Toot Your Horn!

28 Wednesday Aug 2024

Posted by Judy Y Faulkner 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!

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Why Write a Novel in Verse?

27 Wednesday May 2020

Posted by Farrha Khan in Author's Perspective, Tips and Tools

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Author Tips, Free verse, Purple Daze, Sherry Shahan, verse, verse novel, writing prompt

by Sherry Shahan

While cleaning out my office I unearthed a shoebox filled with letters from a friend who served in Vietnam during the tumultuous 1960s. I spent hours poring through his astonishingly truthful accounts of this war. I knew I had to do something with his letters; after all, I’d kept them nearly 50 years.

Since letters inspired me to write Purple Daze: A Far Out Trip, 1965 (Authors Guild Back-in-Print Edition, 2020), it made sense to incorporate journal entries, notes, and letters into the narrative. I then began writing sketches about other high school friends and some of our more histrionic experiences. Once I began scribbling, memories assaulted me twenty-four-seven. Continue reading →

Though The Show Mustn’t Go On—The Contest Still Can: Announcing The 2020 Writer’s Day Contest Winners!

08 Wednesday Apr 2020

Posted by Jessica Chrysler in Contests & Grants, Los Angeles, Tri-Regional News, Writers Days

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by Karol Ruth Silverstein, SCBWI-L.A. Contest Coordinator

The SCBWI-L.A. is thrilled to be able to bring good news to some of our members at a time that’s been so difficult for all of us.

Let us begin by expressing a hearty thank you to our anonymous judges for selecting the 2020 honorees. As usual, manuscripts were submitted in four categories: Young Adult, Middle Grade, Picture Book, and Other (which includes poetry and non-fiction). If you’d like to contact any of the winners to request their manuscript or discuss publication, please let us know in the comments below!

This year, the first-place winners in each category will receive a manuscript critique from one of our faculty members plus free tuition to either the rescheduled 2020 Writers Day event or to next year’s Writer’s Day.

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Here are the 2020 honorees: Continue reading →

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