Carrie Logsdon McCullough
@zoodocwrites.bsky.social
Mom, Grammy, retired zoo dentist, kidlit author, Regional Advisor #SCBWI Ohio Central & South, #12x12, #CtC, #STA, #PBRisingStar mentee ‘24&’25, repped by Vicky Weber carrielogsdonmccullough.com
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When I say this experience is life-changing, it’s no exaggeration. So many good things have happened as a result of my mentorship last year. Apply now before the window closes tomorrow night. You won’t regret it! pbrisingstars.com/mentors
July 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just getting started and not sure what comes next? This 1 hour webinar covers the most common beginner questions-from industry basics to submission do’s and don’ts. Led by literary agent Vicky Weber, w/submission opp! @scbwi register at: www.scbwi.org/events/publi...
July 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just getting started and not sure what comes next? This 1 hour webinar covers the most common beginner questions-from industry basics to submission do’s and don’ts. Led by literary agent Vicky Weber, w/submission opp! @scbwi register at: www.scbwi.org/events/publi...
@scbwi-ohiocensouth
If you're a #picturebook creator, you need an awesome pitch! Grab THE PICTURE BOOK SUMMIT PITCH FORMULA and get our Founders' tips for writing the perfect picture book pitch. Free template included!
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FREE Picture Book Summit Pitch Formula
Download this free pitch formula from the Picture Book Summit Team to create polished pitches that get noticed by agents and editors.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@scbwi-ohiocensouth
Join SCBWI Japan to learn about Avery Fischer Udagawa’s translation journey with a beloved Japanese author, Sachiko Kashiwaba. Find out why translation and translators are an integral part of the kid lit landscape. Link in comments.
May 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Join SCBWI Japan to learn about Avery Fischer Udagawa’s translation journey with a beloved Japanese author, Sachiko Kashiwaba. Find out why translation and translators are an integral part of the kid lit landscape. Link in comments.
Who couldn’t use a little help with marketing and social media? Looking forward to these labs!
ONLINE EVENT 6/21/25: Marketing & Social Media Labs!
Hear from a wide array of publishing pros on tailoring and leveraging social media, programs, and platforms to BOOST your writing or illustrating career!
Register by 6/4 for personal consultations: www.scbwi.org/events/marke...
Hear from a wide array of publishing pros on tailoring and leveraging social media, programs, and platforms to BOOST your writing or illustrating career!
Register by 6/4 for personal consultations: www.scbwi.org/events/marke...
May 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Who couldn’t use a little help with marketing and social media? Looking forward to these labs!
SCBWI Arizona is offering a NF webinar with NF Great, Nancy Castaldo! Limited critiques availabe! To register, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/craft...
Crafting Your Unique Angle for Nonfiction Success Webinar
In this dynamic program, you’ll learn how to discover and refine the unique angle that will make your nonfiction KidLit stand out in a crowded market. Whether you're writing a picture book or a young ...
www.scbwi.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
SCBWI Arizona is offering a NF webinar with NF Great, Nancy Castaldo! Limited critiques availabe! To register, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/craft...
Only three days until we learn which amazing authors & illustrators will be joining the #PBRisingStars family!
So exciting!
So exciting!
May 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Only three days until we learn which amazing authors & illustrators will be joining the #PBRisingStars family!
So exciting!
So exciting!
Ohioana Book Festival 2025…../Ready to talk about the wonderful world of KidLit!
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May 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ohioana Book Festival 2025…../Ready to talk about the wonderful world of KidLit!
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Come visit our partner table at the Ohioana Book Festival and learn more about (insert your organization name)! Join us May 3rd at the State Library of Ohio to meet 75+ Ohio authors, poets, and illustrators for book signings, panel discussions with Q&As, & children's story times.
May 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Come visit our partner table at the Ohioana Book Festival and learn more about (insert your organization name)! Join us May 3rd at the State Library of Ohio to meet 75+ Ohio authors, poets, and illustrators for book signings, panel discussions with Q&As, & children's story times.
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
Come visit our partner table at the Ohioana Book Festival and learn more about SCBWI! Join us May 3rd at the State Library of Ohio to meet 75+ Ohio authors, poets, and illustrators for book signings, panel discussions with Q&As, children's story times, a live podcast recording, and more!
April 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Come visit our partner table at the Ohioana Book Festival and learn more about SCBWI! Join us May 3rd at the State Library of Ohio to meet 75+ Ohio authors, poets, and illustrators for book signings, panel discussions with Q&As, children's story times, a live podcast recording, and more!
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
KIDLIT BOOK NEWS is a new FEED.
Use #kidlitbooknews when posting about book deals, cover reveals, trade reviews, awards, launches, etc.
Pre-order THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
by @katemessner.com with link below.
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Use #kidlitbooknews when posting about book deals, cover reveals, trade reviews, awards, launches, etc.
Pre-order THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
by @katemessner.com with link below.
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Trouble with Heroes
Check out The Trouble with Heroes - <p><b>Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing.</b><br><br><b>One summer.</b><b...
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April 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
KIDLIT BOOK NEWS is a new FEED.
Use #kidlitbooknews when posting about book deals, cover reveals, trade reviews, awards, launches, etc.
Pre-order THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
by @katemessner.com with link below.
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Use #kidlitbooknews when posting about book deals, cover reveals, trade reviews, awards, launches, etc.
Pre-order THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
by @katemessner.com with link below.
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
When I say this experience is life-changing, it’s no exaggeration. So many good things have happened as a result of my mentorship last year. Apply now before the window closes tomorrow night. You won’t regret it! pbrisingstars.com/mentors
March 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When I say this experience is life-changing, it’s no exaggeration. So many good things have happened as a result of my mentorship last year. Apply now before the window closes tomorrow night. You won’t regret it! pbrisingstars.com/mentors
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
Got a story full of HEART but it’s missing something to truly sing?
