Michelle Volpe-Kohler

Save the date for the SCBWI Ohio North Regional Conference - October 3-4, 2025. Registration and details coming soon...
#scbwiohion #scbwi #kidlit

I am! Thank you!

My pleasure! I look forward to seeing springtime wildlife, too 🐣

Congratulations, @kdubaygillis.bsky.social and Wazza Pink, on your beautiful new picture book. It is a lovely read and I learned what to do if I find a fawn!

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.

mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

OMG! Today is the LAST DAY before #12x12PB opens! Our grand finale prize is a pro #picturebook critique from one of our 12 x 12 Critique Ninjas. Comment to win. Members: Share something you've learned from a CN critique. Nonmembers: Do you have a critique group? #kidlit

Cut paper illustration showing golden stars on a dark night, with snow and evergreens below

Happy Winter Solstice!

Holiday PB Countdown: The Snowman Waltz, @karenkonnerth.bsky.social , Emily Neilson, Sleeping Bear Press, #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas. #winter. 📚

A copy of the book Big Bike, Little Bike with a giant purple rhino pedaling with a bird riding on his back.

Happiness is holding your very first picture book for the very first time! (Isn’t @jacobsouva.bsky.social’s cover amazing?! Wait until readers see the fun illustrations on the inside!) #kidlit

The picture book THE GOOD LITTLE MERMAIDS GUIDE TO BEDTIME recommended in a local bookshop

If you are a looking for a book with an unhinged little mermaid and some fun and monstrous behavior, my book with Nici Gregory’s incredible artwork would be an excellent gift this holiday!

You can yell-read things like IM A TERROR OF THE DEEP to Jeff Bezos while supporting indie bookstores.

I am, thank you!

This Giving Tuesday help the SCBWI support school libraries! Every single dollar you donate will go to stocking shelves across the United States.
Join the children’s book community in supporting the people we create books for—kids!

Learn more here: shorturl.at/4M7Oa

Looking to connect with KidLit Events and Resources right here on Blue Sky? There are so many here to check out and the list is growing!

I also have a #KidLitEvents list on my website or subscribe to a list of upcoming events sent directly to your Inbox every Thursday.

go.bsky.app/Cb46ric

It was such a great session. I really love this book!

Home | Greater Cleveland Food Bank We work to ensure that everyone in our communities have the nutritious food they need every day.

I just gave to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. Please consider donating, too. Together we can take care of our neighbors and help ensure that no one goes hungry in our community. support.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/site/Donatio...

POETRY CONTEST!!
We're baaaaaaaack ... but this time it's for RHYMING VERSE for PB, MG, YA! Submissions open Monday, November 18.
My fellow judges are back: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Suzy Levinson, and Lou Piccolo. We can't wait to read your kidlit poems!
www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

Illustration of a black girl in a wheelchair reading. Behind her there’s a magical cloud trail of white that features lots of different items and figures and animals and characters

The magic of books ✨

Halloween #hotdogs #scream #costumes

drawing of a cartoon raccoon against a starry sky

📢Sunday, November 10th our "From Trash to Treasure" #kidlit poetry contest returns!

Take a discarded-but-loved line from one of your kidlit pieces & use it as a starting point for a poem.

Full rules & entry details here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/from-tr...

This webinar on writing funny #picturebooks coming from our founder, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social, Tuesday next week! #12x12PB #kidlit

@volpekohler.bsky.social thank you!