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Shaunessy Sinnett
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#KidLitWriter/SCBWI/12x12 • Published in Little Thoughts Press 9/25 • ‘24-25 Winner Halloweensie, #KidLitChuckleChallenge & SunWriteFun • ‘25 HM #50PreciousWords & Valentiny • Performer: Riverdance
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shsinnett.bsky.social
I was delighted to end up in even the top 14 of 333 wonderful entries in this contest. I know it won't move the needle on my career as a writer, but heck, I hope it shows that I'm out here trying like The Little Engine That Could. 👻🎃
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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mrschureads.bsky.social
2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...
2026 Mock Caldecott List
Happy Picture Book Month! Colby Sharp and I teamed up to create a 2026 Mock Caldecott list. *** Principal Brian Sammons created a 2026 Moc...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
shsinnett.bsky.social
Time to vote!

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The 15th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest Finalists Are HERE!!! Vote For Your Favorite!!!
Hello? Sheesh! This is some FOG! I can’t see a thing! Is there anybody out there?
susannahill.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
shsinnett.bsky.social
The one thing keeping me from a full crash out this week is a fictional cicada. Lol. This overconfident periodical cicada nymph DIVA won a prize in the SunWriteFun contest!
Thank you judges! Never have I needed a boost more as I navigate my home renovation nightmares 💀
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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hannahposts.bsky.social
Richard Scarry: Fury Road
A Richard Scarry illustration of a skeleton-bone dragster being driven by a little mouse
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
Submit your entry NOW for the 2025 #FallWritingFrenzy #kidlit competition. See post for more details!

@lydialukidis.bsky.social
2025 Fall Writing Frenzy Entry Form is UP!
Click on the blog post above to enter into the Fall Writing Frenzy for 2025! Make sure to thank our donors and invite all your #kidlit writing friends to submit a story for great prizes by Oct 3rd! Find the rules here. If you have any questions, make sure to check our FAQs. Can't wait to read your work! Sincerely, Kaitlyn Sanchez
kaitlynleannsanchez.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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hunderdown.bsky.social
Two of my favorite awards are now open for nominations!
October 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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brookebaum.bsky.social
After an amazing summer, today officially marks the last day of my PBRS mentorship and the beginning of my #amquerying journey! I'm jumping right in and just posted my pitch to the #KidLitGN site! I'm so excited to say, starting tomorrow, I'm officially seeking representation! #kidlit #kidlitart #pb
LATE BIRD is sick of Early Bird getting all the worms--and all the glory. But don't worry, Late Bird has a plan. Forget the alarm clock, this calls for a catapult. Look out world, here comes Late Bird! Brooke Baum brookebaum.com Image 1: Three panel sequence of a small blue bird looking for worms and getting progressively angry. He says, "Nothing. Nothing! NOTHING!" Image 2: The same small blue bird looking tired and sweaty and saying "I made it!" with the terms gasp, wheeze, huff, puff next to him
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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tajjaisen.bsky.social
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
shsinnett.bsky.social
So exciting! Thank you to the hosts of the KidLit Chuckle Challenge! (And I’m dropping a virtual handshake as well 🤝 for not making us wait a month for the results hahhaha!)
aprilberrybooks.bsky.social April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 25
OMGoodness, #kidlit friends! You are all so funny. 😂 It was so difficult (yet so very fun) judging the #KidlitChuckleChallenge entries this year!

I'm super excited to share that these folks are prize-winning KIDLIT CHUCKLE CHAMPIONS. 🏆✨

Congratulations to this year's winners!🎉
List of the 2025 winners for the Kidlit Chuckle Challenge humor writing contest List of the 2025 winners for the Kidlit Chuckle Challenge humor writing contest
September 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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caseylyall.bsky.social
Join us for the summer edition of the Great Canadian Picture Book Party this Monday at 7 pm! I'll be bringing the spooky fun with a reading of Vampire Jam Sandwich! Hope to see you there! (Write to picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link!)
picturebookseh.bsky.social Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social · Sep 12
Next Great Canadian Picture Book Party happening Monday Sept 29 at 7 pm on Zoom! Hear new #cankidlit read by the creators, with surprise 🇨🇦 musical guest! Look for the @canscaip.bsky.social invite or write to picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link.

#canlit @debbieohi.com @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
shsinnett.bsky.social
Little Thoughts Press just launched their September issue: Stirring Words! Peep my poem, Hurkle-durkle, and my doodle below 👀

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September 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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brookebaum.bsky.social
In honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month, here's the card I designed for my local library! 🥰

Fellow #kidlit creators, make friends with your librarians! They are our partners and allies, our best resources, and our biggest hype people!

#kidlitart #booksky #skybrarian #ala
A photo of a children's library card design featuring a brown-skinned girl in a yellow dress playing a maraca, an Asian boy in overalls and a striped shirt playing the banjo, and a white girl in a green dress playing the harmonica, set against a pink background, with the word READ in the corner.
September 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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lydialukidis.bsky.social
Woot, woot! 🎃
The #FallWritingFrenzy #kidlit competition rules and images are up! Check them out here:
lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf...
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #competition #fall #writing #stories @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Applications for the 2025 Annick Press Mentorship Program supporting writers who have been historically excluded from children's publishing are open until September 29th. Visit www.annickpress.com/Submission-G... for guidelines and info on how to apply.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Poster for ANNICK PRESS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Want to know more about how to write for kids? Want to work with publishing industry professionals over a four-month period to develop a children's book idea? Then get your applications ready! Annick Press's yearly mentorship program for writers who have been historically excluded from children's publishing. Submissions Open September 3. For more information visit their website at https://www.annickpress.com/Submission-Guidelines/Annick-Press-Mentorship-Program.
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social
The 2025 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature has been revealed:
2025 NBA Longlist for Young People’s Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2025 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 7, and the winner will be announced during…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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michellewitte.bsky.social
I’m seeing a lot of inaccurate info about the Anthropic settlement being passed around as fact, so here’s a good basic explainer from the Author’s Guild that I highly recommend reading so you understand it better if you’re potentially part of the class: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement  - The Authors Guild
Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...
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September 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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brookebaum.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I'm an author/illustrator and current #PBRisingStars mentee about to dive into the #amquerying trenches. I enjoy creating lovable oddball characters who are definitely, probably, never evil.

Check out more of my work at:

brookebaum.com

#kidlit #kidlitart
#kidlitartpostcard featuring a 3 year old white girl in a fluffy pink dress with a bow on the back. She has red hair in messy pigtails. She's holding a toy dragon and has a constructed a burning castle out of cardboard, paper, and crayons. The top of the postcard reads: Brooke Baum, Author, Illustrator, probably not evil, brookebaum.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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littlethoughtspress.com
Psst…Labor Day is an excellent occasion to send us your #kidlit stories, poems and artwork celebrating labor movements & workers’ rights.

Issue 12 Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action is open for submissions until September 22nd.
littlethoughtspress.com Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · Aug 11
⭐⭐THEME ANNOUNCEMENT⭐⭐

Submissions for Issue 12 will open on Monday, August 18th - September 22nd. The theme for this issue will be...

Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action

For this issue, we want to showcase the ways we make the world better by working together.

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September 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🎉 Big congrats to #12x12PB member @heatherstigall7.bsky.social on the book birthday of 📚 GILBERT AND THE GHOST, illustrated by Jess Mason and published by @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social! 🎉

Check it out (plus more great reads) here: buff.ly/XbOYn4g

#kidlit #12x12PB
August 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
shsinnett.bsky.social
Thanks to the #sunwritefun donors! #kidlit

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August 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
shsinnett.bsky.social
The #SunWriteFun contest is STEAM-themed! One of my favourite STEAM info fiction books is THE FIRE OF STARS. “In physics class, Cecilia is the only woman in a galaxy of men.”
#kidlit
www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25
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August 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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newyorker.com
Many readers now think of Margaret Wise Brown titles like “The Runaway Bunny” as tranquil introductions to storytelling. But the books, like their author, were radical for their time.
The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon”
Margaret Wise Brown constantly pushed boundaries—in her life and in her art.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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aprilberrybooks.bsky.social
IT'S BAAAAAACK! The #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest is back for its second year, and I am so excited about it!

Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Welcome to the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge! - April Berry Books LLC
Welcome to the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge! This humor writing contest features fun (and funny) writing prompts and great prizes. Check it out!
aprilberrybooks.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM