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Yes. This. And also, make stuff. Write poems. Paint with watercolors. Scribble stories in your notebook. Make zines, novels, sculptures, screenplays, cartoons, all of it. Make it with your hands and your own human brain. Doesn't matter if it's good or not. It's YOURS.

#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

Halfway into #DVpit 2025 & we've been trending all day!
Not only are we seeing great pitches, but great community!
Special shout out to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social @katchowrites.bsky.social @claribelortega.com
If you have any questions, check out dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky #booksky #artistsky

Slide promoting #TLSkyChat on October 8, 2025. Topic: “Banned Books Week.” Includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, respond to Q1–Q3, and start replies with A1–A3. Text invites discussion on protecting the freedom to read. Resources at tlskychat.com.

📢 It’s happening tonight! Join #TLSkyChat at 8pm EST / 5pm PT for our #BannedBooksWeek chat. Let’s stand up for readers’ rights and the power of inclusive stories! questions are posted here 👉 www.tlskychat.com/schedule

#TLSky #Librarians #Skybrarians #EduSky

Art showing a silhouette figure standing up for a littler figure against a big bully in a red tie

#Resist
Do NOT back down. He must be stopped!

Stakes are what I see missing most often in elevator pitches and queries. Don't just tell me the plot, help me understand why it matters—especially to the character. #kidlitchat

In a children's book style of art three kids and a little brown dog stand together in a hallway with only a candle against the dark. Something is standing the dark -- something big. All we can see are long legs and big claws. Eek!

I had fun with this one! #Candle for #SCBWIArtober2025. There are some fun new brushes to play with in Procreate.

Wh-wha-what is that standing there in the d-d-dark?

#kidlitart #illustration #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustration #drawingchallenge #PaintPlay

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Children's book style art with three kids running from a phantom whipped up out of the fog with a row of brownstones behind them with jack-o-lanterns on a stoop.

I'm doing some catch up with #SCBWIArtober2025 with the prompt #Phantom.
This is perhaps not my favorite piece I've done, but I did have fun playing with new brushes in Procreate and interpreting phantom.

#kidlitart #kids #illustration #kidlitartist #illustrator #Halloween #spooky

Overhead view of three books - Shark Lady, Ocean Speaks, and the Girl Who Built an Ocean, featuring beautiful blue-toned, colourful covers, and the titular woman on each.

If you or your kids are feeling a sense of 'what good can one person do when times are so tough?', I highly urge you to immerse yourself in some NF stories of those who have created big (and small!) changes through their curiosity.

I've got a few books to start you off!
Hard is not impossible.

Exactly. Sickening.

Thanks a million! It would be fun to illustrate a monster children's book!

A cute green and hairy monster ducks behind his colorful blanket in bed looking out into the dark textured purple beyond the light of his flower nightlight. Eyes peering out of the dark at the bottom of the bed.

Monsters get scared too, even with a #NightLight. But maybe there is something waiting there in the dark. Ooooh!

I'm having a bunch of fun playing with the new Procreate brushes.

#SCBWIArtober2025 #Kidlitart #monster #illustration #PaintPlay

#kidlitartpostcard day snuck up on me! I’m Jo and I love creating stories and art that kids of all ages can connect to. My portfolio website is jorenfro.com and I’m rep’d by @swekstein.bsky.social

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Happy 3rd Anniversary #greetingcard #bsnm
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Thanks! It's always fun to play with pov.

So much fun! Love those colors.

For the afternoon crowd.
#KidLitArtPostcard

Now I've really got to get back to finish a client project. Enjoy all the beautiful and amazing artwork being shared today from such a great community! #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrators

Thank you so much! I love playing with perspective and figuring out how things look from different angles.

Thanks do much! It was a fun view to play with.

So much fun!

Oooh I love the drama, the colors, the style!

Oh no! Good luck!

A boy and a girl in the garden picking squash

I'm excited to participate in #SCBWIArtober2025 this year. I will probably be posting a day behind as I'm doing the art while relaxing in the evening with my iPad and new Procreate brushes to explore. This is Day 1 Squash.

#kidlitart #kidlit #squash #gardening #PaintPlay #illustration #kidlitartist

Registration is open to all for this FREE 24 hour zoom event! I'll be hosting with other NY #SCBWI organizers to help inspire you to light a creative spark and make whatever #kidlit creation you've been waiting to bring to life!
Stay for 24 hours or pop in and out.
www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...

A girl witch and a boy sitting down for tea in a pretty garden next to a cottage. There are a handful of frogs around, including on the table. The girl in her purple witches robes is talking animatedly about something while the boy is smiling nervously as he eyes the green steam from his tea and the frog on the table. The image header reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co, repped by Vicky Weber @ CMA"

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I’m Mike and drawing fun, colorful characters is my cup of tea!
I'm repped by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I'm especially looking for middle grade cover work.

See more of my work at mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co

#kidLitArt #childrensIllustration #witch #middleGrade #MG

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard I'm Kerry McQuaide, a children's book author/illustrator.❤️ Repped by Kerry Sparks @lgrlit

See more of my work at:
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#kidlitartpostcard
#kidlitartpostcardday

#scbwiillustrator
#picturebookart
#kidlitart
#kidlitartist
#kidlit
#picturebooks

Thanks a million! I hope editors do too!

Drawing of a boy balancing on the top of a grimacing dragon's head.

Another month and another #KidLitArtPostcard day!

Hello everyone, my name's Gustavo and I'm an Illustrator available for projects in PB, KidLit, MG, GN, Editorial Projects, Board Books, you name it.

I'm also seeking representation.

This made me smile!

Two kids in Halloween costumes, a witch and a ghost, stand on the porch of a spooky blue house as a real ghost looks scared and flees and drops all their Halloween candy. The bottom right corner reads: Sherry Freyermuth, Author & Illustrator, www.boberrydesignco.com

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 👻

I finished this portfolio piece just in time for spooky season! #kidlitart #kidlit