Author of Picture Books and Wrangler of Small, Feral Children.
PREORDER: Tidy Ted Meets Jess the Mess (Clavis, distributed by Simon & Schuster) out March 31st!
SCBWI, 12x12 Challenge, often in the weeds
Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Kidlit Literary Agent at Bradford Lit, Middle School Math Teacher, PB author Repped by Jackie Kruzie, Living that “eat a cookie while you can” kinda life
Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
Literary agent at #TeamDACBA everything from illustrators for the tiniest readers to crossover and new adult.
Scotland at home, London at work.
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Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Temporarily closed to queries.
https://www.dunhamlit.com/how-to-submit
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Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
Literary Agent at CMA ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social
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Literary agent and founder@greatdoglit. News geek. Science freak. Working to become a better photographer. Opinions are my own.
✨📚🏳️🌈| backyard gardener🌻| associate literary agent @ ABLA |
Associate Agent at East West Lit Agency
CLOSED TO QUERIES
🇺🇸🇧🇷Children’s Book Author
SAUDADE (Neal Porter Books/HH ‘24)
LIA & LUÍS (Charlesbridge, ‘20 and ‘23)
HELLO, TREE (LBBYR, ‘21)
Founded by Lori Steel, SteelWorks Literary represents authors, illustrators, and graphic novelists for the children's and YA markets, and beyond.
https://steelworksliterary.com
https://QueryManager.com/LoriSteel
Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
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Literary Agent/Partner at JVNLA
@jvnla.bsky.social
https://www.jvnla.com/
Literary agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Lover of tea and irrepressible book enthusiast. (they/them, sal: Mx.) Most active on insta! @michaelawhatnall michaelawhatnall.com
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. Account for #MSWL only. Query me at https://querytracker.net/query/natascha
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/natascha
Website: www.nataschamorris.com
Agent at Red Fox Literary ✏️ Kidlit Author 🖍️Indie Bookseller 📚 Dog Worshipper 🐾 Tree Hugger 🌳
Literary agent with The Seymour Agency and Writing Coach with Novel Advice (she/her)
Senior Literary Agent with SBR Media.
https://QueryTracker.net/query/Katie_Monson
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/katie-monson/
All opinions and statements are my own.
editor & maker of good trouble at Atheneum/Scarlett Press (Simon & Schuster) • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
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Lynne Marie is the multi-published author of picture books, an Agent Mentee @ www.theseymouragency.com, director of Rate Your Story (www.rateyourstory.org), a columnist @Children's Book Insider (www.writeforkids.org) and Co-Host at #SeasonsOfKidLit.com
Acquiring Editor (Cardinal Rule Press), Freelance Editor (developmental through proofreading at www.adamdblackman.com). Writer of PB and MG. Proud dad to 1 burgeoning tween (human) and 1 seriously adolescent bunny. #SCBWI #Kidlit
Mom, teacher (M. Ed), author of the ZOEY AND SASSAFRAS SERIES + more, editor @ Innovation Press
editorial assistant @PeachtreePub & @PeachtreeTeen • cat enthusiast • the L in LGBTQ • (all views are my own!)
Acquiring editor for Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, the leading publisher of social & emotional learning books for kids, teens, & educators. Write for us! She/her
Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Children’s literary agent with Mansion Street Literary (currently closed to queries) and mental health advocate. I also write craptastic books. She/her.
www.michellewitteliterary.com
Agent at SteelWorks Literary. Horse girl, dog mom, taxi parent, and guacamole lover. Building a community of storytelling, collaboration, and connection.
https://steelworksliterary.com
Literary Manager with Martin Literary Management | Reader | Writer | Dreamer | #SCBWI #InkedVoices| rep'd by @joycekay.bsky.social with the Seymour Agency
Literary Agent at Writers House, MFA at Columbia School of Arts, I hope to see your submissions at andreasubmissions (at) writershouse (dot) com
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Picture books that explore and illuminate touching and humorous moments of family situations. www.FlashlightPress.com
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#Kidlit author-illustrator, artist, singer & freelance curriculum dev, editor & writer; Rep’d by Sera Rivers @SpeilburgLit. #scbwi www.angelapadron.com 🇺🇸🇩🇴
junior literary agent @howlandlit.bsky.social | brewing banned books, spinning stories, and raising feral protagonists | powered by coffee and chaos | rep: @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social @belcastroagency.bsky.social
Award Winning Author,
Literary Agent at D4EO Literary Agency
Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost.
Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
She/her. Picture Book Author represented by Janine Le at JLLA / Blogmaster for the @SCBWIEPA.bsky.social / School library volunteer / 2025 #PBParty finalist / Here for #PictureBooks and #KidLit
Children’s book author, #PBParty Finalist ’25, #PBRisingStars Mentee ’23, WriteHive Mentee ’24, member of SCBWI, repped by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at Bradford Literary Agency.
Psych prof, in a tide pool if possible, picture book author, excels at typos. 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps. No one should by okay with them existing. Commercial genAI is a tool of fascism. No war.
Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
www.sonyaafnan.com/portfolio
#kidlit @SCBWIRockyMtn member 📚 MG Author/Illustrator of HACKERS: WORM EATER and the HACKERS series 👾 gamer, sax player, fly fisher, tech geek, film buff 🌐 www.brockhenning.com
Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
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Member of the SCBWI 📚, mom, wife, nurse
Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
writer of #kidlit and #fiction. Member of #SCBWI and #12x12
Reader, writer, and happily human ☺️
Erstwhile publishing intern @ PRH 🐧 & JGLM 📚
Fairly digital nomad & one-woman stock photo gallery (camera roll closing in on 250k 🙈)
English professor in Tokyo 🇯🇵
Fulbright alumna 🇬🇷
💖💜💙 she/her
Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
website: kidlit411.com
picture book author and pre-school teacher.
THE IMPOSTER (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring 2024)
EMILY SNOOK, THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK (Gnome Road Publishing Fall 2024)
HAIL THE TAIL (Beach Lane Books/S&S Spring 2027)
Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
Dunham Literary. Agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction for adults and authors and illustrators of children's books for all ages for 25 years. www.dunhamlit.com
Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Award-winning author of 100+ books
Repped by Stephanie Cardel @LighthouseLiterary
1st place Missouri Writers’ Guild Picture Book Award
God’s Earth is Something to Fight For @BushelandPeckBooks
Linktr.ee/amyhouts
Welcome! We are a bountiful bunch of KidLit creatives with picture books sailing your way. Hop aboard! #PBCreativeCrew #picturebookauthor #scbwi
#PB author of MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT (Free Spirit Publishing, April 14, 2026)
Pre-order here: https://bookshop.org/a/115186/9798885547970
More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
Website: https://jakelockettauthor.wixsite.com/jakelockettauthor
Frog. Cat. Writer. Lives with a dragon, a bird and a pirate bathroom. 12x12 member.
A pitch event for writers using only the first few lines.
Next event: TBD
Past events: Aug-2025, Apr-2025, Sept-2024
Created & hosted by: Ann Glimmer
@annglimmer.bsky.social
Pitch event for 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and their stories. Next event is August 15, 2025!
Hosted by: @nicolemtota @mjbowman @ntlovich @lucywrites and @andreamariana89
#SEAsianPit is an annual pitch event for self-identifying Southeast Asian writers & illustrators everywhere.
🔗 seasianpit.carrd.co
A community pitching event for short stories! By authors, for authors, for fun, for vibes. Run by @hannahhzhangg.bsky.social and @thevalrobles.bsky.social !!
An online pitch event for unagented disabled authors.
2026 Pitch Dates - September 8-10.
Visit the official site www.pitchdis.com
Hosted by @despinakarras.com
Logo and banner by @mxcarmilla.bsky.social
A hype pitch event for ONLY work in progress lit on Bsky & X. Brought to you by @CrystalBAuthor.bsky.social. Upcoming date is May 23, 2026. May is also wippit writing challenge prep month and challenge month is in June.
#MiseryPit - A pitch event focusing on Mysteries, Thrillers, and True Crime for the #writingcommunity and #Booksky authors. Hosted by @jocelynegregory.bsky.social
Next event: February 1st, 2026
A hype pitch event for writers that fosters community, connection, and most of all—empowerment. Next Event: January 23rd on X and January 24th on 🦋 | Hosted by @drenderturmaud
Path To Publication: From The Querying Trenches To The Shelves. We’re writers sharing our publication journey along with tips & lessons! #P2Ppit hosts.
