Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
@miriamknowak.bsky.social @miriamknowak.bsky.social Pre-pub PB writer. Querying. Goal: write publishable, fun books that help children feel valued and understood. Jesus follower, wife, mom, grandma. I like to clean, watch birds and horses, and play with kids. SCBWI, CBI, Inked Voices, Lyrical Language Lab.
Amy Leskowski @amyleskowski.bsky.social Rep'd by Keely Boeving. PB writer, #scbwi, #12x12, copyeditor, dog mom, mom of 3, actor, instructional designer, baseball fan, soccer mom, baseball mom, Red Sox Nation, rhymer, pickleball player, cake decorator
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Great Novel Reads @greatnovels.bsky.social Fiction-only book discovery platform.
Authors: List your novel.
Readers: Explore stories worth reading.
No noise. Just novels.
👉 greatnovelreads.com
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
B.C. Byron @bcbyron.bsky.social I write poems and draw pictures, and some people like them
Avishek ghosh @avishekcolours.bsky.social 
ReadiLN – Discover & Share Books @readiln.com 📚 Where Readers & Authors Connect!
Discover new books. Share reviews. Connect with authors
🔗 ReadiLN.com
Readers: Explore indie gems & bestsellers.
Authors: Promote books, get reviews & grow your audience.
Join our community of book lovers & storytellers
Dammit Doug Smith @dammitdougsmith.bsky.social Retired Curmudgeon at Large. Ne’er do well of questionable morals. Proud purveyor of unmitigated tommyrot. Prone to exaggeration and totally unnecessary embellishment.
Ray Douglas @mrraydouglas.bsky.social Children's author, poet and illustrator based in north west England. Books available on Amazon or direct from me. Fun, interactive and productive author visits to primary schools. See www.raydouglaspoet.co.uk
Minister Denzil Carnegie @lloydmill.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 Faith Family Outreach Ministry focuses on sharing the good news of salvation to all nations Jesus Christ teaching on repentance and forgiveness of sins to all nations Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 ♥️ ❤️ 💙
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Linnea Heaney @writerlinnea.bsky.social SCBWI PAL writer, artist, photographer, wanderer, rockhound, tea time advocate, gardener/editor of lines, flowers, weeds, words. Will BLOCK if NOT connected to children's literature. 📎
The Pentaxian @the-pentaxian.bsky.social Amateur photographer and general ne'er-do-well.
All photos are my own, no sense in blaming someone else.
Lee Ballard @leeballardbooks.bsky.social Novice Writer of Chapter Book Series, Experienced Grandmother, Almost Graduate of SNHU, Gladly Retired, Shivering Chicago Resident, Extreme Novice Website Developer (mine only), Longtime lover of life!
www.LeeBallardBooks.com
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
Slasher Film | Horror Movie @slasherfilm2024.bsky.social WATCH THE TEASER TRAILER NOW on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ebbrwb6f (Warning: 18+)
Movie coming soon. Calling all #HORROR fans.
#horrorcommunity
Ottawa, ON, Canada 🇨🇦
Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/yf2e6vr8
FB page: https://tinyurl.com/mwwrf68e
Walton @jameswalton2626.bsky.social I Love myself and my daughter forever
Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.
Kids.Radio @kidsdotradio.bsky.social Studies show kids thrive with media designed for their growth and well-being. That’s why Kids.Radio/app offers kid friendly music, podcasts, audiobooks, jokes, prizes and more, all free from harmful algorithms. With Kids.Radio, they can have control.
lisamsmall @gitanagal.bsky.social Fairy dog mother, cat/hat lady, garden gal, book lover, foodie fan, wine wiz, astro adventurer, magical Mimi, pickle baller, punny wife, jeep jockey & antifa wine mom gang ho 🌊NO DMs
The Solitary Daisy 🌼 @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social A fortnightly journal of haiku. Co-editors Sally Quon and Michele Rule. thesolitarydaisy.ca
Anime Ascension @timothydale-13.bsky.social Professional writer/author/anime fanatic
Timothy-Dale.com and AnimeAscension.com
Kemi (she / her) @bokemian.bsky.social The Brat of BlueSky: photography / poetry / horror. Love punk, baseball, pizza, & pups. Easily lured into the back of a panel van with an urbex adventure.
#WolfPack #EastCoastKin
https://www.patreon.com/BokemianPoetry?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Brisket @brisketgear.bsky.social 22 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Jane Heitman Healy @janemhealy7916.bsky.social Writer, poet, kidlit, SCBWI, librarian, teacher
Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social Publishing stuff for kidz, parents, grandparents, teachers and anyone who likes a rhyme and a smile.
https://raggedrascal.blogspot.com/
#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters
Madeleine Begun Kane @madkane.bsky.social #Humor #Writer, #Political #Poet: #Limericks, #Haiku, #Rhyme
Limerick-Off Host, Robert Benchley Society Humor Award Winner,
Retired #Lawyer & #Musician, based in #NYC. #Leguminati
#OG #Blogger & still at it here: http://www.madkane.com/
Steve Ullom @jotter111.bsky.social Author in the Pacific Northwest, living with a dog and a spouse. Haiku, short stories, novels.
