Hopeful News @hopefulnewshq.bsky.social The newsletter full of good news. Start your day with a smile!
David Z.M. Allison @dzmallison.bsky.social Picture book author. Heartfelt, humor, quiet and absurd manuscripts. SCBWI & 12x12 member. Working toward traditional publication one manuscript at a time. SCBWI AZ Desert Bloom Grand Prize 2026. #amquerying
Lens Creator @ztk999.bsky.social ✨ Professional Snapchat Lens Designer
Welcome! 👋
Follow me on Snapchat and discover my latest creative lenses.
https://www.snapchat.com/add/ztk999
Mélanie Proulx @melanieproulx.bsky.social Author and comic artist based in Montreal • Two forthcoming picture books with Bayard Jeunesse Canada (2027) ✨🌈
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Autrice et bédéiste à Montréal • Deux livres à venir avec Bayard Jeunesse Canada (2027) 🌸
www.melanieproulx.ca
#kidlit
Corey King @corey-zenfri.bsky.social Studio Head of ZenFri. Writer, Interactive Developer, Producer and Video Game Designer.
Karla Adams @karlaadamsillu.bsky.social 🌸🐸Illustrator 🐸🌸
Rep'd by Adriana Dominguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
💌 holakarlaadams@gmail.com
instagram.com/karlaadamsillu
karlaadamsillu.com
Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle
Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East
FISHING FOR RABBITS, V.E. Publishing Oct 2026
BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press Dec 2025
https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #NoAI
✨ Cass | Dice & Dreams @diceanddreams.bsky.social 🌈 Non-binary | 🎲 TTRPG Storyteller | 🎨 Fantasy Cartographer
Sketching worlds & telling tales one roll at a time. They/them.
#TTRPG #IndieGames #FantasyArt #DiceGoblin
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Genevieve Kote @genevievekote.bsky.social KidLit illustrator from 🇨🇦
Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.genevievekote.com/
Kay Pilatzke @kaypilatzke.bsky.social Hi! I'm a Canadian Children's Book Illustrator / She/her / check out my portfolio here: https://www.kaypilatzke.com/
Illustration Jobs @illustration-jobs.com https://illustration-jobs.com is a free job board for illustrators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
@lurkingsoquietly.bsky.social @lurkingsoquietly.bsky.social 
Sheree Boyd @shereeboyd.bsky.social Illustrator | textile designer | dog aficionado (ask me about my dogs) | Texan trapped in New York
http://shereeboyd.com/
www.instagram.com/doodlesndogs/
https://www.redbubble.com/people/ShereeBoyd/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent
Carol Courtmanch Zink @carolzink.bsky.social Writer | Artist | Reader | MFA Hamline MFAC
Estela Bem (She/They) @estelabem.bsky.social #Kidlit Queer illustrator & author from Switzerland
Bold colors, whimsical worlds and cute characters
Looking for representation!
Holly McCoach @coachmchollyart.bsky.social 📜 Illustrator
📚 Children’s Books
📖 SCBWI
👤www.hollymccoach.com
Uncle David, Fella of Oz (🇺🇸) @dosnoe.bsky.social #NAFO https://nafo-ofan.org/
He/him, 38, queer/ace, Virginia
(human poet)
Alina Manolache @alpacasbookshelf.bsky.social I'm Alina and I like alpacas🦙
romanian children's book illustrator
available for new projects
🚫 No AI
Portfolio: alpacasbookshelf.com
Bear Edwards @bearedwards.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, designer.
National Cartoonists Society
#seekingrepresentation
BearEdwards.ink
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Ronni Runyon - Illustrator 🌷 @ronnirunyonillo.bsky.social See the world as a kid again!
Children's book illustrator, SCBWI member
ronnirunyonillustration.com
💖My Sweet Piano💖 @mysweetpiano89.bsky.social Call me Piano 🎹💖//NSFW DNI//Aroace 🖤💚🤍💜//Neurodivergent ♾️//Digital Artist 🖊️ ❌AI❌//❤️ splatoon, pokemon, sanrio, animation n cartoons❤️//Planning to start commissions 🖼️ VGen code needed//💥ART REQUESTS OPEN💥//https://pianocommission.carrd.co/#
Erin Retson @erinretson.bsky.social 🍂 Illustrator of nature and nostalgia
🗝 Based in South Scotland
Kaushani Mufti @padfootblack25.bsky.social 🌟Kidlit and Middle-grade Illustrator from🇮🇳
🌟Open to Representation
🌟 SCBWI India - Illustrator Co-ordinator
🌟 https://kaushanimufti.com/
✉️ kaushani.mufti@gmail.com
Antonieta Muñoz Estrada @mariadrawss.bsky.social Mexican Illustrator • KidLit Art • Published by: Charlesbridge, Beaming Books, Richmond, Edelvives. | ✉️ mariadrawss@outlook.com |
Insta: mariadrawssart
Sheree Tomba @shereesketches.bsky.social Storyteller, bike racer, board game player, animal lover, tea drinker.
www.shereetomba.com
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Lit
‘24 PB Party Finalist
#12x12PB #SCBWI
#kidlit #kidlitart
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.
Debra Daugherty @debradaugherty.bsky.social Children's Book Author. SCBWI member. SCBWI-IL representative for the Springfield area network. Author of The Memory Jar, Grandpa's Barn, and Cows Can't Be Clowns. https://writing-for-children.webnode.com #authorvisit #schoolvisit #libraryvisit
Kate Grigoreva @kategrigoreva.bsky.social Illustrator & children’s book author 🧚🏼♀️
Storyteller, storybeliever, vintage lover, immigrant🧳
Proudly rep’d by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency
www.kategrigoreva.com
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Welcome to ASKBananaPie! Banana shop @askbananpie.bsky.social What's Inside the Banana Shop? you’ll probably find: Banana pies stacked to the ceiling 🍌🥧 A secret menu with “double-banana deluxe” One confused customer asking if tomatoes count as fruit A tiny monkey accountant balancing the books
JJhound @jjhound.bsky.social I am a self taught digital artist that started a Webtoon about two things I enjoy, fantasy and zombies. I hope to find like minded people and fans!
Read my Webtoon Zombies and Dragons by following the links below.
Links: https://linktr.ee/jjspitzart
G.R., artist of superhero OC's at InternalHero.com @internalhero.bsky.social Hi, I’m GR. I post art of my superhero OC Moonwill & others from OC universe InternalHero.com NoAI🚫(C)&TM,GRO.(Reposts+fan art OK) Merch store https://www.zazzle.com/store/internalherothestore Artist on Phonetic2 https://youtu.be/2-Jkx8UUxwg?si=to1Zd7Lmcd0
JMQ Morris | commissions closed @jmqmorris.bsky.social freelance artist | she/they | viet-american | comms closed
Commissions: VGen.co/jmqmorris
Print Shop: inprnt.com/gallery/jmqmorris
Portfolio: jmqfolio.carrd.co
Website: jmqmorris.carrd.co
No AI. No NFTs.
Lasagnaless @lasagnaless.bsky.social 💪🏳️🌈 Pan he/him.
Like lasagna, real Gs move in silence.
Hecate 🔮| Will loving hours ⚔️ @cosmeows.bsky.social Artist, TTRPG lover, gamer, reader and Pre-VT debut
VT acc: https://bsky.app/profile/cosmeowsvt.bsky.social
[Fibromyalgi]*a*[rtist]| 28 yrs old | ♉️| They/She
VGen: https://vgen.co/Cosmeows
Carrd: https://cosmeowsartwork.carrd.co
shews @2leftshews.bsky.social 22 - i like to draw :)
Fated Verses @fatedverses.bsky.social Penning sadness between hyphens and semicolons, I am here to write poetry and squeeze heartbreak over blank canvases. Aspiring poet ✍️ nerd 🤓 proud democrat 💙 He/ They
Kitty @felissilvestris.bsky.social Malnourished but fit to serve, straight up bluing it
🌱Biology undergrad 🍄
Codyyyyy @lookoutforvampires.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@LookOutForVampires
BLODS 🩸 @b1odeuwedd.bsky.social SHE/THEY - ENG/CYM - silly little traditional artist! 🏴
for commissions: blodduweddbusiness@gmail.com
Imme @moonsscared.bsky.social Wanna-be comic book artist, she/her, mmmmm art,19 🇳🇱
Contact: DMs or mail: moonsscared@gmail.com
Geeksarecool @geeksarecool.bsky.social Designer/illustrator based in Cardiff, Wales. Commissions currently open! Find me on @redbubble, @inprnt & @teepublic
Michelle Denise Wood @mdwillustration.bsky.social 🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls
🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia
👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB
⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention
📍Indiana
✨michelledwoodillustration.com
✏️michellewooddraws.com
📒 Seeking representation
Lara Papov @larapapov.bsky.social Children's book illustration ₊‧.*
https://larapapov.com
https://www.instagram.com/larapapov.illustrations
Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social Rep’ed by Aliza Hoover at CAT agency!
Children’s book Illustrator, Sketchbook Scribbler ✏️& Maker of many things 🪡|
🕸️ www.srinidhidraws.com
📧 srinidhis01@gmail.com
Parker Goodreau @parkergoodreau.bsky.social they/them. writer, artist, theatre person, youth librarian. lives off kidlit, comics, and spec fic. rep: @desir.ee at Looking Glass Lit
https://parkergoodreau.com/
Giao Williams @giaowilliams.bsky.social Illustrator | Letterer | Dog fan
I love creating characters, using juicy colors, lettering, and capturing happy moments to help further a story narrative. 
Prism @prism.denizensofruckusville.com Canuck Cartoonist / Pinup Artist
Posts / RTs CAN BE 🔞(no minors!)
NO AI or NFTs
RUCKUSVILLE - #denizensofruckusville / #ruckusville
MAIN ART HASHTAG - #prismcreativeart
🌲: https://linktr.ee/prismcreativeart
Sue Safianoff @suesaf.bsky.social Illustrator. Animator. Author.
Rep’d by Christa Heschke @ McIntosh and Otis
http://suetheartist.blogspot.com/
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com