Kallie Stenman @kalliestenman.bsky.social Children’s book writer & illustrator, kidlit enthusiast, designer & artist.
Protecting and promoting creativity and human empathy through 100% human-made art and story text for children’s books!
SCBWI & 12x12
Sarah A @sarahleeab.bsky.social Proudly Minneapolis born. Chapel Hill NC, Passionate advocate for the needs of twice-exceptional students. MA UNC-CH Folklore.
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
🌟posts by teacher Ruth and translator Sarah
Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 209K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social Letterer - Image, Discworld, Black Mirror, Titan, Dark Horse, Mad Cave, Penguin, Harper Collins, Scholastic, Humanoids & more. ADHD-er.
Writer - WOTW: Thunder Child out now!
He/Him.
AVI by Gabriele Barsotti
🔗's: https://linktr.ee/robjonesletters
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Andie Powers @andiepowers.bsky.social Writer of books for kids and former kids
⭐️ WILD MOON ‘25 🌔🌕🌔
⭐️ I AM QUIET @Goodreads Choice Award Winner ‘22
I AM BOLD ‘24 #Picturebooksareart!
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Robin Brett Wechsler @robinbwechsler.bsky.social Children's author, freelance editor/writer. Avid reader, walker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder, ice cream eater, ‘80s music listener. Cat lady.
12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member
Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader
2025 PB Rising Stars HM
Natasha Rimmington @natasharimmington.bsky.social 🖌Childrens Book Illustrator 🖌 Rep'd by The Bright Agency.
Loves bears, binturongs and all fuzzy animals. Here to support artists 🫶
https://www.natasharimmington.com/
Arkansas Right to Read @arrighttoread.bsky.social Educating the public and opposing any current or future attempts to unconstitutionally infringe upon your right to read and access information.
https://www.arrighttoread.org/
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
@doom2306.bsky.social @doom2306.bsky.social 
Wendy Davis @daydreamerdavis.bsky.social 🏆Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2026
👻 MG writer of horror & fantasy #KidLitUK
📚 Book lover
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🍫 Chocolate fiend
Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social Writer, Human, Author, Friend.
Simple Mischief Studio @simplemischief.bsky.social A creative studio with a soft spot for puppets.
Jessica Rusinowski | PB Writer @jrusinowski.bsky.social PB writer & K–8 art teacher 🎨 Writing stories with humor, heart & creativity—often inspired by the wonderfully messy world of kids. Former Disney & Universal scenic artist. SCBWI. #KidLit #AmQuerying
Orange @orangepapers.bsky.social Old hippie, Veteran, former Air Force brat, computer programmer, electronics tech, author of The Orange Papers. Lover of truth, sciences, music, photography, wildlife, nature, and cats.
Never voted Republican, never ever in my life.
PDX OR, PNW
Scott @scottg420.bsky.social Married, Geochemistry, Fire Assay,
D&D Enthusiast, Daggerheart Apprentice, Socialist.
Tired of the rich always getting away with shit.
Please do not try to sell me crypto, get me to download something or ask me to hook up.
Kevin Sweet @kevin-sweet.bsky.social i try to be curious not just furious - fear, hatred, and anger can blind us to the humanity of others - for any issue and any side we take. 😍✌️🌍🌏🌎🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🥰🎉
we can be better if we know ourselves and each other better - please human responsibly. 👍❤️
Darcy Conaty @dconaty.bsky.social She/Her. Old queer nerd, recently retired. Books, games, currently LOTS of politics
rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social https://rachelelliott.me/
🏳️🌈 author-illustrator 💜s comedians tacos comics
THE REAL RILEY MAYES https://bit.ly/rileymayes
Preorder ZEB AND BEL: NIGHT OF THE BODEGA CAT here: https://bit.ly/zebbelbodega
Preorder ISAAC AND PEARL here: https://bit.ly/isaacpearl
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
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🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
Aimee Yealim Lee @aimeeleewrites.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
The Girl, the Village, and the Terrible Thunder (April 27, 2027 / Holt, Macmillan)
Rep’d by Stefanie Molina-Santos at LGLM
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250415356/thegirlthevillageandtheterriblethunder/
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social Largest Free Literary Festival in New York.
https://linktr.ee/bkbookfest
2026 Dates
Virtual Festival Day: September 20
Children's Day: September 26
Festival Day: September 27
City-wide Bookends: September 20-28
Language Lizard @languagelizard.bsky.social Publisher of bilingual children’s books in over 60 languages! We support language learners and celebrate multiculturalism.
byraquelromero @byraquelromero.bsky.social Picture Book Writer 📚
Rhymer 🎶
#PBRisingStars '26 Mentee 🌟
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com I’ve got a beard, I sell books
Books read: 92/100
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Sunny Sommerset @sunnysommerset.bsky.social Author & Illustrator: Picture Books, Middle Grade.
