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Michelle Volpe-Kohler
@volpekohler.bsky.social
Marketing + comms pro, speaker / writing, economics, singing, songwriting / #greatlakes fan / #kidlit fiction, poetry @ https://dirigibleballoon.org / #12x12PB #SCBWI / #amquerying #amwriting / views mine

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Save the date for the SCBWI Ohio North Regional Conference - October 3-4, 2025. Registration and details coming soon...
#scbwiohion #scbwi #kidlit
May 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Congratulations, @kdubaygillis.bsky.social and Wazza Pink, on your beautiful new picture book. It is a lovely read and I learned what to do if I find a fawn!
February 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches in the past...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year.

mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...
2025 PBParty Annual Contest ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland
The annual PBParty contest is for unagented writers and author/illustrators with finished and polished picture book manuscripts. We pick a wide variety of genres for agents/editors to browse in the sh...
mindyalyseweiss.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
manuscriptwishlist.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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OMG! Today is the LAST DAY before #12x12PB opens! Our grand finale prize is a pro #picturebook critique from one of our 12 x 12 Critique Ninjas. Comment to win. Members: Share something you've learned from a CN critique. Nonmembers: Do you have a critique group? #kidlit
January 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Happy Winter Solstice!
December 22, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Holiday PB Countdown: The Snowman Waltz, @karenkonnerth.bsky.social , Emily Neilson, Sleeping Bear Press, #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas. #winter. 📚
December 15, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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Happiness is holding your very first picture book for the very first time! (Isn’t @jacobsouva.bsky.social’s cover amazing?! Wait until readers see the fun illustrations on the inside!) #kidlit
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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If you are a looking for a book with an unhinged little mermaid and some fun and monstrous behavior, my book with Nici Gregory’s incredible artwork would be an excellent gift this holiday!

You can yell-read things like IM A TERROR OF THE DEEP to Jeff Bezos while supporting indie bookstores.
November 30, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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This Giving Tuesday help the SCBWI support school libraries! Every single dollar you donate will go to stocking shelves across the United States.
Join the children’s book community in supporting the people we create books for—kids!

Learn more here: shorturl.at/4M7Oa
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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Looking to connect with KidLit Events and Resources right here on Blue Sky? There are so many here to check out and the list is growing!

I also have a #KidLitEvents list on my website or subscribe to a list of upcoming events sent directly to your Inbox every Thursday.

go.bsky.app/Cb46ric
November 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I just gave to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. Please consider donating, too. Together we can take care of our neighbors and help ensure that no one goes hungry in our community. support.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/site/Donatio...
Home | Greater Cleveland Food Bank
We work to ensure that everyone in our communities have the nutritious food they need every day.
support.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org
November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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POETRY CONTEST!!
We're baaaaaaaack ... but this time it's for RHYMING VERSE for PB, MG, YA! Submissions open Monday, November 18.
My fellow judges are back: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Suzy Levinson, and Lou Piccolo. We can't wait to read your kidlit poems!
www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...
November 13, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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The magic of books ✨
November 17, 2024 at 2:06 AM
November 17, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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📢Sunday, November 10th our "From Trash to Treasure" #kidlit poetry contest returns!

Take a discarded-but-loved line from one of your kidlit pieces & use it as a starting point for a poem.

Full rules & entry details here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/from-tr...
November 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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This webinar on writing funny #picturebooks coming from our founder, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social, Tuesday next week! #12x12PB #kidlit
Who could use a few laughs right now? KIDS! If you're writing funny #picturebooks (or want to), join me on 11/19 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for COOKING UP FUNNY PICTURE BOOKS: 4 Key Ingredients. Soon you'll be whipping up those giggles in your WIPs. #kidlit juliehedlund.lpages.co/cooking-up-f...
November 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM