to be writing again. #kidlit #justwrite
Played trivia with my library coworkers and one of the questions was "name the first three books in the Percy Jackson series." Still can't believe we forgot The Titan's Curse! #kidlit #booksky
a young man with curly hair says what in a disney + ad
ALT: a young man with curly hair says what in a disney + ad
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I wrote a MG story where the beauty of nature lays in stark contrast to the closed-off, bare-boned world of my MC. I think it helps add tension and motivates my MC to take action in order to change her circumstances. #kidlitchat
October 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I wrote a MG story where the beauty of nature lays in stark contrast to the closed-off, bare-boned world of my MC. I think it helps add tension and motivates my MC to take action in order to change her circumstances. #kidlitchat
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What a fun way to wrap up the #SeasonsOfKidlit Trick or Treat event 😍 🎃 www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
Trick or Treat with Agent Ashlee MacCallum! HUGE Submission Opportunity Inside!
Hi, readers, writers, and querying creators of all kinds! Today is #SeasonsOfKidLit’s last day of our 2025 Trick-or-Treat Event, and we’re closing it out in an extremely BIG way! We’re thrilled to wel...
www.seasonsofkidlit.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What a fun way to wrap up the #SeasonsOfKidlit Trick or Treat event 😍 🎃 www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
"The presenter just canceled."
#libraries
#libraries
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
“The bugs ate books.”
“The bugs ate books.”
"So...I read it."
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"The presenter just canceled."
#libraries
#libraries
Does anyone else feel like they're in querying mode or writing mode, but never both? I wish I could find a happy balance between the two! #kidlit #booksky
a cartoon of a girl typing on a laptop with the website debbieohi.com visible
ALT: a cartoon of a girl typing on a laptop with the website debbieohi.com visible
media.tenor.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I feel it in my bones.
A chill
I choose to blame
On the rustling leaves.
A sudden gust
Of realization
That tells me gently,
"It's over now."
Prompt #127
#SenseWrds
A chill
I choose to blame
On the rustling leaves.
A sudden gust
Of realization
That tells me gently,
"It's over now."
Prompt #127
#SenseWrds
Prompt 127
Autumnal
Whispering
Marrow
Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions about the prompt. Happy writing! ~M 🙏🏻
Autumnal
Whispering
Marrow
Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions about the prompt. Happy writing! ~M 🙏🏻
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I feel it in my bones.
A chill
I choose to blame
On the rustling leaves.
A sudden gust
Of realization
That tells me gently,
"It's over now."
Prompt #127
#SenseWrds
A chill
I choose to blame
On the rustling leaves.
A sudden gust
Of realization
That tells me gently,
"It's over now."
Prompt #127
#SenseWrds
"No social media platform" 😂
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"No social media platform" 😂
I enjoy writing queries but pitches are either very easy or very difficult. If it's the latter, I worry that means I don't have a good enough grasp of what I'm writing or there's something inherently wrong with my manuscript. #kidlitchat
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I enjoy writing queries but pitches are either very easy or very difficult. If it's the latter, I worry that means I don't have a good enough grasp of what I'm writing or there's something inherently wrong with my manuscript. #kidlitchat
Hoping the kiddos will enjoy watching Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit while making their own clay creations. A little spookiness to kick off the season! 🐰 🎃
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hoping the kiddos will enjoy watching Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit while making their own clay creations. A little spookiness to kick off the season! 🐰 🎃