Shannon Stocker

Congrats, Elijah!!!

Thank you!!!

I can’t begin to describe how meaningful this Honor is…and on this book, which I wrote at my daughter’s bedside over the course of 21 rounds of chemotherapy. STRONGER AT THE SEAMS is my debut YA novel, and I will forever be grateful to everyone who helped make this book—and this honor—happen. 💛🎗️💛

Okay writers...I know people make wishes on shooting stars, pennies, eyelashes, 11:11 (the time)...

What sorts of things have you seen or heard people wish on?

Holy cow…this grant is unbelievable. If you haven’t yet been published, check this out!

Stoked that STRONGER is a finalist in the Midwest #SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards beside these other fabulous titles. Voting ends July 25…don’t miss out!

Bonus Written Critiques ANJANETTE BARR AGENY, DUNHAM LITERARY LEE MELILLO ASSOC AGENT, DUNHAM LITERARY RACHEL ORR AGENT, PROSPECT AGENCY VICKY WEBER AGENT, CREATIVE MEDIA AGENCY JAZMIA YOUNG ASSOC AGENT, CURTIS BROWN SCBWI Ohio North Regional Conference October 3-4, 2025 where stories take flight SCBWI Ohio North Region SOCIETY of CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS Insta: @scbwi_nohio BlueSky: @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social scbwi.org/regions/ohionorth

Get a written critique from our #SCBWIOhioNorth conference faculty. These faculty members will not attend in person, written only.

Anjanette Barr
Lee Melillo
Rachel Orr
Vicky Weber
Jazmia Young

For more information: www.scbwi.org/events/2025-...

#SCBWI #kidlit #kidlitart #ohioconferences

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.

Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

THIS!!!!! 🙌

Day-old coffee, reheated in a microwave.

Perfectly fine or hell no?

(Mug brought to you by childhood cancer. Childhood cancer: there’s never been a better reason for a morning F bomb.)

THIS

My daughter made Top 60 in Original Spoken Word Poetry, in a speech about a topic painfully close to her heart: childhood cancer.

C, I am so proud of you. Keep fighting, girl. Keep bringing awareness.

Be the change, baby. 🎗️
#NSDA #NationalSpeechAndDebate

Why go gray in May?

Because our kids deserve it. 🎗️

I'm also bad a tech, which is why this did not come out in B&W. 😂

www.facebook.com/share/r/16XK...

She won Outstanding Young Chemist!!!! So proud of my girl. Her compassion and heart, mixed with her work ethic and intelligence, will make her unstoppable. Take that, effing brain tumor. 🎗️ 💪

We have a pair of them coming to our backyard! He’s bright red and she’s yellow. I adore them!!

For those of you who rely on government websites for your research, American University has put together this guide to sites that have archived them.

subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue/...

On our way to find out what this kid won!!! 🥇

Join me and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social in celebrating Deaf Awareness Week! 🎉🥁🎶

Grateful to Michael Levine & the wonderful team at Boundless Media for my press release!
#Gogray #BrainTumorAwarenessMonth

world.einnews.com/pr_news/8094...

You had one job. 😂
#HappyEaster

This makes me sick. 💔

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And then pays the bully to injure all the other actual players so no one beats him.

Lovely!

Yes, below. (I am a PhD, not an MD). This work does not get done anywhere else. It's not financially lucrative enough. We invest in pediatric cancer research as a *society* because that work does not get done otherwise. Hard impacts to MDs especially: bench research can't be done in private practice

More of this!

DM me. I usually don’t due to cost, but I’m really grateful. Let me see how much it’ll be!

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Happy International Womens Day, y’all! Strong women strengthen the world. Embrace them!

DM me an address and their names—I’ll send bookplates and bookmarks so they have dedicated/signed copies!