

Leslie Johnson Piotrowski
922 posts

@lpiotrowski80
Mixed-race, debut picture book author, former Peace Corps Volunteer, former communications director, SCBWI & 12x12 member. Rep: @joycesweeney



Thank you Blair @theislandwriter for your beautiful books! We love them as companion books for our ocean unit and read them for our lesson on the coral reef. 🪸🦈🌊🩷


Free Writing Webinar + AMA + Book Launch + Giveaway w/ me, @irenafreitas, @AndreaTripke, and Agent Joyce Sweeney. Bring your questions. Learn how to make your story heartfelt + universal. Registration link is on the flyer and on comment. DM me if you want me to send you the link.

✨#BornOnThisDay: April 4, 1916: Eunice W. Johnson 📖MILES OF STYLE by Lisa D. Brathwaite, Lynn Gaines, and Lee & Low Books (2024) 📚See this book about Eunice W. Johnson and more picture book biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter







Have you entered the #PBParty contest yet? I love how people join from around the world. Where do you live and what genre did you submit? What else do you write or illustrate? You have until 8 pm Eastern to enter. Good luck. :) mindyalyseweiss.com/enter-the-2026…



SWIPE! Opportunities for Published Members! Apply to the Many Voices Prize. Take advantage of this prize, celebrating work from members of underrepresented communities. Illinois Reading Council! March 12-13, booth, #314! Info on our website: scbwi.org/regions/illino…

⭐️I'm so excited to resume the GYW Creator Interview series with our first guest of the year, Kimberly Horch! Comment on the link below to enter her giveaway for a Picture Book Critique! tinyurl.com/GYWKimberly Winner announced 3/20. #growyourwriting

Free Writing Webinar + AMA + Book Launch + Giveaway w/ me, @irenafreitas, @AndreaTripke, and Agent Joyce Sweeney. Bring your questions. Learn how to make your story heartfelt + universal. Registration link is on the flyer and on comment. DM me if you want me to send you the link.

March is full of amazing opportunities for picture book creatives! If you meet the requirements for each, you can enter BOTH #PBParty and #PBRisingStars. 🎉 Good luck, everyone. ✨✨✨ mindyalyseweiss.com/enter-pbparty-… #PB

I hope to see you at one or more of my events!

YOU GUYS!! AHHHHHHH!!! 😭🎉 THE OCEAN PROTECTORS WAS SELECTED FOR THE GREEN EARTH BOOK AWARD LONG LIST! I’m shocked. So honored. So genuinely grateful to see my work recognized in the FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR OCEAN. WOW. #writingcommunity #kidlit #author #5amwritersclub #publishing #clifi #greenearth #earthday #library #bookawards

Excited to share with #teachers #librarians & #parents that ONE GIRL'S VOICE is on the 2026 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books @CBCBook list Huge thanks to @astrakidsbooks editor Carolyn Yoder illustrator Rebecca Gibbon and critique buddies galore