🔗 https://path2pub.wordpress.com/
A pitch event for romance of all sorts on bsky & X. #Cupit is hosted by @CrystalBAuthor.bsky.social.
We will see you February 14, 2026!
Cheer Pit is a pitch event for authors held on December 9 focused on spreading holiday cheer. Established 2024 by @cjtruwriter.bsky.social
bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event TBA
More DVpit info: https://dvpit.carrd.co/
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KidLitGN is an annual pitch event for writers and illustrators of middle grade and younger graphic novels. The pitch event starts on the first Wednesday of October each year you can find us at kidlitgn.com.
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
Pitch event for light hearted feel-good books #JoyPit | Official Date - June 6, 2024 | Founded by @amsahubooks.bsky.social - joypitch.wordpress.com
A literary pitch event for all manuscripts in the form of movie posters, hosted by @myleejmiller.bsky.social and others.
https://posterpitevent.com/
Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
Children's Book Author-someday illustrator
Mom, Teacher, Education Advocate, Dog Lover, Book Lover
Buffalo Bills Fan, Buffalo Booster
Illustrator at Little Thoughts Press, Kidlit Author/Illustrator & Museum Exhibit Designer, Winner of #50PreciousWords, #SCBWIDrawThis & 2 #PBParty HM's.
#SCBWI #RISD
https://linktr.ee/kimwnolan
Children's author, software engineer, Tu Youyou's Discovery. Bookshop Lk: http://bit.ly/3A9071n @AlbertWhitman @BarefootBooks #12x12PB
KidLit author/illustrator- PB, JF, MG, animal, nature lover, SCBWI, 12x12PB, CBI, ICWA BS Environmental Sciences and Territorial Management.
www.eleanorannpeterson.com Jurassic Rat '2019
Author: THE PRINCESS & THE FROGS and TWELVE STEPS, recycle-knitter, graphic designer (web/book design, etc.) #KidLitConfections cookie queen, book-grandma, #ActuallyAutistic. (she/her) https://vbartles.com
Kidlit Writer #PB #SCBWI #kidlit #12x12 SpringflingKidLit '24Winner, 50PreciousWords '24Winner, ‘25HM
#Kidlit author | #pbrisingstars 2024 mentee | #PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #amquerying |
Writer pub’d in WBUR Cog, Boston Globe, LA Times, Japan Times, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Friends and Anemones. Olympic Short Track Speedskating Mom. #SCBWI #12x12PB
Writer, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, book lover
I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. MS teacher. Coordinator for #Mightykidlit. ND 💫🤩📝🌈
Seeking Rep- https://loriknutsen.my.canva.site
#50Preciouswords ‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
Wife. Mother. Reader. Kidlit writer. Lover of 🧀, 🍫, ⚽️, & Peloton. Rep’d by @christietellsastory at @thecatagency; WHERE THEY GATHER (Atheneum, Spring ‘26)
Bookblogger: https://storysnug.com
🇮🇪 #scbwi #writementor #writemagic
3rd place: Writing Mag PB Prize '25
Top 100: #CNPKids CB '25
Shortlisted: Searchlight PB Award & #WM Idea Idol '24 / #WMCNA PB '23
https://www.instagram.com/cjfriess_storysnug
Bossy little bluebird. Former bookseller. Sometime children’s publishing person. Hamline MFAC ‘24. Currently querying. http://jessedoogan.substack.com
Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
she/her I write & illustrate picture books!
Rep’d by Ariana Philips at JVNLA
#PBParty ‘23 and ‘25 Finalist, #PBRisingStars ‘23 Runner Up #StorytellerAcademy #SCBWI #12x12
Budding picture book writer.
CANSCAIP '25 Long List (x2)
#PBParty '25 Honorable Mention.
Trivia nerd. Would do anything for my cats.
Victoria, BC.
#PB Writer FINDING CHRISTMAS 2025 | O’WIN & the MOON (2025) | Social Media @SCBWILongIsland | #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank
Retired Library Girl. Writing. Reading. #amquerying #kidlit #SCBWI #writingcommunity #pbparty