More at SteveUllom.com
Kate Lynch🦋 @writermom62.bsky.social Children’s book writer PB/MG/YA ❇️Founder of Seaside Scribes/SCBWI, ❇️One Book at a Time/FB❇️SCBWI/12x12/Inked Voices 📖my work ➡️ katelynchbooks.com
Rhiannon Oliver @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social Children's Poet, Actress & Workshop Leader. South Wales. Dysgu Cymraeg.
Debut children's poetry collection publishing Spring 26 with Firefly Press
Happiest eating chips by the sea
@workington.bsky.social @workington.bsky.social Code, cats, and coffee – that’s how I roll. Developer by night, cat lover by day, and always debugging life one line at a time! 🐱
L. M. Shayle @skittishr.bsky.social #Author #artist #poet I go wherever inspiration takes me. Health & anxiety hold me back, ambitions keep me going. https://linktr.ee/lmshayle
Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social Author of quirky YA books. Coffee lover. Proud mom.
Laura Polasek @polaseklj.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying
CANSCAIP PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24 | Halloweensie HM '25
Travel Dreams | Wanderlust Daily 🌞🌴 @traveldream.bsky.social Hi, I'm Alex. Sharing more than beaches, sunsets, and beautiful towns.
It's finding yourself, finding the world, and exploring the beauty of our world.
Kate Hendrickson @khendrickson02.bsky.social 
Tenderhearted Teacher @sallymacsam.bsky.social Special education preschool teacher, mom of 2 littles and a rescue dog, ECE blogger, and aspiring PB writer
www.tenderheartedteacher.com
IG: @tenderheartedteacher
#scbwi #12x12challenge #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity #preschool #earlychildhood
Sam Peil 🧟😈🤡 @sampeil.bsky.social writer. teacher. mother. #amquerying zombies #amwriting horroromance 😈 🌊
♾️ she/her/hers. #landback #blacklivesmatter #freepalestine
Richard Daub @richarddaub.com Writer. Musician.
richarddaub.com
TMilton @rumpledwriter.bsky.social Poet, querying novelist and one time songwriter who has spent the last 25 years honing his storytelling skills out on a rock in the water.
We are only each other, but no DMs all the same
Oh yeah, all words and photos by T Milton © 2026 unless I say other
Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH (Holiday House).
LIKE THAT ELEANOR (Cardinal Rule Press).
#KIDLIT author/illustrator. Comics geek. Trekkie. Squirrel Girl enthusiast. “Endearingly sarcastic.”
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
Www.Authorkellymangan.com
#NoAIArt
Hartt@swansea5 @swansea5.bsky.social A Canadian who enjoys watching tennis, reading books & cooking. Love kitties & have discovered writing & reading haiku & senryu. Am trying Wordle, Connections, & Spelling Bee each day.
Kathryn LeRoy @kathrynleroy.bsky.social Writer. Photographer. Learner.
Believer in hope,
the strength of the human spirit,
and always, possibility.
Be kind. Be brave. Be you.
#SCBWI #12x12PB
Laura Rest @laurarest.bsky.social Hello! I am a 2nd grade New York City teacher in the Bronx at a title 1 school. #clearthelist
PLEASE NO 🚫DM’s.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/29Z28X5BQ76PC?ref_=wl_share
Rosina O @techysaavy.bsky.social 4th grade elementary school teacher, Love to infuse technology into all content areas
amazon wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1N3JE2JK2W233?ref_=wl_share
Donorschoose https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2384640?cachebust=1686403806437&u
Kaz_the_Kumquat @odragonku.bsky.social 🇬🇧 ♠️ An oft' anxious yet optimistic nihilist, eclectic dyscalculic and ND nerd
🍊🐲
Poetry Dabbler: 3Lines/Tanka/Ekphrasis
🖋️📖🍿🎮🎧🎭
Ailuro-Biblio-Historio-Logo-Melo and Mythophile
✨💀
My posts: https://tinyurl.com/4xhe3r4x
☕ https://ko-fi.com/kumquat90 ☕
Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.social Best-selling author, film critic, and screenwriter. Award-winning scripts: Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, Mary Reid, and La Famiglia. I love movies and my two golden retrievers.
www.FrankGaimari.com
www.FranksFilmReview.com
Erik @charliemcmoo.bsky.social I still write. I still art. I still adventure...
I just do it over here, now
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Cruz Villarreal @oldvato.bsky.social Poet, non-fiction writer, proud Chicano, Latino, if it speaks Spanish I dig it
Emma Clarke @emmaclarkeillo.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of picture books. Teacher. Daydream believer. Country mumpkin lusting after adventure. Rep @MillievnGrutten
Stephanie Henson @stephlupohenson.bsky.social Award Winning Writer: PB, Middle Grade, Children’s Poetry, Verse, YA . "No School, My Rules!" Tielmour Press 2024, "Tall as the Sun" Watchful Wizard Publishing 2026, SCBWI Scholarship Winner, Rep: Katie Monson SBR Media
Char Jones @literaryredhead.bsky.social Soulful Memoirist ~ Top-Tier Beta Reader & Book Reviewer ~ Author Strategist ~ 2,500 Reviews.
