MudRoom | Submissions OPEN @mudroommag.bsky.social A magazine of poetry and prose. Submissions are open through March 25. We pay $15 per accepted piece.
Melissa Catena @melissacatena.bsky.social 📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee 
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social 
ablakeywrites.bsky.social @ablakeywrites.bsky.social kidlit author, fall admirer, fan of books and musicals, dancer, weather and space enthusiast, pro-spreadsheet, toy marketer, mom of two
#KidLit | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #50PreciousWords Winner 2024| #STEM | #SEL
Angela Dahle @angelapenadahle.bsky.social Signed Ink founder 🤟signedink.org , 🇺🇸HOH 🦻🧏♀️AUTHOR of MG fantasy/historical fantasy & PB, 2023 SCBWI Rising Kite (2nd place MG), 2020 Walter Grant recipient, 2020 Las Musas Hermana. Lover of wit, waves🌊, fruit tarts, & all shades blue 🦋 #MGForce
Jenny Litster @sethornelgtales.bsky.social Scottish children's fantasy writer and purveyor of eight-year-old humor. 
Charlie Griffin @cbgriffin.bsky.social Writer, composer & arts admin with a side of improv and acting. Full Sail University Prof; Director of Central Florida Composers Forum; Picture Book author; Screenwriter. Repped by @joycekay.bsky.social
#ASCAP. #SCBWI. #12x12. #PBParty 2024 & 2025
Maya Darjani | SFF author @mayadarjani.bsky.social #AMMR9 and #RevPit mentee | #indieinkawards finalist | ace | she/her| indie SF author + upmarket spy contemp
ANCIENT AS THE STARS and STAR-CROSSED EMPIRE out now!
Learn more: http://linktr.ee/mayadarjani
AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social Adult/YA Fantasy author 🏳️🌈
Currently querying an adult dark academia sapphic fantasy 🖤
NO AI 🚫
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Ferdison Cayetano @ferdwrites.bsky.social • writer • work in @MolotovLitZine, @fandsf, @PatioBack, etc. • had a great freakin time writing this bio
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Juli 💖💜💙 @juli-writes.bsky.social Kid Lit writer with ADHD who likes to rock climb (She/her)
Rep: Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
IG: @juli_writes #12x12PB #SCBWI
Amanda Fletcher @mandyfletcher.bsky.social Co-RA Southern Breeze @SCBWI
#MG #PB writer
#Valentiny '26
#50PreciousWords '25 & '26 HM
#FallWritingFrenzy '24 HM, '25 (Finalist)
#WTMP '24 mentee
Rep: Ritu Anand @ D4EO
The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.
https://thetobiasagency.com/
@bookish112.bsky.social @bookish112.bsky.social 
Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social A community of authors debuting with middle grade books in 2025.
middlegradeescapades.com
https://mainpointbooks.com/book/9781250331342
Carly @carlymillerwrites.bsky.social ⛵️Writing a seafaring fantasy novel set in a mystical world inspired by the ancient Near East.
Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
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.
Lynn D. Jung @lynndjungbooks.bsky.social spec fic writer & authortuber 🌱
MOTHSBLOOD - Bloomsbury US - fall '26 🍂
Rep: Laura Crockett @ Triada US
https://linktr.ee/lynndjung
Katryn Bury @katrynwrites.bsky.social Award winning author and also the one who brings up serial killers at your party. 💀🖤 (she/her) BLM 🏳️🌈
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social award-almosting author of mg fantasy books that got pirated by tech parasites. sad-person doctor. excited owner of a modest wood chipper. she/her
Terri Farley @terrifarley.bsky.social Writer, recovering teacher, advocates for the wild, love selkies, dogs, cats, brainy outsiders.
PHANTOM STALLION books w Simon & Schuster ORDER here http://bit.ly/3BoMfnd Check out my new website TerriFarley.com
Ali Seegar @aliseegar.bsky.social Writer | Author of time-travelling middle-grade series | #SBCWI member | Mum of two boy cats Hunter and Shadow.
