Registration for the SCBWI 2024 New York Conference opens TODAY, @ 10am PST ! 🎉 (and a round of applause for Peili Huang for making our incredible conference art peiliart.com) scbwi.org/events/scbwi-i… #scbwiNY24

Indigenous Reads Rising of We Need Diverse Books provides resources for Native writers and illustrators of children's books who are interested in honing their craft and applying for grants and mentorships. Learn more: buff.ly/3VnjD8y

So, so grateful to receive a “Writing Through Trauma to Empower” Scholarship. My greatest desire is for my work to extend hope and healing. Thank you Jane Houng Rebecca Dykes❤️, The Highlights Foundation Padma Venkatraman #TheBridgeHome #BornBehindBars Bethany Walker A.S. King ☂️ Updates Only Heather Demetrios doesn't live here 🐝 #kidlit

🦈 Shark princesses Kitana and Mack are back, just in time to attend the ocean’s first Surfin’ Sharks competition! Check out SURFIN’ SHARKS an early reader comic by @nidhiart! ➡️ bit.ly/43ligcy

Happy National Poetry Month! #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #versenovels #Cubabooks #CubanAmericanAuthor #MargaritaEngleBooks #GabiDalessandroArt Simon Teen Diverse Verse #DiverseDreamers

Happy National Poetry Month! Simon Kids #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth Diverse Verse #Cubabooks #CubanAmericanAuthor #MargaritaEngleBooks #PictureBooks #OliviaSua #JohnParra

Fellowship opportunity! Cave Canem 2024 Retreat will be held June 9 to June 16, 2024, at the University of Pittsburgh | Greensburg. Black poets of African descent, ages 21 and over, are eligible to apply. Learn more: buff.ly/3TXCeXw

@1stPeopleFunds directly supports Native artists to advance their development as entrepreneurs and agents of change. Learn more about their coaching, national research, community development programs, and financial grants to Indigenous artists: buff.ly/4aECctc

This September, Roots. Wounds. Words.: A Literary Arts Revolution Autumn Writers’ Retreat for Storytellers of Color hosts a sacred space wherein BIPOC storytellers are immersed in liberation while receiving literary arts instruction offered by award-winning BIPOC writers. Apply by 4/21: buff.ly/3xBiIY4

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I’m so excited to share that my new picture book from Random House Children's Books, MY LOST FREEDOM is officially here! It’s a true story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II. I looked back at my own memories to help children today understand what

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Soon to come The Highlights Foundation Lesléa Newman Anna-Marie McLemore ✨ SELF-MADE BOYS out now #RobCostello #RobSanders highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/writi… highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/writi…

Congrats randyprestonwrites : WHAT’S THAT NOISE? to be illustrated by Ebony Glenn, Nancy Paulsen Penguin Kids —as seen in PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky ⭐️📚⭐️Fall 2026.

Children's books about Asian immigrant families, via PragmaticMom buff.ly/3LYnZxF #ReadYourWorld #kidlit

A real-life Bambi and Thumper.. 😊

👥👋 Join the first gathering of our Intergenerational Learning and Healing Series! Author Joseph Han and psychologist and shaman Helena Choi Soholm will share on healing intergenerational trauma, legacies of U.S. imperialism, and the ongoing war in Korea. shorturl.at/csVyd

✌️Join our 2nd Intergenerational Healing and Learning gathering, where our speakers will discuss the process of blending grassroots community organizing with ritual, performance, and song in order to transform and counter state violence and warmaking! bit.ly/unbindkpn

✌️Join us at our nat'l meeting this Thursday 6/13 at 8pm ET/5pm PT! We’ll continue with the final part of our New Member Orientation, featuring a Q&A session/open discussion to empower newcomers + longtime activists to speak up for Peace in Korea. bit.ly/junekpngn

For a Reunited Korea. 🇰🇷🇰🇵 Please join me in raising money for Women Cross DMZ! via Givebutter givebutter.com/WomenCrossDMZ #peace #korea #han