Hollie Wolverton @holliewolverton.bsky.social Picture book author of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (7/18/27). Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI #12x12
Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social Picture Book Writer
(TINY HIKER- Orca Book Publishers 2026)
Nature Adventurer
Outdoor Educator
Teacher
https://linktr.ee/natashazimmers
Steve Griffiths @writersteve.bsky.social Writer, editor, lover, eejit.
Freelance Editor at EARLY MORNING EDITS.
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social 💻 Editor. CIEP professional member.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
Norene Paulson @nrpaulson.bsky.social I love words! Picture book author. Animal lover. NILA'S PERFECT COAT (Beaming Books, '23)📚WHAT'S SILLY HAIR DAY WITH NO HAIR? (Albert Whitman, '21) 📚 BENNY'S TRUE COLORS, (Imprint/Macmillan, '20) Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. She/her
www.norenepaulson.com
Julie Murphy, Children's Author @juliekidsbooks.bsky.social Aussie author of 20+ picture/info books, incl. DOG BEACH (NLA, 2024), CHEER UP, BLOBFISH! (Affirm, 2024) & ODD BODS (Lerner, 2021). Fmr. zoologist and zookeeper. She/her. #STEM #animals #nature. https://linktr.ee/juliemurphybooks
@ravenhowell.bsky.social @ravenhowell.bsky.social 
Jo Hackl @johackl.bsky.social Award-winning author, lawyer & outdoor enthusiast. Free resources: https://johackl.com, and https://outdoorosity.com
haikuformykids @haikuformykids.bsky.social haiku for my kids /
seventeen syllables to /
tell them everything /
all poems and photos by @WriterNatSwift.bsky.social (and his kids)
s.e.cottrill @secottrill.bsky.social Picture book Author/ Illustrator. Graphic Designer/Art Director by day. #SCBWI #12x12PB #mightykidlit #KidLit #authorillustrator www.secottrill.com
Brian Borncamp @zubaplants.bsky.social www.zubaplants.com - Native Plants and More - Buffalo, NY
Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
FRASER & HENRY GROW A FRIEND, May 25,2027
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Finsterhund @finsterhundesq.bsky.social Dr. Finneus F Finsterhund Esq. Attorney at Doglaw, Noted Author, Advisor to the Lovelorn❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
My mother is an Old Goat🐐 -mind the shoe launcher 👀 👟👠👢👞👡
(50s, counselor, educator, published poet, editor)
#Memes #humor #dogs #poetry #support
Brian Gene Olson @bgowriter.bsky.social #Kidlit #poet from the PNW. Words in LADYBUG, BABYBUG, THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS HELLO. #SCBWI. #80s kid. Member of The Poets' Garage.
http://briangeneolson.weebly.com
https://willowcroft.blog/2021/04/09/five-things-friday-mini-interview-with-author
@picturebookbc.bsky.social @picturebookbc.bsky.social 
Kathleen @artheals.bsky.social Art therapist, nature lover, educator, yoga practitioner, loves hiking, dogs (okay, all animals), art, and holistic living. Capturing life's moments in the Midwest (and beyond). All photos are my own unless stated otherwise.
Kay Medway @kaymedway.bsky.social I’m a library assistant and poet with work published in The Dirigible Balloon, Disabled Tales, Dreambeast Poems, and featured on Brian Moses’s blog. My poems are forthcoming in Scaryness Express.
Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social Former Children's Librarian💗 | Big Dreamer | Lover of picture books, the KidLit world, libraries, community, & fart books | Haiku Writer
Website: www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com
KidLit Acrostics flipbook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/fe5beff236.htm
Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
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
HaikuHedgehog @haikuhedgehog.bsky.social prefers the deep woods
small, occasionally prickly
creature of few words
#haiku #tanka #senryu #haibun #haiga
https://haikuhedgehog.wordpress.com/
Josie De Falco @josiedefalco.bsky.social Children’s Poet | West Yorkshire, UK | Poems Published in Little Thoughts Press, Parakeet Magazine, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy , Tyger Tyger Magazine and a Nature Anthology: Picture Perfect Poetry.
Bri Lawyer @brilawyer.bsky.social Picture book author repped by Jen Newens 📚
Book deal announcement coming soon!
Poems in Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press, & The Toy magazines
PBAA critique coach
Peak Team Critiques
Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
Andrew Hacket @andrewchacket.bsky.social Picture book author & elementary educator
Up next:
IN THIS CLASSROOM (Spring 2026)
SQUIRREL & TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS (Fall 2027)
https://t.co/YSBfW8Jq3
Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/