Lisa Healy

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I #entered the #springflingkidlit contest and I’m cheering on all the #writingcommunity #writingcontest entrants! Thank you @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social plus the amazing judges!

#amwriting #amqueyring

I love all the daily excitement of #pbparty 2025 and the creative adventure⭐️💡

What an amazing faculty lineup at the @scbwi New York Conference! #kidlit

It’s the new year! ✨

Comment your bookish resolutions below! Are you trying to get your first book published, draw every day, network with more creatives? Whatever it may be-SCBWI is here to support you on your literary goals for the year!

2025 PBParty Agents, Editors & Art Directors! ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland Here's the list of the amazing agents, editors and art directors participating in the 2024 PBParty Contest. Wahooooooo!

Here's the list of 55 participating agents, editors & ADs for the 2025 #PBParty contest. Wahoooooo!

I'll shout out as more yeses come in.

This post has a link to the 2025 Ranking Party (thanks for running it, @beccamcmurdiebooks.bsky.social) & a badge/banner.

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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...

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.

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So unique!

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So cute!

MUSIC, MADE IN AMERICA is a lyrical story about famous rock stars like Johnny Depp and Aerosmith playing music around the world from guitars born out of rare timber as sweet as honey, light as air, and as unique as a Stradivarius violin, so electric, amplifying, and earth shattering. #SkyPitch

IS IT TIME is a heartfelt lyrical picture book inspired by the universal truth that cooking is a silent language. Before Poppa arrives to make Christmas, Romie thinks of his one wish. Will Romie’s wish come true when Poppa doesn’t speak English and Romie doesn’t speak Polish? #SkyPitch #lyrical

For as long as anyone could remember, Gwen thought outside the castle. This time she has a plan. GWEN-NO-FEAR is the courage, humor and heart of KNIGHT OWL meets the friendship and curiosity of THE GIRL AND THE DINOSAUR. Young readers will identify with think-outside-the-box Gwen. #SkyPitch #humor