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One More For Your Awards Season: The 2023 Walter Awards - We Need Diverse BooksThe Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature recognize diverse authors whose works feature diverse main characters and...
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Behind the Book Banning -- Chatting with Publisher and Author/Illustrator Maya GonzalezMaya's picture book They, She, He, Easy as ABC was on PEN America's top ten list of banned picture books for the...
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Ten Random Thoughts From an Author/IllustratorAs I was racking my brain for what to write for this post, I had two problems. I had no ideas, yet also too many ideas....
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Jamar J. Perry's Honesty About a Disappointing Book Event Leads to a Huge WinMany of us have been there -- showing up all excited for an in-person event at a bookstore or library, and... crickets. The audience you...
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When in Doubt: Change Locations!Have you ever felt super stuck? Like the jar of a lid that refuses to budge stuck? Like you wore too many socks with your snow boots and now...
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Bologna 2023 Wraps With Attendance at Nearly Pre-Pandemic Levels!The Bologna Children's Book Fair had its 60th anniversary this year, and SCBWI was " in the house !" SCBWI Instagram post from Bologna...
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So You Want to be an Author/IllustratorFrustration is growing among querying picture book creators: currently many agents seem to only want author/illustrator...
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What Does Your Next Book Contract Say About AI?The way artificial intelligence systems are trained is that they intake vast amounts of art* created by humans to then re-mix and re-purpose the...
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Writing and Illustrating to Discover OurselvesAs writers and illustrators of children's books, we often strive to create books for young readers to see themselves or to...
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The 2023 Golden Kite Award Winners & The Sid Fleischman Award for HumorIf you've got the time (1:05:00) and you want the award-season thrill, watch the full video recording of the Golden Kite Awards ceremony and...
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Laini Taylor Shares a Fun Writing ExerciseSo over on Instagram, Laini Taylor @lainit , author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy among other YA titles, shared...
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5 moments of Inspiration and Advice from #scbwiNY23 - The SCBWI 2023 Winter Conference in New York City"Our creative work helps us process it all, our lives." —Marla Frazee A picture book should "deliver emotional impact," an...
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Margot Atwell shares "What to Watch in Book Publishing in 2023"Margot Atwell, previously Director of Outreach and International for Kickstarter, is now the Executive Director and Publisher of...
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Is Your Bio "Voicey"?Diana Urban did this piece for the BookBub Partners blog, Writing Your Author Bio? Here Are 20 Great Examples. (Plus a Checklist!)...
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The Power (and Pitfalls) of Vulnerability in WritingI told my teenager I was writing a post called "The Power of Vulnerability" and asked what I should include. They said, "Tell them to be...
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You Already Know Four People (So the SCBWI Winter 2023 Conference Won't Be So Scary/Unknown/Intimidating)Conferences can be amazing, but they can also bring up a lot of emotions. Am I going to be the only one there like me? Will I feel...
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Using Objects to Communicate EmotionsKnuffle Bunny. Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak. Katniss’s Mockingjay pin. All of these objects show us something important about the main...
