KidLit in Color

Hello! Just a quick update. I am still closed to queries as I have a little over 100 more to read through and then submissions to drool over as well! However, I am now open to marginalized authors ONLY at this time -- no expiration date on that at this moment. 1/?

FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY... #AFleaforJustice will be released! Preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/a-fl... Book trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=VqOSKx… #TeMikaGrooms #KarenBoss @charlesbridge #marianwrightedelman #socialjustice #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

kidlitincolor.com/blog/interview… @LiselleSambury

Have you seen our latest blog posts? Check them out here: kidlitincolor.com/blog/a-rakhi-f…

Hooray, another new kidlit publisher accepting manuscripts directly, without an agent! Check out the revised list that includes over 80 others: BitsyKemper.com/publishers #amwriting #kidlit #WritingCommunity

@ayawrites is an author, substitute librarian/teacher, and freelance journalist. She’s also one of the co-founders of @KidlitInColor. Her books include The Arabic Quilt, My First Arabic Words, and The Night Before Eid. ayakhalil.com #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth 🤗📚

Just a reminder that you should read books by black authors year around ✨️ Here are some favorites to get you started.

Exciting news! 💚 When you preorder my new picture book LULU IN THE SPOTLIGHT by 2/7 @bnbooks  with the code PREORDER25, you’ll get 25% off! Let me help you reach that free shipping threshold! 😄 barnesandnoble.com/w/lulu-in-the-… #kidlit #diversebooks #WritingCommmunity #12x12PB

New interview on the blog by @write_between: kidlitincolor.com/blog/interview…

New interview on the blog by NYT bestselling author @NealShusterman: kidlitincolor.com/blog/interview… @simonteen

If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year. mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty-a… #kidlit #PB #picturebooks

Getting ready for a visit with level 6 kids at a school in Ethiopia. Evening here. Morning there. First of three visits at this school this week. @charlesbridge @HarperCollinsCa @Harper360UK @HarperCollins @HarperChildrens #Diversebooks

CALLING ARTISTS ‼️ I am a designer @ PRH & I'm looking to grow my database of artists for book work! If you're interested in doing art for books (covers, spot illos, maps) comment your portfolio below plsssss—ESPECIALLY if you've never done it before or have a small following 💖

We may have a new look, but our commitment to advocating for essential changes in the publishing industry, supporting marginalized storytellers and creatives, and generating resources for educators and librarians across the country remains the same 📚❤️ 🎨 by Erin Shappell

Make 2025 the year you write your novel. Join us online THIS SATURDAY, 12/7, 1-4PM EST to get a head start w/ debut novelist @Heredia_Alej whose novel LOCA is forthcoming w/ @SimonBooks. SIGN UP at link in bio.

⏰ CLOSES TOMORROW! The Kweli Fellowship Program provides emerging #BIPOC writers of adult fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, a fellowship that includes: ★ $2000 Stipend ★ Editorial Support ★ Paid Writing Retreat + MORE Apply by NOV 19, 11:59pm EST LEARN MORE at LinkInBio

Writers, authors! I’m an editor who formerly worked at Big 5 publishers and interned at some top agencies, and I’m in the mood to give some advice! What questions to you have about writing, querying, editing, and publishing? Ask away!

⏰CLOSING SOON! The 2025 Kweli Fellowship Program application for emerging #BIPOC writers of adult fiction, nonfiction, and poetry closes NEXT WEEK! ➡️ Swipe for glimpses of our October Fellowship Retreat, led by the one and only Edward P. Jones! LEARN MORE at link in bio.