These mentors want to help you find its voice! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
⭐️You’ve got TWO MORE DAYS to apply to #PBRisingStars! ⭐️
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
These mentors want to help you find its voice! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
⭐️You’ve got TWO MORE DAYS to apply to #PBRisingStars! ⭐️
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Got a story full of HEART but it’s missing something to truly sing?
These mentors want to help you find its voice! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
⭐️You’ve got TWO MORE DAYS to apply to #PBRisingStars! ⭐️
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
These mentors want to help you find its voice! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
⭐️You’ve got TWO MORE DAYS to apply to #PBRisingStars! ⭐️
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
Getting an agent is only 1/2 the battle in publishing! We have 13 Mentors accepting apps from agented PB creators who haven't sold a PB!
APPLY HERE: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #pbrisingstars
APPLY HERE: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #pbrisingstars
March 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Getting an agent is only 1/2 the battle in publishing! We have 13 Mentors accepting apps from agented PB creators who haven't sold a PB!
APPLY HERE: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #pbrisingstars
APPLY HERE: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #pbrisingstars
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✨We have THREE #pbrisingstars mentors looking to EXCLUSIVELY work with BIPOC and/or marginalized PB authors, illos, or author-illos! IS THAT YOU?!
APPLY: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitmegapeed #bipocartist
APPLY: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitmegapeed #bipocartist
March 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
✨We have THREE #pbrisingstars mentors looking to EXCLUSIVELY work with BIPOC and/or marginalized PB authors, illos, or author-illos! IS THAT YOU?!
APPLY: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitmegapeed #bipocartist
APPLY: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart #kidlitartchat #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitmegapeed #bipocartist
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
These SIX mentors are not only pros of prose—they're also incredible visual storytellers that can teach you how to perfectly blend words + art!
Apps close in SEVEN days!
APPLY NOW: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartchart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitmegafeed #bipoc #artists
Apps close in SEVEN days!
APPLY NOW: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartchart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitmegafeed #bipoc #artists
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
These SIX mentors are not only pros of prose—they're also incredible visual storytellers that can teach you how to perfectly blend words + art!
Apps close in SEVEN days!
APPLY NOW: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartchart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitmegafeed #bipoc #artists
Apps close in SEVEN days!
APPLY NOW: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartchart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitmegafeed #bipoc #artists
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
⭐PB Rising Stars Mentee apps are officially OPEN now - March 21 at 11:59 PM ET!!!
Are you an unagented OR agented PB author, illo, or author-illo without an agent-repped PB deal? Then this is for you!!
Apply: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlitmegafeed #kidlit #kidlitart #pbrisingstars #pbparty
Are you an unagented OR agented PB author, illo, or author-illo without an agent-repped PB deal? Then this is for you!!
Apply: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlitmegafeed #kidlit #kidlitart #pbrisingstars #pbparty
March 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
⭐PB Rising Stars Mentee apps are officially OPEN now - March 21 at 11:59 PM ET!!!
Are you an unagented OR agented PB author, illo, or author-illo without an agent-repped PB deal? Then this is for you!!
Apply: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlitmegafeed #kidlit #kidlitart #pbrisingstars #pbparty
Are you an unagented OR agented PB author, illo, or author-illo without an agent-repped PB deal? Then this is for you!!
Apply: www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlitmegafeed #kidlit #kidlitart #pbrisingstars #pbparty
www.pbrisingstars.com
Feeling especially lucky today? What better time to apply to be a PB Rising Stars Mentee? Application window closes Friday! @kidLit @SCBWI
Feeling especially lucky today? What better time to apply to be a PB Rising Stars Mentee? Application window closes Friday! @kidLit @SCBWI
March 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Feeling especially lucky today? What better time to apply to be a PB Rising Stars Mentee? Application window closes Friday! @kidLit @SCBWI
Feeling especially lucky today? What better time to apply to be a PB Rising Stars Mentee? Application window closes Friday! @kidLit @SCBWI
Wait…..You’re still scrolling on Bsky??? Why aren’t you submitting your application?
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wait…..You’re still scrolling on Bsky??? Why aren’t you submitting your application?
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
Today’s the day! Applications are open!
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today’s the day! Applications are open!
Todays’ the day!!!!
kermit the frog is dancing on a stage with a red curtain behind him .
ALT: kermit the frog is dancing on a stage with a red curtain behind him .
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March 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Todays’ the day!!!!
Reposted by Carrie Logsdon McCullough
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(Check your email)
(Check your email)
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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(Check your email)
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Our neighbors to the north are having a great event for illustrators & author/illustrators.
For more information, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/creat...
@scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
#SCBWI #KidLit #WritingCommunity
For more information, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/creat...
@scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
#SCBWI #KidLit #WritingCommunity
March 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Our neighbors to the north are having a great event for illustrators & author/illustrators.
For more information, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/creat...
@scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
#SCBWI #KidLit #WritingCommunity
For more information, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/creat...
@scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
#SCBWI #KidLit #WritingCommunity
Best. Mentor. Ever. !!!!!
Last but certainly not least, we want to shine the spotlight on CK Malone! CK will be lending their experience for a new pilot program — BEYOND PBRS: AN EXTENDED EXPERIENCE.
While CK won’t be open to apps, we encourage you to learn more about them + support their books: pbrisingstars.com/ckmalone
While CK won’t be open to apps, we encourage you to learn more about them + support their books: pbrisingstars.com/ckmalone
March 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Best. Mentor. Ever. !!!!!
It’s soooooooo close! Who’s ready?
March 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It’s soooooooo close! Who’s ready?