17 Wednesday Dec 2025
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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authors, fiction, illustrators, MG, middle grade, mystery, picture book, published, publishing, SCBWI community, SCBWI members, Spiritual, YA
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
17 Wednesday Sep 2025
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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board book, Fantasy Adventure, historical fiction, interactive, MG, middle grade, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction picture book, picture book, picture book biography, published, publishing, SCBWI community, YA, young adult
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
28 Wednesday May 2025
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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board book, Fantasy Adventure, historical fiction, MG, middle grade, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction picture book, picture book, published, publishing, SCBWI community, YA
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
19 Wednesday Feb 2025
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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chapter book, early reader, fantasy, Historical Reference, horror, MG, middle grade, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction picture book, picture book, poetry, published, publishing, SCBWI community
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
27 Wednesday Nov 2024
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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chapter book, early reader, fantasy, Historical Reference, horror, MG, middle grade, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction picture book, picture book, poetry, published, publishing, SCBWI community
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
28 Wednesday Aug 2024
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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biography, contemporary fantasy, early reader, educational writing, Fantasy Adventure, fiction, Graphic Novels, historical fiction, MG, Middle Grade Fantasy, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction picture book, picture book, picture book biography, poetry, published, publishing, SCBWI community, SCBWI members, verse, YA, YA Fantasy, YA Mystery Thriller
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
12 Wednesday Jun 2024
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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Autobiography/Memoir, biography, Fantasy Adventure, historical fiction, horror, Middle Grade Fantasy, mystery, nonfiction picture book, picture book, poetry, published, publishing, SCBWI community, SCBWI members, supernatural, YA Fantasy, YA Horror, YA Mystery Thriller
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
21 Wednesday Feb 2024
Posted in Toot Your Horn!
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biography, historical fiction, mystery, nonfiction picture book, picture book, poetry, published, publishing, SCBWI community, SCBWI members, YA Fantasy
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!
31 Wednesday Mar 2021
Posted in Author's Perspective, Tips and Tools
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alternate reality, Black, Craig S. Phillips, fantasy, Harold Hayes Jr., humor, Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found, magician, middle grade, mystery, Rucker Moses
Rucker Moses is the pen name of Los Angeles authors Craig S. Phillips and Harold Hayes Jr. Together, they have been nominated for three Emmys for writing in a children’s program. Along with Theo Gangi, Rucker Moses are co-authors of the middle grade book Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found (book one of two, Penguin, February 2021).
CHRISTINE VAN ZANDT: Welcome to Kite Tales! Your new book has three authors. Wow! How did two of you work together, and then how did your Rucker Moses portion coordinate with the sections Theo Gangi wrote?
27 Friday Jul 2018
Posted in #KT250, Contests & Grants
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agents, contest winners, contests, fantasy, literary fiction, middle grade, mystery, publishers, SCBWI members, seeking publisher, seeking representation, The Last Bookstore, unpublished, YA, young adult
#KT250 is a Kite Tales quarterly community contest! We’re proud to announce this quarter’s winners and share the first 250 words of their unpublished manuscripts. We encourage agents, publishers, and mentors to reach out to any they find intriguing!
To find out how YOU can enter for next quarter, check out contest info here. Entries are now being accepted for next quarter!
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