Sharon Korzelius
@sharonkorzelius.bsky.social
Writer of all things #kidlit. Poems in LTP, The Toy, Wild Ink's Prom Perfect Anthology, and the Dirigible Balloon. Photos in Paddler Press. #SCBWI
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Staff meeting: welcome to Nov, humans!we’re now reading for February.
Free subs, paying market. Micro fiction & CNF.
We’re open for subs until the end of this month and then we’ll take a hiatus for Dec.
New issue drops Monday!! 💚🐈⬛💚
Free subs, paying market. Micro fiction & CNF.
We’re open for subs until the end of this month and then we’ll take a hiatus for Dec.
New issue drops Monday!! 💚🐈⬛💚
November 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Staff meeting: welcome to Nov, humans!we’re now reading for February.
Free subs, paying market. Micro fiction & CNF.
We’re open for subs until the end of this month and then we’ll take a hiatus for Dec.
New issue drops Monday!! 💚🐈⬛💚
Free subs, paying market. Micro fiction & CNF.
We’re open for subs until the end of this month and then we’ll take a hiatus for Dec.
New issue drops Monday!! 💚🐈⬛💚
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July 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wordle 1,469 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Anyone else still enjoy Wordle?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Anyone else still enjoy Wordle?
June 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Wordle 1,469 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Anyone else still enjoy Wordle?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Anyone else still enjoy Wordle?
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Authors,
Right now, someone is reading your book, and you don’t even know it.
How cool is that?
Right now, someone is reading your book, and you don’t even know it.
How cool is that?
May 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Authors,
Right now, someone is reading your book, and you don’t even know it.
How cool is that?
Right now, someone is reading your book, and you don’t even know it.
How cool is that?
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We’re keeping the party going with one of the coolest podcasts around! 😎
I talk about IT STARTED WITH A P, Kidlit Haha Week, PBparty, and working for The Little Press. Definitely worth a listen.
#kidlitmegafeed
I talk about IT STARTED WITH A P, Kidlit Haha Week, PBparty, and working for The Little Press. Definitely worth a listen.
#kidlitmegafeed
It's here! The episode you've all been waiting for–author of It Started With A P @brittanypomales.bsky.social!
jmonken.podbean.com/e/the-p-word...
jmonken.podbean.com/e/the-p-word...
The P Word with Brittany Pomales! | You May Contribute A Verse
Proudly portraying professionalism per perennial plans, presenting: Prittany Pomales... I mean Brittany!
It Started with a P just released in April! (But obviously it hadn't yet when we first recorded...
jmonken.podbean.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We’re keeping the party going with one of the coolest podcasts around! 😎
I talk about IT STARTED WITH A P, Kidlit Haha Week, PBparty, and working for The Little Press. Definitely worth a listen.
#kidlitmegafeed
I talk about IT STARTED WITH A P, Kidlit Haha Week, PBparty, and working for The Little Press. Definitely worth a listen.
#kidlitmegafeed
This looks like such a fun book!! What’s better than #MG spooky?
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading
JOANN M. DICKINSON beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/05/05/j...
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading
JOANN M. DICKINSON beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/05/05/j...
JOANN M. DICKINSON
Secrets of Hawthorne Manor is a spooky, middle-grade mystery about a boy named Jack Hawthorne who discovers his family’s long-lost connection to a haunted estate.
beckywalkerbooks.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This looks like such a fun book!! What’s better than #MG spooky?
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading
JOANN M. DICKINSON beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/05/05/j...
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading
JOANN M. DICKINSON beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/05/05/j...
Love it when I get brilliant plot points for #WIP while on the elliptical.
#amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #Kidlit
#amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #Kidlit
April 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Love it when I get brilliant plot points for #WIP while on the elliptical.
#amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #Kidlit
#amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #Kidlit
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#PBandKidJudges
#kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!
#kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!
April 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#PBandKidJudges
#kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!
#kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!
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For those who need it, I've updated my #Uplift feed:
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Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For those who need it, I've updated my #Uplift feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.
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Happy National Poetry Month! Packed full of wordplay and rhymes, this collection mixes puns with poetry, taking jokes to the next level. - Torrible Puns: A Collection of Punny Poems by @ttorrible.bsky.social
#NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook
#NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Happy National Poetry Month! Packed full of wordplay and rhymes, this collection mixes puns with poetry, taking jokes to the next level. - Torrible Puns: A Collection of Punny Poems by @ttorrible.bsky.social
#NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook
#NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook
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Recorded an interview for the @scbwi.bsky.social podcast yesterday & we had such a fantastic conversation about crafting novels in verse. Like, where do you even start, and how do you know when it's done? Look for it in a few weeks!
