PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder.
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Adam Ming @adamming.bsky.social ✏️Award-winning illustrator sharing daily prompts to transform your creative life. Helping artist shift from struggling to thriving.
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Katie Stack | Illustration @katiestack.bsky.social 👩🏻🎨 kid book illustrator
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📍Boston
katiestackillustrates.com
Tiffany Harvey @tiffanyharveyart.bsky.social Mom - Artist - Minecraft/video games - Sci-fi/fantasy - Near Atl, Ga
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Maria Kim @mkimwrites.bsky.social ✨Biracial Mexican-American Kidlit Writer
✨HS ELA Teacher/Librarian
✨PBParty '25 & '26 finalist🩷
✨Rep'd by Sandra Proudman at Galt and Zacker
RIVERS.JOHNSON @rivers30.bsky.social Illustrator looking for an agent. Open for commissions.
Rivers.illustrations@gmail.com
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection)
@SCBWIRockyMtn member
#kidlitartinstructor at @cuddlefishacademy
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose at Marsal Lyon Literary
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Make Art That Sells @makeartthatsells.bsky.social Outstanding online art + illustration courses from top art agent + illustrator Lilla Rogers. 30k+ students in over 100 countries. #MakeArtThatSells
Online art courses to boost your portfolio 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-art-courses/
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at Pratt (Typography) & CCNY (Critical Writing). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Bity Booker @bitybooker.bsky.social Out-of-time Alt-Folk Musician (𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔱 & 𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫)
My ALBUM 'There's No Song About a Stone' out now 🌹💙🪨
https://www.bitybooker.com/album.html
Jannie Ho @jannieho.bsky.social illustrator / author / Cartoonist
📚Pumpkin and Beetle (July 2025)
The Lost Mitten, Fry Guys
www.chickengirldesign.com
@penguinbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social 
@penguinclassics.bsky.social @penguinclassics.bsky.social 
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Joy Steuerwald @joystewy.bsky.social Published author/illustrator, mom, nature lover, vegan, science believer, dog fosterer. joystewy.com
Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator / Surface Designer
Obsessed with color & inspired by nature
Represented by James McGowan at BookEnds Literary Agency
bio.site/angelamatteson
Albert Arrayás 🌻 @albertarrayas.bsky.social ✏️Illustrator & Author of Children’s Books
🐓🐩🦙 animal-lover💕
🌷Proudly represented by @advocateart
💌 albertarrayas@gmail.com
Rocky Mountain Chapter of the SCBWI (RMC-SCBWI) @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social https://www.scbwi.org/regions/rmc
Conference link tree: https://linktr.ee/rmcscbwi
Marci Chorpash @mchorpash.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator
Hand Lettering
Surface Designer
www.marcichorpash.com/childrens.html
Audrey Suau @audreysuau.bsky.social PB Author & illustrator 🇫🇷
REVE DE MEDAILLE, MARIE PANTALON, L’ABECEDAIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE…
| she-her | #PB Party 22 &24 illustration showcase HM | Kidlit411 illustration contest’ 22 finalist | #12X12 |
💌audreysuau@gmail.com
📚https://linktree.ee/audreysuau
Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND
www.melissagardnerart.com
Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social
@galltzacker.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
artistkierstan @artistkierstan.bsky.social Illustrator, freelancer, sufferer of existential dread, dog-lover, she/her, bracing for the apocalypse, bright-side finder
Mackinzie Rekers @mackinzierekers.bsky.social ✨Illustrator/author
✨Asst Regional Advisor-SCBWI Iowa
✨Clients: Scholastic, Hachette, PRH, Kind World
ellen seal ✨ kidlit @byellenseal.bsky.social Author/Illustrator creating books that spark curiosity in all the little dreamers & weirdos
✨ Find my work at ellenseal.com
✨ Represented by Karly Dizon of Fuse Literary 
Angie @ninjafoo.bsky.social Texas girl living in Michigan. Educator, children’s book illustrator, surface pattern designer, lover of travel and new and interesting ideas. 💙🌊
Martina Stuhlberger @lamartinaart.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, picture book lover
Clients: HarperCollins, NorthSouth Books/NordSüd, Lantana Publishing, Affirm Press
Rep‘d by the Bright Agency ☀️
martinastuhlberger.com
Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle on Insta
🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
Kidlit- Nicole Tugeau @the_t2_agency.bsky.social
Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
Pamela Yeung @pamelooart.bsky.social 🇺🇲🇧🇷 Chinese-American artist living in Brazil.
Lover of hedgehogs.
Represented by The Bright Agency
https://pamelooart.com/
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Sep 24, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sep topic - Back To School
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Cate Haynes @catehaynes.bsky.social UK writer rep by Becky Bagnell @lindsaylit.bsky.social , magical/fantasy MG, YA romantasy, loves folklore and cake @WriteMentor CNA winner 2023, @writingawards SL ‘22, speech therapist, ADHD-er, Mum, 1st class cat butler, 2nd class archer
Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social Kidlit Artist 🎨
amandamorrowart.com
Rep’d by the Bright Agency
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social Author, illustrator & nature photographer.
#SCBWI | #12x12PB | #PBChat '21 mentee
Rep'd by Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency
Jen Gubicza (rhymes with pizza) @jengubicza.bsky.social Picture book author & illustrator rep’d by Kait Feldmann at KT Literary
Working in 3D stop-motion puppetry & 2D digital. Portfolio: jengubicza.com
Designer & maker of stuffed animal faux taxidermy (no actual animals harmed in the making) Zooguu.com
Damjana Loddelina | illustration @loddelina.bsky.social ✏️ picture book author/illustrator, based in France. scbwi, illoguild member. Rep'ed by Erzsi Deàk @ Hen&ink Literary
📂 Loddelina.com/links
🍋 loddelina.substack.com
Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social Author/Illustrator, Toy Designer, Mom, Artist, Rock Collector, Book sniffer | Illustrator of the Archie and Pip series | She/Her | Represented by @AdriaGoetz @KTLiterary
https://bio.site/MariRichards
Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group working with Balzer + Bray, Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt BYR, FSG BYR, Roaring Brook Press, Swoon & Squarefish. She/Her
ngoziu @ngoziu.com NYT bestselling graphic novelist. DC Comics, The New Yorker. │rep'd by @chelseberly, business q's @grohac
ngoziu.com
Gosh! Comics @goshcomics.bsky.social A mean little comic shop in the heart of London.
1 Berwick Street, London, United Kingdom W1F ODR
https://linktr.ee/goshcomics
Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social Award-winning children's books
📚 Stories for kids, also in ebook and audiobook
🐦 Find us at nosycrow.com or linktr.ee/nosy_crow
Katie Mazeika @kdmaz.bsky.social author/illustrator of
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Beach Lane 2025)
BEULAH HAS A HUNCH! (Beach Lane 2023)
ANNETTE FEELS FREE (Beach Lane 2022)
#ND #Disabled |
https://linktr.ee/KatieMazeika
www.katiemazeika.com
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links
✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
Jo Lindley @jolindley.bsky.social Illustrator & Author | rep'd by The Plum Agency
(The artist formerly known as Archistrator)
jolindley.com
Nancy Salus Illustration @nancy-salus.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, and picture book lover 💜 Love history, whales🐳 and art supplies🎨
She/her
#82733-Frosty-autumn-morning
Maria Over . illustrator . artist @mariaover.bsky.social Author-illustrator and licensing artist. Inspired by birds, florals and observing nature. Hand painted watercolors.
www.mariaover.com
Jennifer Jamieson @jenjamieson.bsky.social Children's illustration.
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2 cats
3 toads
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