Winner Golden Gate Writer's Award: Picture Book - SCBWI SF South 2024. Honorable Mention SCBWI SF South Golden Gate Portfolio Showcase 2024.
Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games.
Commissions are OPEN: https://tally.so/r/obEbob
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Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
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!
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Yasemin Gyford @yasemingyford.bsky.social Artist, 👩🎨 Children's Book Illustrator, Urban Sketcher ✍️ Over Thinker📍Between London and Cambridge UK
Kirsten Bock @kpbock.bsky.social Book lover, Writer, Tea drinker
su moon @sailor-smoon.bsky.social author-doodler + character designer #kidlit #animation
📕 Vlad is Mad! (B+B/Macmillan, Aug ‘26)
📖 The Ugly Donkey (B+B/Macmillan, Aug ‘28)
Juliana D’Angelo Illustrator @judangeloillustra.bsky.social Children's book illustrations with heart, humor, and a little chaos.
Melinda Layten - Writes about Hazel an Immortal Cat @mlayten.bsky.social What the Fire Didn't Take - Debut Middle Grade Novel about 2 autistic girls 2000 years apart and the cat who knew them both. Modern day Minnesota meets Library of Alexandria and what it means to learn and be heard. #Autism #Querying
Anne Armstrong @childbookart.bsky.social wonder hunter | art agent #kidlitart | tree + neighborhood advocate
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Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
Sandra @sandykayz99.bsky.social Writer, photographer, traveler
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
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https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james- M md-phil.bsky.social @md-phil.bsky.social
Caitlin Rae @caitlinrae.bsky.social Trying to be brave. 
@kaitlindesroches.bsky.social @kaitlindesroches.bsky.social 
Scott Soeder | Kidlit Illustrator @scottsoeder.bsky.social Illustrator-Author
Favs: Comics, funny characters and sharks!
SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator Midsouth Region
Rep’d by Allison Remcheck | Stimola Literary Studio
scottsoeder.com
INKLING ILLUSTRATION AGENCY @inklingagency.bsky.social A small but mighty illustration agency, representing an outstanding team of hand-picked creatives worldwide. If you'd like to collaborate with any of our illustrators, please email hello@inklingillustration.com to discuss your project needs.
Kris Kaila @novelesque.bsky.social poet & writer. avid reader. book reviewer.
@novelesque_life | @krisesque_life (IG)
What are you willing to risk as an artist and human?
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Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Cindy Sommer @cindysommpb.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of PB SAVING KATE'S FLOWERS (Arbordale) Crystal Kite winner, #KidLit, #SCBWI, #12X12PB Gold Member, ISO Agent, Querying PBs. www.cindysommer.com
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Josh Rosen @joshdraws.com Professional cartoonist and illustrator. Comic books and Kid Lit. Account managed by Tapioca the rat terrier
Co-creator of HISTORY COMICS: WORLD WAR II (First Second) and THE GOOD FIGHT (Scholastic)
https://www.joshdraws.com
Susan Wroble @susanwroble.bsky.social THE DAWN CHORUS (Holiday House, 2/16/27) #Kidlit #STEM @SCBWIRockyMtn member, Therapy dog handler, Leader 2E support group, https://susanwroble.com, KidLit Bird Book Reviews https://www.10000birds.com/author/susan. Repped by Sara Megibow at MLA
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
@audreyramer.bsky.social @audreyramer.bsky.social 
CinqueW News @cinquewnews.bsky.social Giornale di Giuseppe Rapuano con opinioni, cronaca, cultura, spettacolo, sport.
Per approfondire le notizie https://cinquewnews.blogspot.com/
@lectorgen98.bsky.social @lectorgen98.bsky.social 
pwdunn.bsky.social @pwdunn.bsky.social Author of Jackalope, a YA psychological thriller coming in January 2026 from Feiwel & Friends
One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social ONE STORY publishes one great short story at a time. We bring people together through reading, writing, and learning about short fiction.
https://one-story.com
Lizzie Brooks @lizziebrooks.bsky.social 📚 Author, Freelance Editor ⭐️Kirkus star recipient, IMPERFECTLY PERFECT POSEY-Order now:
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HOW HALLOWEEN ALMOST HALLOWASN'T 🎃👻 2027! 🎉
Marie Lamba @marielamba.bsky.social Author of A DAY SO GRAY (Clarion), GREEN GREEN (FSG), DRAWN, OVER MY HEAD, WHAT I MEANT... Senior Lit Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Opinions my own. 
KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social 📚We're an Award-Winning website celebrating children's books & reading with Videos 🎥 Podcasts 🎧 KidLit Crafts & Activities 🎨 🏅An ALSC BEST DIGITAL TOOL 🐛CARLE HONOREE
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Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
Anisi Baigude | illustrator @anisibaigude.bsky.social 🖍️ Mongolian American KidLit Illustrator
📖 BORN NAUGHTY, Anne Schwartz Books
📖 ODI’S LIBRARY DAY, SDPL
📮 Rep'd by Analía Cabello at ABLA
📍San Diego, CA
linktr.ee/anisibaigude
Katrina Tangen @katrinatangen.bsky.social Kidlit Author | COMING OCT 6: RAMP IT UP! (Charlesbridge) | COPY THAT, COPY CAT!: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY ANIMALS (Barefoot Books, 2023) | 12x12 | SCBWI SoCal | Disabled by ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/katrinatangen
Elena Arévalo Melville @earevalomelville.bsky.social Award winning Latin American author illustrator of children’s books in UK. School visits, libraries, festivals. Professional outsider, migrant, loiterer. she/her
Los Nombres Secretos
Elki is not my dog
Umbrella
https://linktr.ee/Elena_Arevalo_Melville
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): OUT NOW!
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop, 2025)
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Loudmouth @loudmouth2.bsky.social Librarian suburbanite. Occasional internet loudmouth and old crank.
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
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Jane Kohuth @janekohuth.bsky.social Children's book author, Jewish educator, Mom, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome haver. Rep'd by Bookmark Literary. https://www.janekohuth.com/
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
barley & birch @barleyandbirch.com Creative art and play explorations for kids and their families. Visit us at https://barleyandbirch.com
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Momo @selene135.bsky.social She/Her. Librarian. Knitter. Singer. Mom. Stuff.
Parker Goodreau @parkergoodreau.bsky.social they/them. writer, artist, theatre person, youth librarian. lives off kidlit, comics, and spec fic. will block for AI usage; support human artists!
rep: @desir.ee at Looking Glass Lit
https://parkergoodreau.com/
Tom Rogers @tomrogers.bsky.social Comic Artist of Little Charlotte, Herald, Marvel TL;DR, Oddballs, Heroes of 9/11, Amazing Moments in Sports, Brisk Lemonade, & BG assists - recently, Metamorpho!
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Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
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#Scbwi
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bookreviewsbydad.bsky.social @bookreviewsbydad.bsky.social These are book reviews by Dad, not book reviews by Son.
Bluesky by Mom (for now) once we have 200 followers Dad will be taking over! (He’s new at this social media stuff, so getting him started)
Bindy James @bindyjames.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator - animals, plants, kids in nature
📍Yugambeh Country/Logan, Aus
🔹 Represented by Astound US
🔸 SCBWI member
Welcome to Whalebone Mansion-Out Fall 2025
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Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Jennifer W. Bull @violinwriter.bsky.social Author-Illustrator & Pro Violinist. 🎻 Creating hybrid MG worlds where misfits find their voice. Currently developing The Wild String trilogy.
@librarianalways.bsky.social @librarianalways.bsky.social Librarian and concerned American just trying to keep as much information as available to as many people as possible
L.A. Young (a.k.a. Misty; a.k.a. Aquavenatus) @aquavenatus.bsky.social Librarian, Writer, Bookblogger, Runner, Gamer, Gardener. 🇯🇲🇺🇸
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.
Wild Mango Marketing 🥭 @wildmangomarketing.bsky.social We specialize in Web Design, SEO, Social Media, and Google Ads, delivering bold strategies and juicy results. Ready to go wild with your marketing? Let’s make it happen!
Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social Whimsical Art & Stories of Nature & Spirit. Illustrator. Author. Fine Artist. Musician. Dancer. Nature-lover. Mom to humans, dog, and plants. Rep’d by Joyce Sweeney & Rosa Frazier at The Seymour Agency! #12x12PB #KidLitArt www.weyakindesigns.com 💙💜🩷 🌈
Sara Lynn Cramb @saralynncramb.bsky.social I draw things (mostly animals), drink tea, pet cats, and get lost in the woods 🐌
Toddler mom
https://www.saralynncramb.com/
Repp'd by AstoundUS Agency
#scbwi #kidlitart #sciart
Vanessa Morales @phonemova.bsky.social 🇲🇽 |Illustrator / Children’s books | MG Book Covers| Magic,Nature,Fun,Spooky,critters💚
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