Category: middle grade

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Nov 1 – Dec 6 Show, Don’t Tell #kidlit Revision Workshop

Revise your children’s book as you explore how published #kidlit authors actually “show and tell” their board book – YA stories in this one-month workshop with a 60-minute ONE-to-ONE developmental critique in Google Meet.

To enroll, sign up now for a workshop critique meeting between November 1 and December 6. *was $229 USD – now $199 USD for a limited time* See the syllabus and more on the Show, Don’t Tell #kidlit Revision Workshop page.

Goal: Revise your book before the end of the year, so you let it rest and then come back it with fresh eyes in the New Year.

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Open October call for manuscripts

Do you follow Sourcebooks Kids on Instagram? Here is a quote from a recent post:

📣Calling all children’s authors!

📖For the month of October, our editor Melissa Manlove is accepting UNAGENTED submissions!

🌟Melissa will choose ONE manuscript at random to read if you send multiple.
🌟We’re expecting a high number of submissions. If you do not hear back by the end of December, we have passed at this time.
🌟Email your submission to OpenOctober@sourcebooks.com.
🌟Check out Melissa’s manuscript wishlist at the link in our bio.

We can’t wait to read your stories📚💛

FYI: The Josephine book (with the award stickers) at the bottom of Melissa’s manuscript wishlist was written by Patricia Hruby Powell, one of my former students.

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