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KidLit Writers posted an eventIn Stores This Week at http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com
October 11, 2010 to October 12, 2010
We have 14 great YA titles being given away in our In Stores This Week posts today (10/11/10) and tomorrow (10/12/10). Stop by for great interviews, descriptions of all the releases, and a chance to win on of these fantastic books.http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-stores-this-week-part-1-with.htmlGood luck and happy reading,Martina & MarissaSee More
KidLit Writers posted a blog postYA/MG Pitch to Query Letter Contest and Workshop Starts 8/19
Awesome opportunity for 50 YA/MG writers to perfect their short synopsis, logline and query letter with the help of ten authors and Sarah LaPolla from Curtis Brown. Prizes include ms critiques and submission opportunitites. Entries accepted starting 8/19/2010 at noon E.T. To enter, you must be one of the first 50 to submit your brief synopsis in the comments of the announcement post. See…See More
KidLit Writers posted an eventPitch to Query Letter Contest & Mentored Workshop Starts 8/19 at Washington D.C.
August 19, 2010 from 12pm to 7pm
:love Awesome opportunity for 50 YA/MG writers to perfect their short synopsis, logline and query letter with the help of ten authors and Sarah LaPolla from Curtis Brown. Prizes include ms critiques and submission opportunitites. Entries accepted starting 8/19/2010 at noon E.T. To enter, you must be one of the first 50 to submit your brief synopsis in the comments of the announcement post. See…See More
KidLit Writers replied to KidLit Writers's discussion YA Novel Opening Lines Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer in the group Writing Contests + Submission Opps"Really exciting stuff. But I'm not saying any more. Did I mention how fabulous your entry was? It blew me away. That last line. Wow. And your pitch was fantastic too!
Martina"
KidLit Writers posted a blog post1st Line Novel Contest is Open - Top 25 win crits by lit agent or authors
Enter now and see how your novel's opening stacks up!http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2010/06/yamg-line-by-line-contest-is-almost.htmlSee More
KidLit Writers posted an event1st Line Novel Contest is now OPEN - Top 25 win crits by lit agent or authors at Blogosphere
June 10, 2010 at 8am to June 16, 2010 at 6pm
See how your novel's opening stacks up:http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2010/06/yamg-line-by-line-contest-is-almost.htmlSee More
KidLit Writers commented on KidLit Writers's blog post New YA Novel Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer"Yay, Stina! Excited to see your entry.
Kat, we will accept the first sentence. Potentially, you will be able to submit up to first five sentences, one sentence per round.
We will post the final details on Thursday -- we are not posting the…"
Stina Lindenblatt commented on KidLit Writers's blog post New YA Novel Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer"Can't wait!"
Kat Zhang commented on KidLit Writers's blog post New YA Novel Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer"How many words/lines are supposed to be submitted? Is there going to be a post with more info? :D"
KidLit Writers posted a blog postNew YA Novel Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer
We are thrilled to have Natalie Fischer from the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency judging this five-round contest, so polish up the opening lines of your YA novel!We will accept the first 50 entries starting at 8:00 am and the first 50 at 12:00 pm ET Thursday, June 10th--yes, two submission windows for a total of 100 entries. If we have extra slots, we'll continue until we reach 100.The top 75 entries will be invited to enter the second round.Enter at:…See More
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YA Novel Opening Lines Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer
Adventures in Children's Publishing is thrilled to have Natalie Fischer with the Sandra Dijkstra literary agency judging our five-round Line-By-Line contest starting on Thursday, June 10th. Enter the opening line of your YA or MG novel. We will accept the first 50 entries starting at 8:00 am and the first 50 at 12:00 pm ET Thursday, June 10th--yes, two submission windows for a total of 100 entries. If we have extra slots, we'll continue until we reach 100. The top 75 entries will be invited to…See More
KidLit Writers joined Georgia McBride's groupWriting Contests + Submission Opps
A place to find info on Writing Contests and submission opportunities around the world! If you know of any, please post it. Please make sure it has not been already posted. Good luck!
