https://lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/fall-writing-frenzy-entry-form-2025/?page_id=3929 Click on the blog post above to enter into the Fall Writing Frenzy for 2025! Make sure to thank our donors and invite all your #kidlit writing friends to submit a story for great prizes by Oct 3rd! Find the rules here. If you have any questions, make sure to check our FAQs. Can't … Continue reading 2025 Fall Writing Frenzy Entry Form is UP!
Happy September, everyone! Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I hope you're doing well. It's been a busy start of the school year, but lots of fun, too. We just got our state testing data and my students were #1 in our county, so I'm happily celebrating that incredible achievement in my teaching. And if you … Continue reading Update: Fall Writing Frenzy and Queries
Hey all, I hope you've been joining us for Kidlit Zombie Week from June 23-27th, but if you haven't, we added a BONUS day this year and you can get all caught up with us on June 28th by reading the blogs that can be found here! We have TONS of great prizes up for … Continue reading Prizes for Kidlit Zombie Week 2025
#KidlitZombieWeek 2025, Day 2
#KidlitZombieWeek 2025, Day 2
#KidlitZombieWeek 2025, Day 1
Hi friends, I hope you're doing well. I have a question for you: are you interested in doing #kidlitzombieweek, where we have a week of blog posts, pitches, and prizes for #kidlit creators? If you do want #kidlitzombieweek to happen, please let me know in the comments if you're willing to help organize, write blog … Continue reading Kidlit Zombie Week 2025?
Hi all, Just popping in to share that all winners in the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest 2025 have been connected to their donor. If you haven't heard back, please let us know, and congrats again! Huge congrats to all the winners, honorable mentions, and also all participants. It takes a ton of gumption to put … Continue reading Spring Fling Kidlit Contest WINNERS- Connected
Happy May, everyone! I hope you're doing well. After TONS of deliberations, Ciara and I finally selected the top stories for the 2025 Spring Fling Kidlit contest. To check out all the winners, honorable mentions, and to get your participant badge, check out Ciara's post: https://ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling-kidlit-contest/announcing-the-winners-of-2025 Wishing you a wonderful end of the school year! … Continue reading Spring Fling Kidlit Contest WINNERS
Can you believe there were 170 entries to the #SpringFlingKidlit Contest this year?! Make sure to support each other and the prize donors, more info in the link.
The spring fling kidlit contest is officially open to submit your entry!
Hi all, I hope you're getting all excited for spring like I am! As many of you know, this time of regrowth and renewal is my favorite time of the year (one of my students recently pointed out that it may be because my birthday is in spring...I think he's right!). With that in mind, … Continue reading Spread the word – the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest is almost here!
Hi all, I'm so excited to share what you've all been waiting for! Thank you for your great responses to my posts about my favorite books from 2024, which can be found here and here. There was an overwhelming request to hear about my daughter's favorite books too! Luckily, after a bit of convincing, Kiara … Continue reading Kiara’s Fave Early Readers, Chapter Books, Graphic Novels, and Middle Grade Novels of 2024
Hey everyone, Thank you so much for your great response to my post about my favorite novels from 2024. If you haven't read it yet, feel free to check it out here: my favorite novels from 2024. Books are just the best, and as you all know, my favorite books are picture books, with their … Continue reading Kaitlyn Sanchez’s Favorite Picture Books From 2024
Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well and 2025 is off to a great start for you! I can tell you that I'm definitely hoping it's better than 2024. Don't get me wrong, there were definitely some ups, but as always, there were some downs, too. Some ups were: I was named the G.O.A.T math … Continue reading Kaitlyn Sanchez’s Favorite Novels and Graphic Novels from 2024
Dear Readers, I'm delighted to share that our second post for Kidlit Zombie Week is by the wonderfully talented Diana Murray! For those of you who don't know Kidlit Zombie Week is our fun, free revision week where we all work together to find ways to edit our once-dead manuscript, possibly win great prizes, and … Continue reading Kidlit Zombie Week 2024 Day 2: Try a Major Metrical Overhaul with Diana Murray
Hi Everyone, It's been so long since I've posted as I've been on a blog hiatus for quite some time, but I'm delighted to break that with this brilliant #KidlitZombieWeek post by DK Ryland. Find out all about this fantastic, free kidlit event with great prizes here, and I hope you join in the fun! … Continue reading Kidlit Zombie Week 2024 Day 1: Dissecting Comp Titles to Bring Your Dead Manuscript to Life by DK Ryland
Dear Fall Writing Frenzy Friends, Wow, wow, wow! Thank you all so much for making the 5th year of the Fall Writing Frenzy Contest absolutely wonderful! It sure was tough for our wonderful guest judges Ameerah Holliday, Ebony Mudd, and I to decide on the winners. I know it sounds cliche, but cliches exist for … Continue reading 2023 WINNERS of the Fall Writing Frenzy
Official entry form for 2023's Fall Writing Frenzy!