Kanini @kaninikidlit.bsky.social Children's book writer 👩🏾💻📚🖋️ #Kidlit #SCBWI #PB
🪁 KaniniKidLit.com
📸 IG @kaninikidlit 📘 @kz.rodneyphillips
Rep by Lisa Amstutz at Storm Literary @ljamstutz.bsky.social 
Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social Writer, photographer, and traveler on this road called life. linktr.ee/dawnberkoski
💓Safe Space💓
Faith Gladwin | THE FINALIST out October 6! @faithawrites.bsky.social THE FINALIST (October 6, 2026, Grand Central Press & Renegade Books) | Represented by Rachel Neely
Chelly Pike @chellypike.bsky.social Writer. Screenwriter. Reader. Reviewer. NOLA native. 2019 GH finalist. Mostly just caffeine and sarcasm. Even my bright side is dark. she/her 💖💜💙 🌈
https://chellywrites.blogspot.com/
https://www.networkisa.org/profile/chelly-pike
Hannah Lorenzo @hannahlorenzobooks.bsky.social ESL Teacher. Mom. Travel. Dance. Strawberry ice cream. #Kidlit Author, repped by @KaitlynLeann17 SCBWI 12x12 http://HannahLorenzoBooks.com
Ann Page @annpage10.bsky.social PB & MG writer| NAPPA award| HM #PBParty2023/24| #MNSCBWI| Math Education Consultant| Lake Lover| Happily married stepmom| She/her | No DMs
https://www.AnnPageAuthor.com
Karen Leonard @kleonsky.bsky.social Writer, mother of two humans and a dog and a cat (and now another cat!).
Sue Young @sueyoungmusic.bsky.social Songwriter, Bilingual Storyteller, Writer, Cat Whisperer, Lap Swimmer, Soup Maker, Librarian. she/her, COURAGEOUS COWGIRLS October 2026
Joyce Ray @joyceraywriter.bsky.social #VCFA #SCBWI #PBParty Writer. Reader. Traveler. PB, MG, YA, Poetry #AmSubmitting www.joyceraybooks.com
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
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Genetta Adair @genettaadair.bsky.social #Kidlit writer. #PitchWars alum. Previous @SCBWIMidsouth RA. Dog mom. Private pilot. SCBWI, WNBA, HNS. Reviewer for the Historical Novel Review - https://historicalnovelsociety.org/magazines/. 
megan witt ✨ is querying YA romance ✨ @bymeganwitt.bsky.social aspiring YA author // mom & educator // Round Table Mentee '25 // #PitchMe Finalist '24 // #querying YA fake dating romance set in London
Kassie Lamro @kassielamro.bsky.social Writer, Teacher, Mama (sometimes drummer)| #amquerying MG niv| MG Narwhals | Arizona http://kassielamro.weebly.com
Stephanie Gibeault @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social Children's Author & Freelance Writer | nonfiction and fiction, picture books and middle grade | rep'd by Jacqui Lipton | #SCBWI, #12x12PB | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/stephaniegibeault
🐇💨🐕🐶🐩🐵🐝
Carol Mahoney @caroltheteacher.bsky.social Children’s librarian and head of libraries @ the Key School in Annapolis, MD
Kelly Clasen, PhD @kellyclasenwriter.bsky.social 🌻Kidlit author & writing professor. Rep'd by Reiko Davis.🌻
#SCBWI #InkedVoices #MG #PB
kellyclasenwriter.com
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
Follow me here:
Website: https://susandrewwrites.com/
Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
Elizabeth Wells is querying @eyoste.bsky.social Lifelong #writer | History nerd | Avid reader | WIP rom-com based in #Memphis | WFWA member www.elizabethwhittington.com
Dani Terk @dterkwrites.bsky.social Mom of 2, Elementary Educator, & #Kidlit Writer
Member of the MG Narwhal (MG Hub)
rep: Nicole Eisenbraun
https://danielleterk.wordpress.com
(she/her)
Citlali Martínez-Tolia @citlali.bsky.social 🇲🇽🇵🇷 Mexi-Rican (she/her/ella). Writer of picture books. Explorer of long-form. Unrepentant book nerd. 2024 Las Musas Mentee, 2023 PB Rising Stars HM. Rep'd by @karisutherland.bsky.social.
www.citlali.ink
Heidi Mordhorst - WHISPERshout Magazine @heidimordhorst.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 poetry + arts education + climate
Shuba Mohan @shubamohan.bsky.social Writer, wanderer, and wonderer
Lit Kids Magazine @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social An online literary magazine for kids who love to read, by kids who love to create. ✨ *Submissions open for Issue 12: Fantasy through 11/7!*
https://www.litkidsmagazine.com/
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Sarah Burr @sarahburr.com Writer, mom, cat lover
Author of 5 series:
Math Pirates
Funny Math Stories
Preemie Sibling
Gobbled (YA)
The Bridge to Nowhere (Paranormal Romance)
sarahburr.com
Querying a contemporary fantasy:
Sunrise Psychiatric (vampires)
The Bridge to Nowhere
Marla Yablon @marlayablon.bsky.social PB writer/Poet. Former Science/Math teacher. Once upon a time archeologist. #SCBWI #12x12 #AmQuerying 😻
Rebecca Minelga - Add FALSE START on Goodreads! @rebeccaminelga.com 📚 Clean Romance/Women’s Fiction Author
🦮 Guide Dog Puppy Raiser
🐕🦺 Therapy Dog Handler
OLIVER & ASPEN Coming June 2026 From @publishwithwildink
https://linktr.ee/rebecca.minelga
Mikki - KidLit Author @mikkidefever.bsky.social Picture Book Author
SNUG AS A MOSQUITO IN A BURRITO (Beaming Books '28)
HOT CHOCOLATE IN YOUR POCKET (Groundwood Books '28)
Rep'd by Katie Erickson at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. #kidlit
Melissa H. Mwai @me-mwai.bsky.social https://melissamwai.com/
Author, Illustrator, Podcaster | Rep'd by Jacqui Lipton.
Preorder: National Geographic Kids Encyclopedia of African American History & Culture (Dec ‘26)
#SCBWI | #PBCHATMentee | #ADHDwriter | #KDZPodcast
Kristen C. Strocchia @kcstrocchia.bsky.social Children’s poet & writer • Speaker • Mom of 7
Kidlit Honors: Ann Whitford Paul Awards 2024 & #PBParty 2025
Writes lyrical/quirky PB & speculative upper MG/YA
SCBWI East PA | M.Ed Curriculum & Instruction | kcstrocchia.com
1 of 6 hosts: #KidlitZombieWeek
Laura Raine wrote a book 🫣 @laurarainewrites.bsky.social 👩🏼💻Domestic Suspense #writer
Currently #querying: Killing Asher Stewart 💙📚
cheese board enthusiast / book collector / rescue dog mama
TBR status: overwhelmingly full
Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social Childrens author (Cat Burglar and Stunt Double series) turning Fantasy writer. Loves animals, maps and word games
Ann Littler @annlittler.bsky.social Writer of twisty and slightly murdery YA books.
Rep: Vicky Weber at CMA
❤️ Writing, books, movies, games ❤️ Chron ill
https://linktr.ee/annlittler
(she/her)
Katie Ferriello @katieferrie1.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Mansion Street Literary Management
🎿🚵♀️🧘♀️🏋🏻♀️⛺️🛩️✍️📚
Lynn Lovegreen @lynnlovegreen.bsky.social I'm an Alaskan, YA author, and advocate. I write YA and MG fiction with historical and romantic elements set in Alaska. Libraries rock! (she/her)
www.lynnlovegreen.com
Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
Maria Oglesby @mariaoglesbyart.bsky.social I write fantasy books, graphic novels, D&D campaigns, and long texts about how great my dog is. Illustrator. She/her. No AI.
Co-host of Publishing Pals podcast
https://linktr.ee/mariaoglesbyart
Katie Dwyer @katiedwyer.bsky.social Picture book illustrator/author
BEAR'S FRIEND Fall '27
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary
katiedwyerillustrations.com
Raney Sweet @grayrane.bsky.social Hopeful author of book, doubtful though as I have no self control.
Rebecca Linam @rebecca-linam.bsky.social Writer of Regency romcoms, cosy fantasy, and the occasional MG humor novel.
Repped by MacGregor & Luedeke.
Blog: The Writing Cat: http://rebeccalinam.com/the-writing-cat-blog
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. 📎
Sarah McGowan @shmcgowan.bsky.social Short story author, "Seven Months Away," Gramarye Journal. Fantasy and speculative fiction author and screenwriter. Toddler mom. Married. Ally. Believer in facts.
EJTwriter | Emi T @ejtwriter.bsky.social Romance author / ER Nurse Practitioner / cargo-bike enthusiast / Anything worth doing is worth overdoing / solar-powered / coffee / raising 4 feral kids
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
Sam Peil 🧟😈🤡 @sampeil.bsky.social writer. teacher. mother. #amquerying zombies #amwriting horroromance 😈 🌊
♾️ she/her/hers. #landback #blacklivesmatter #freepalestine
Shristi Vaidya - Children’s Book Writer @shristivaidya.bsky.social Picture book author 📚| #PBParty '26 & '25 Finalist | #PBRisingStars 2024 Mentee ✨| #SpringFlingKidLit ‘24 winner 🌸 | SCBWI | 🇳🇵| LGBTQIA+ ally🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️
Jasmine Ann Smith @jasmineannsmith.bsky.social Kidlit writer, Traveler, Eater, Mom
PBParty Finalist 2024. Currently #amdrafting a MG novel and #amquerying PBs
Angie is ✨querying✨ @angie3tomatoes.bsky.social Mom | Wife | Writer of Love Stories | Goat Wrangler | Crochet Master | Beverage Hoarder
“The Heart of a Warrior” in Flametree’s Aphrodite anthology
✨angie3tomatoes✨ on ⏰📸@
Querying An Ordinary Name
Smoochpit ‘25 Mentee
She/her
Niko Stevens @nikostevens.bsky.social he/him
• Writer • #amquerying: WILDERWOOD, YA fantasy mystery • Proud golden retriever owner • Indefinitely tired • Current read: Lovely War • WIP: 40K
Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social 🥀Portrait of a Fawn (YA Spec Horror)- Querying
🥀Insta: abookishchai
🥀Library Assistant- Teen Services
🥀#Revpit 2026 Winner
@marissafirlight.bsky.social @marissafirlight.bsky.social 
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
Sherry Fry (Freyermuth) @boberrydesignco.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator focused on creating inclusive and fun read alouds 😊
SCBWI member. Day job = studio art professor. Based in southeastern Massachusetts. Debut picture book: HELLO AT THE FARM https://www.boberrydesignco.com
Lisa @lisaclewner.bsky.social Loves coffee, books, outdoors and cooking
Writes PBs and MG
Lisa Trank, Storyteller @storytellertrank.bsky.social Comic-adjacent storyteller for all ages. I love taking stories from the page to the stage and connecting with readers and live audiences. From children's literature to personal essays, I love it all! www.lisatrank.com
Sarah Wilson Gregory @sarahwgregory.bsky.social 👋Appalachian mother & story teller to neurotypical & neurodivergent kids📚 Here for the #writingcommunity 👩🏻💻Find me at: http://www.sarahwilsongregory.com
MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social Writer (she/her). Scared of ghosts but still writing about them. Rep: Bethany Hendrix at Spencerhill Associates
Taylor Thackaberry @taylorthackaberryauthor.com YA & SFF author and engineer in the video game industry.
Dreaming of science fiction but also dreading the day I'll have to build something from science fiction.
she/her
www.taylorthackaberryauthor.com
L. K. Carter @lkcarterauthor.bsky.social ND and chronically ill author, artist on the side. No AI.
#amquerying a spooky MG and a cozy, witchy bakery tale
#WIP Frankenstein retelling
roniwrites @rondaeinbinder.bsky.social Writer, dog lover, book reviewer, yogi, substitute teacher 
@vickymcd.bsky.social @vickymcd.bsky.social 
Linda Stanek @lindastanek.bsky.social #Kidlit author of 7 books plus comic book series; winner of Children's Choice Book Award; Choose to Read Ohio award; TX, DE, & PA reading lists; NSTA recom. read + more. Seeking rep. for MG fiction and NF. Also, #crazycatlady
Author Grace Lockhaven @gracelockhaven.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #MGLit #KidLit #YAFiction #Fantasy #Mystery #SciFi #Author #Writer
Jessie A @jessieatkin.bsky.social Author, storyteller, writer, reading aficionado, Star Wars enthusiast, Mets devotee, student, sister, twin 🖤🤍💜
OODLES OF NOODLES (📖 out now)
http://www.jessieatkin.com/
Bec Treveil @bectreveil.bsky.social ✍️ 📚 ☀️ 📸 🏕️ ✈️ 🐱
Writer. Bath Spa Uni MAWYP alum. WriteMentor Hub member. Pastry motivated 🥐
SL 2025 WriteMentor Idea Idol; LL 2024 Searchlight Awards Novel Opening; SL 2023 Guppy MG Open Sub; SL 2022 Mslexia Childrens/YA
Sophie Cass (is agented) @scasswriting.bsky.social (She/her) 🏳️🌈✨ Fantasy author represented by Ciara Finan @ Curtis Brown Literary Agency
authorsophiecass.com
Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social Queer fantasy & horror writer 📚 | lover of the weird & whimsical ✨ | plant fanatic 🌱 | also unhealthily obsessed with Earl Grey tea
https://linktr.ee/joyiswriting
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
Brooke Carlock @bcarlock.bsky.social Author, history lover, tiny house dweller, middle school teacher, grief educator, YouTuber, podcast host. 
Maria Linn @marial1nn.bsky.social I write silly/scary MG books, make silly/scary collages, and, silly/scariest of all, analyze data for a living
Carol Fisher Saller @carolfishersaller.bsky.social Children's book author. contributing editor, Chicago Manual of Style.
NEW on April 15, 2025: THE TIME-JINX TWINS!
Ages 8-12.
Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social