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
#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?
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!
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
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
Hi Math is Everyone and Fall Writing Frenzy Friends, This is the sixth week of analyzing the Fall Writing Frenzy winners’ work from 2020! Thanks for sticking with us and doing some amazing learning and growing together! To check out the week 5 analysis, go here! I missed posting last week but I'm so excited to … Continue reading Analysis Fall Writing Frenzy 2020, Week 6
Hi Math is Everyone and Fall Writing Frenzy Friends, Happy Veterans Day! I hope you get a chance to honor the veterans in your life, those who have passed away, and their friends and family who have also sacrificed. Sending a big thank you to all how have or are currently serving! This is the … Continue reading Analysis Week 1 Fall Writing Frenzy 2020
Hi Fall Writing Frenzy Friends, Everyone is a winner. I’m sure now that the “winners” have been announced, some people are elated, some people are sad, some people are sad for themselves but elated for others, some people are somewhere in between, but I think we ALL have a chance to learn and grow even … Continue reading Fall Writing Frenzy Call to Action
Hello Fall Writing Frenzy friends, Can you believe the winners will be announced tomorrow?!? Neither can we! But before we announce them, we have one last thing we'd like to share. Our main goal for the fall writing frenzy is to help writers grow in their craft, and we did so much of that this … Continue reading Fall Writing Frenzy Update
Hi Fall Writing Frenzy friends, Those of you who already know me know that I love learning, growing, and including everyone (my family has always been "the more the merrier" kind of people!) My wonderful friend Koloud looked through the Fall Writing Frenzy pictures and realized some representation for this season was missing. Thank you … Continue reading Update on the Fall Writing Frenzy – A New Photo Added
Hi Fall Writing Frenzy Friends, First of all, thank you all so much for being a part of our 2nd year of the Fall Writing Frenzy! If you were with us last year, I sure hope you had as much of a blast as I did than that you have just as much fun this … Continue reading Guide to the #FallWritingFrenzy Twitter Chat 2020
Hi Spring Fling Kidlit Participants, In true kidlit fashion, Ciara and I have a last-minute surprise for you! Our deliberations have been intense, and we just couldn’t stop at 19 prizes. Lucky for us, the amazingly generous Ellen Leventhal stepped up and is offering a picture book critique. Please make sure to show her all … Continue reading Spring Fling Kidlit SURPRISE!
Hi Spring Fling Kidlit Participants, Ciara and I are really enjoying all your phenomenal stories, thank you so much for sharing them with us and connecting with each other! If you want some extra fun while we read through the entries, we're having Craft Chats, Writing Exercises, and Prize Donor Trivia on Twitter under the … Continue reading Spring Fling Kidlit Update Twitter Chats
Hi Math is Everwhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Contest Hopefuls, To check out where you’re submitting your gif-inspired kidlit story of 150 words or less, go here: https://ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling-kidlit-contest Just when you thought we were done, we have a surprise for you! We have one extra prize donor!!! To find out about the other prize … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Karly Caserza, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020
Hi Math is Everwhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Contest Hopefuls, To check out where you’re submitting your gif-inspired kidlit story of 150 words or less, go here: https://ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling-kidlit-contest Today we have our eigthteenth prize donor in our Prize Donor Feature Series. She's a rockin', new Literary Associate at Olswanger Liteary and one of my … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Andrea Walker, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020
Tara is offering a picture book critique.
Charlene is donating a picture book or first chapter of a graphic novel dummy critique.
Renee is donating a Lyrical Language Lab Intensive Rhyme & Meter Self-Study Course
This self-paced course helps you build a strong foundation in the mechanics of rhyming picture books and poetry.
Hey Friends, Can you believe Spring Fling Kidlit is almost here?!? Hop on over to Ciara's Blog to see where you'll be submitting your story! (the rules are there too): https://ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling-kidlit-contest/spring-fling-entries Check out all the Prize Donor Features (still more to come): https://mathiseverywhere439319476.wordpress.com/category/prize-donor-feature-series-spring-fling-kidlit-2020/ Join us tomorrow (April 1st at 6pm PST/ 8 pm CST/ 9 … Continue reading Spring Fling Kidlit is ONE WEEK away!
Hi Math is Everywhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Contest Hopefuls, If you haven't heard of Spring Fling Kidlit, or need a refresher on the contest is, check out all the info here: https://sites.google.com/view/springflingwritingcontest/main Today we have our fourteenth prize donor in our Prize Donor Feature Series. She is one of the most passionate, generous, … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Amanda Jackson, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020
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