PB authors & author-illos! Got a cultural story that would be GREAT but could use the help of one of our mentors? Check these mentors out!

APPLY TODAY: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors

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PRESENTING: the 2025 PB RISING STARS mentees, runners up, and honorable mentions! 🤩🤩🤩

We’re thrilled to work with our 28 new mentees, and we’re so proud of our RUs and HMs.

CONGRATS TO ALL!
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2025 MENTEES: @literarydesiree.bsky.social @cbgriffin.bsky.social @maureenstraka.bsky.social @domantics.bsky.social @nikkiacebooks.bsky.social @shsinnett.bsky.social @carolynsauer.bsky.social @pecrosby.bsky.social @brookebaum.bsky.social @realjackiegm.bsky.social

BEYOND thrilled! Kirkus has given @kenardpak.bsky.social's and my book, FORTS, a starred review!
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Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁

#picturebooks #kidlit

Ivan Taurisano's MSWL. He's donating a Winner's Choice of a Rhyming Picture Book Critique, a Non-Rhyming Picture Book Critique, a Commercial Picture Book Critique, or an Above the Slushpile submission as part of the Spring Fling Writing Contest.

I'm thrilled that my work was selected for a second year in a row to be included in the PBParty 2025 showcase, an annual contest to help connect unagented writers & author/illustrators with agents & editors. I'm one of 55 finalists out of over 1000 entries. Thank you to the amazing judges!

Through kites and chaos, love and rivalry, siblings will find their way out—Kai Po Che. @thesusankam.bsky.social

Music in the Gallery (with Sinuhé Vega Negrin) —January 29 at the Art and History Centers of Maitland — FREE EVENT. Artist's talk at 6 pm, Music at 7. cfcomposers.org/music-in-the...

Diary of a Sidekick (25K words) maps the dynamic of Holmes & Watson onto Sheila and her skeptical bestie Janie. A quest to explain spooky bats and puzzling decorations tests their friendship and pushes Janie out of her self-doubting shadow. The first draft is done!
#BluePit 📖 #W #MG #Q

I've been saving this Wordle Screenshot since August!
#storystorm2025 @taralazar.bsky.social

Oh hey, my agency is open to queries again, which means I am too!

Learn more about my wonderful colleagues here: www.psliterary.com/who-we-are/

And here’s what I’m into! www.ericsmithrocks.com/mswl

Because of the ban, many people from Brazil are moving to Bluesky, including Artists, so let's do an Art Share for them only!
ARTISTS FROM BRAZIL
- In the comments, introduce yourself and show your art!
PEOPLE NOT FROM BRAZIL
- Reshare this post and the ones from brazilian artists in the comments!

I registered for the SCBWI Summer Virtual Conference, but was too busy to participate then. Now I'm going through the archives and started with Andrea Wang's fantastic "Capturing Your Life: Memoir in Picture Books."

I'm charged up and reserved a bunch of books from my local library!

#SCBWI

#SunWriteFun

The theme: 1980's POP-CULTURE
I took Inspiration from the #2024Olympics and the new inclusion of breaking.

Thanks for the prompt: @buchetbooks.bsky.social
@kmgreenwald.bsky.social and
@swildmansf.bsky.social

#amquerying

I'm thrilled and proud to make my first Blue Sky post about getting my Lyrical/SEL Picture Book manuscript — ARIA — selected as a 2024 PB PARTY finalist! The generosity of this community constantly strikes me. The judges read 1100 stories! Wow!