Dear Kidlit and Fall Writing Frenzy friends, With ONE MORE DAY until the entry form for the 2023 #FallWritingFrenzy is open, we have a HUGE surprise in store! For all of you amazing rhymers, we have a treat better than a Halloween bag full of candy because the one, the only, the Queen of Rhyme … Continue reading Fall Writing Frenzy SURPRISE Prize Donor
Dear Kidlit Community, Now that it's officially fall, it's the time you've all been waiting for! The official announcement of all of the wonderful, generous, AMAZING prize donors for the Kidlit Fall Writing Frenzy 2023! Please share this post and share on social media how you're supporting our generous donors for their donation and tag … Continue reading 2023 Fall Writing Frenzy PRIZE Donors!
Dear Kidlit Community, With two weeks left to get your Fall Writing Frenzy pieces all set to submit, I'm over-the-moon delighted to share about our donors and guest judges! To start off, we are beyond lucky to have my best agent friend, the wonderful: Ameerah Holliday as our first guest judge! Annnd, since we don't … Continue reading 2023 Fall Writing Frenzy Guest Judges!
Dear Kidlit Community, After last year’s successful 4th edition, the Fall Writing Frenzy contest is back! (Unfortunately, as some of you already know, we’ll be without our wonderful co-host, Lydia Lukidis, this year, but we still have a great event in store for you!) A bit about the Fall Writing Frenzy The Kidlit Fall Writing … Continue reading Fall Writing Frenzy 2023 RULES, Images, and Information
Two big events coming soon: aworkshop and a free contest!
Hi Wonderful Readers, I'm beyond stoked to feature my personal writing hero and incredible mentor today for our Kidlit Zombie Week post, the master rhymer and mermaid extraordinaire: Diana Murray! If you haven't heard about Kidlit Zombie Week - a week of collaboration, connection, and revision, check it out here. Without further ado, I hope … Continue reading How To Revise (and Rhyme) Like a Mermaid – Guest Post for Kidlit Zombie Week with Diana Murray
Hi Wonderful Readers, I hope you're already enjoying Kidlit Zombie Week - a week of collaboration, connection, and revision - because today we have another fantastic treat to inspire you! One of my amazing clients, who can make any STEAM subject lyrical, the amazing Laura K. Zimmermann! Once you're done reading this inspiring post about … Continue reading Recycling Research and Words – Kidlit Zombie Week Guest Post by Laura K. Zimmermann
Hi Wonderful Readers, I'm so delighted to feature one of my best writing friends today for our Kidlit Zombie Week post, the brilliant and ever-kind Ana Siqueira! If you haven't heard about Kidlit Zombie Week - a week of collaboration, connection, and revision, check out here. Without further ado, I hope you enjoy this enlightening … Continue reading What to Cut and What to Add – Finding and Keeping the Must-Haves – Kidlit Zombie Week Guest Post by Ana Siqueira
Reposting from Lydia's blog! Hello kidlit people!! Kaitlyn and I are so excited to announce that our Fall Writing Frenzy contest is up and running for 2022! We have a new guest judge, and a slew of talented donors who are all professionals in the industry. Click here to see the rules and criteria: https://lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingfrenzy-2022-rules/ … Continue reading The 2022 Fall Writing Frenzy Contest is on!!
Hi Math is Everywhere Readers, Surprise! We have one final blog post before I officially go on hiatus, and I hope you’re all as excited as I am because it’s the talented, the wonderful, the incredibly kind Pat Zietlow Miller here to talk about one of her newest picture books, which is wonderfully heartfelt and … Continue reading Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with Pat Zietlow Miller about SEE YOU SOMEDAY SOON, illustrated by Suzy Lee
Hi Math is Everywhere Readers, I'm so delighted to share about one of my favorite books in 2022, and as you'll see below, it's such a bittersweet post as my last post before my blog hiatus. Please welcome Shannon Stocker, author of LISTEN: How One Deaf Girl Changed Percussion, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth. Description of … Continue reading Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with Shannon Stocker, author of LISTEN: How One Deaf Girl Changed Percussion, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez 