Jenn Gaulding

A truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
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By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating.

- Pearl S. Buck

Congrats on your new publication @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social ! Sharing this giveaway for my teacher and librarian friends. 📖💙

Congrats to the all the winners, especially my writing buddies Lisa Davis and Amanda Fletcher @mandyfletcher.bsky.social!!! Your entries were so funny with great twists!! So well deserved!! 🎉

What could be better than reflecting on how we’re “Better Together”? Join me in sending a submission to Little Thoughts Press to be considered for their next issue!

Woohoo! Congrats at making it to this part of the process. Keep at it!

Happy to #donate @kateywrites.bsky.social THE REINDEER REMAINDERS and Tonya Grant's KAMALA HARRIS to honor the #sunwritefun #writingcontest

It's not too late to donate!
karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25-raffle

@swildmansf.bsky.social
@jennybbooks.bsky.social
@kmgreenwald.bsky.social

Ready for a #Plottwist w/FAB PRIZES?! Today-next Wed (9.03), send a brand new pic #book to the MS #Library Comm. for rural elemen. #school & you'll get 1 #Raffle entry (no limits!). karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25-raffle for more info! @jennybbooks.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social

@ajirving.bsky.social
@lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social
@buchetbooks.bsky.social
@kmgreenwald.bsky.social
@swildmansf.bsky.social

and more! Grateful for you!

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Thanks to the fabulous #sunwritefun donors and judges including
@nchurnin.bsky.social
@writerjolene.bsky.social
@jyotigopal.bsky.social
@jilanne.bsky.social
@juliefhedlund.bsky.social
@kellipanique.bsky.social
@authorhmacht.bsky.social
@literallylynne.bsky.social
@dowphumiruk.bsky.social
#kidlit

"ENOUGH!" Mouse cried. "I'm all pooped out!"
She promptly went inside to pout.

Katelyn Aronson's brilliant ‬POO-DUNIT? A FOREST FLOOR MYSTERY always gets giggles.

#kidlit #SunWriteFun @swildmansf.bsky.social
@kmgreenwald.bsky.social
@buchetbooks.bsky.social www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25

Congratulations on your honorable mention! I was enjoying your poem, and then I realized I knew the person who wrote it. :) Happy for you!

Last month, I was touched to learn I was one of the #springflingkidlit winners. Last week, I had the chance to redeem my prize with the amazing @valeriebolling.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who made this opportunity possible! 💛💜

@kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
@ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who is taking time to make this happen, especially during the infamously busy month of May-cember!

@writerjolene.bsky.social Thank you so much for your encouragement and for the important work you do! Just yesterday, I was sitting my couch enjoying TOO MUCH: AN OVERWHELMING DAY. It’s already the third time we’ve checked it out from our library! 😄

#prizedonorappreciation
Grateful for the humans in this community who give so much, including
@rebeccaglevington.bsky.social
@autumnleaflet.bsky.social
@dkryland.bsky.social
@safajarwrites.bsky.social
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social
@valeriebolling.bsky.social
@writerjolene.bsky.social

a girl in a yellow shirt is washing dishes in a kitchen sink ALT: a girl in a yellow shirt is washing dishes in a kitchen sink

@mandyfletcher.bsky.social gave me just the nudge I needed to submit my story to the #springflingkidlit #writerscompetition

Many thanks to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity to submit and the tremendous effort you put in towards building community!

This badge designed by talented high school student Dillon A. is too cute not to post. Thank you to all of the kid judges, educators, and prize donors for making this contest as sweet as could be!

#pbandkidjudges

What a fun idea! I am finalizing my story for submission, and I can’t wait to see what this panel of kid judges thinks of it. Thank you for offering this opportunity @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social !

Let's call it "research" for a current work in progress...
what's your best April Fools' Day prank?

(Bonus points will be awarded if I can test it out on my kids tomorrow. 😁😇)

#aprilfools #pranks #ideas #picturebooks

I was so excited to see you well-deserving and important story was honored! Congratulations!!

It was amazing!!! Thanks for all of your efforts!

#scbwi #scbwisoutherbreeze #writerscomferwnce #writing #picturebooks

So very grateful for the opportunity to attend my first writer's conference this weekend. The speakers were awe-inspiring, and the entire community was delightful.

A huge thank you to the @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social leadership team for making this event such a valuable experience!

Spring is almost here, but it's still not too late to donate a book in honor of #50PreciousWords. I just called Toadstool Bookshop to ask what they needed, and the entire process took no more than 4 minutes. Thanks @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for an excuse to make a small difference this morning!

Winners Wall Winners Wall 2024 Winners Wall CONGRATULATIONS to all of the 12 x 12 in 2024 members who completed 12 or more picture book drafts!! You did it and we are proud of YOU! 2024 Winners Abby Wooldridge – 2...

Congratulations to all of the 12x12 2024 winners! I took a leap last Leap Day when I learned about 12x12 and decided to join. This week marks one year into my writing journey thanks to @juliefhedlund.bsky.social and her #12x12challenge. I am so grateful!

www.12x12challenge.com/winners-wall...

Delighted that My New, Furry Love limerick was recognized with an Honorable Mention in Susanna Leonard Hill's #valentiny contest. This one definitely reflects some very real emotions taking place in our home during this chapter of life. 😄😍

Thanks so much!

And I still want to know who Sir Snacksalot saves next! 😄

I just love your idea for this piece! It turned out so well.

And what fun it was to bounce ideas around together for this contest. Thanks for brainstorming with me!

Happy to have submitted an entry in #50preciouswords this year. I hope that you have, too!

Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all of those in the #kidlit community who are offering such fun and fabulous prizes.

Go Amanda!!