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Recorded an interview for the @scbwi.bsky.social podcast yesterday & we had such a fantastic conversation about crafting novels in verse. Like, where do you even start, and how do you know when it's done? Look for it in a few weeks!
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I have some time today, so if you're at the early stages of writing/trying to get published...ask me anything. Happy to help!
April 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I have some time today, so if you're at the early stages of writing/trying to get published...ask me anything. Happy to help!
So excited my short story, "Brave Fynnigan, the Fire-Eating Dragon" will be included in @littlethoughtspress.com Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure. Thank you!
The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!
The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
So excited my short story, "Brave Fynnigan, the Fire-Eating Dragon" will be included in @littlethoughtspress.com Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure. Thank you!
The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!
The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!
I ROCK MY HAIR by Angel Tate encouraged me to sign the petition! You can too!
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campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/he...
April 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I ROCK MY HAIR by Angel Tate encouraged me to sign the petition! You can too!
campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/he...
campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/he...
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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.
Ivan Taurisano – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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.
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#kidlit friends tag a friend to tell them about our FREE #springflingkidlit contest with great prizes!
Make sure to follow everyone in the thread. @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to read your submissions.
All info here: sites.google.com/view/springf...
Make sure to follow everyone in the thread. @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to read your submissions.
All info here: sites.google.com/view/springf...
March 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
#kidlit friends tag a friend to tell them about our FREE #springflingkidlit contest with great prizes!
Make sure to follow everyone in the thread. @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to read your submissions.
All info here: sites.google.com/view/springf...
Make sure to follow everyone in the thread. @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to read your submissions.
All info here: sites.google.com/view/springf...
PICTURE THIS was my HR SEL entry for this year's #50PreciousWords about a neurodiverse child finding a voice through a camera lens.
April 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
PICTURE THIS was my HR SEL entry for this year's #50PreciousWords about a neurodiverse child finding a voice through a camera lens.
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NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂!
3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:
🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social
WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!
⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️
Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway
3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:
🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social
WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!
⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️
Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway
April 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂!
3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:
🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social
WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!
⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️
Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway
3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:
🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social
WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!
⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️
Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway
Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for another outstanding #50PreciousWords #kidlit contest! Congrats to all the winners and honorable mentions!
Me: I'm an Honorable Mention for the second year in a row.
Me: I'm an Honorable Mention for the second year in a row.
April 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for another outstanding #50PreciousWords #kidlit contest! Congrats to all the winners and honorable mentions!
Me: I'm an Honorable Mention for the second year in a row.
Me: I'm an Honorable Mention for the second year in a row.
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If we're doing Poetry Month then by gum we're gonna do it right. And 2025, for whatever reason, is already FULL of shockingly good poetry. Here's a taste. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/02/t...
April 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If we're doing Poetry Month then by gum we're gonna do it right. And 2025, for whatever reason, is already FULL of shockingly good poetry. Here's a taste. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/02/t...
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I've been a long time listener of the You May Contribute a Verse podcast, and now I'm on it! Thank you to Brenna and Josh for inviting me and for the great conversation. 💕
#kidlitmegafeed New Verse Show #podcast today! @joshmonkwords.bsky.social and I chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social about rhyme, her newest book Pigs Dig A Road and she even shares part of the story that got her agent AND the query letter!
jmonken.podbean.com/e/carrie-fin...
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Carrie Finison’s Origin Story Or How She Got Her Powers | You May Contribute A Verse
Today’s guest is picture book author Carrie Finison make sure to check out her newest release, Pigs Dig A Road illustrated by Brian Biggs to see her incredible rhyming skills in action!
We chat about ...
jmonken.podbean.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I've been a long time listener of the You May Contribute a Verse podcast, and now I'm on it! Thank you to Brenna and Josh for inviting me and for the great conversation. 💕
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What an awesome start to #Kidlit #HahaWeek with @brennajeanneret.bsky.social. Check it out! Loads of wisdom here!!
www.brittanypomales.com/2025/04/01/k...
www.brittanypomales.com/2025/04/01/k...
Kidlit Haha Week Day #1: 3 ½ ELEMENTS TO WRITING FUNNY NONFICTION with Brenna Jeanneret – Brittany Pomales
www.brittanypomales.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What an awesome start to #Kidlit #HahaWeek with @brennajeanneret.bsky.social. Check it out! Loads of wisdom here!!
www.brittanypomales.com/2025/04/01/k...
www.brittanypomales.com/2025/04/01/k...