KidLit Writers posted an eventYA Novel Opening Lines Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer at Adventures in Children's Publishing Blog
June 10, 2010 all day
We are thrilled to have Natalie Fischer from the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency judging this five-round contest, so polish up the opening lines of your YA novel!We will accept the first 50 entries starting at 8:00 am and the first 50 at 12:00 pm ET Thursday, June 10th--yes, two submission windows for a total of 100 entries. If we have extra slots, we'll continue until we reach 100.The top 75 entries will be invited to enter the second round.And wait to you hear about the prizes! Amazing…See More
KidLit Writers commented on Jenny Nielsen's blog post Hello YALitChat!"Hi Jenny,
I love all the authors on your list. Like you, I'm big fan of fantasy. If you are on Twitter, we've compiled a huge list of other YA writers both published and unpublished. Check out @4KidLit to connect with a lot of them in one…"
KidLit Writers commented on Georgia McBride's blog post The Angels Are Coming (The Guardian UK Declares A New Cult of Teenage Obsession)!"Yikes. Since I have a "sort of angel" book, not sure if this is good or bad. I don't think I want to be part of a trend :-o"
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YA/MG Pitch to Query Letter Contest and Workshop Starts 8/19
Posted on August 16, 2010 at 10:02am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Awesome opportunity for 50 YA/MG writers to perfect their short synopsis, logline and query letter with the help of ten authors and Sarah LaPolla from Curtis Brown. Prizes include ms critiques and submission opportunitites. Entries accepted starting 8/19/2010 at noon E.T. To enter, you must be one of the first 50 to submit your brief synopsis in the comments of the announcement post. See…
Continue 1st Line Novel Contest is Open - Top 25 win crits by lit agent or authors
Posted on June 10, 2010 at 8:56am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Enter now and see how your novel's opening stacks up!
http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2010/06/yamg-line-by-line-contest-is-almost.html
New YA Novel Contest with Agent Natalie Fischer
Posted on June 6, 2010 at 10:00am 3 Comments 0 Likes
We are thrilled to have Natalie Fischer from the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency judging this five-round contest, so polish up the opening lines of your YA novel!
We will accept the first 50 entries starting at 8:00 am and the first 50 at 12:00 pm ET Thursday, June 10th--yes, two submission windows for a total of 100 entries. If we have extra slots, we'll continue until we reach 100.
The top 75 entries will be invited to enter the second…
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- At 1:04am on July 4, 2012,
StaffLaura Chesterson said… To KidLit Writers
From Laura and YALitChat!
- At 10:55pm on May 5, 2011,
Lynn Dickinson said… - Hi! THanks for the friend request. I'm REALLY new to this site, so please forgive my delayed response. Still trying to figure it all out. :-)
- At 9:23pm on October 3, 2010,
Jenny Torres Sanchez said… - Thanks for the friend request. Look forward to chatting more!
- At 10:14am on October 2, 2010,
Lisa Gus said… - Thank you! We have been looking forward to finding such a group in a new place. So, YEP, we're definitely taking you up on your kind offer.
- At 6:07pm on October 1, 2010,
Marilyn Peake said… - Thanks so much for friending me. I love your website and all the helpful information for writers you post on Twitter!
- At 8:05pm on September 30, 2010,
Dawn Cassandra Heather Fuller said… - thanks for friending me.
- At 6:19pm on September 30, 2010, Beverly Stowe McClure said…
- Hi KidLit Writers. Thanks for friending me. I'm happy to have found this great site.
- At 4:23pm on September 30, 2010,
Darby Karchut said… - Thanks for the invite. Glad to be here! :-)
- At 3:51pm on September 30, 2010, Lisa Gus said…
- Hi there, thanks for the friending! I see you guys are in Bristow - we're actually moving up to NoVa this fall (assuming everything goes well) and that's one of the places we're considering.
Nice to meet a local ;)
- At 2:21pm on September 30, 2010,
Andi Stenger said… - Hi - Thanks so much for adding me! I look forward to chatting with you :)
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