Our third picture book giveaway starts NOW! This week, our Book Bundle features picture books created by bestselling, award-winning creative duo Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett!
Read on for a brief description of each book and then enter to win below. Don’t miss this giveaway!
We hear over and over again that agent and editors want humorous picture book stories. So, why does it seem like it’s so hard to get funny manuscripts picked up when submitting to agents and publishing houses? We’re here to dig into it in today’s episode of PBSummit Roundtable.
Julie Hedlund shares her personal experience and overall observations about what is going on in the industry with silly stories and how YOU can break through!
Books talked about in today’s episode:
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Our second picture book giveaway begins TODAY! This week, we feature picture books written by the National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Meg Medina!
Read on for a brief description of each book and then enter to win below. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
This July, we are hosting not one, not two, but FOUR book giveaways! Each week, we’ll give away a book bundle featuring books by one of our Superstar Speakers. During the last week of July, we have a bundle of books written by our co-Founders.
What an awesome way to beat the heat!
Our first giveaway is a bundle of books by Newbery, Giesel, and Caldecott honoree Grace Lin. Read on for a brief description of each book and then enter to win below.
It’s the final day of our PBSummit Olympic Trials. Broadcaster Julie Hedlund is stationed at Summit Beach in the middle of some fierce action. Who will spike their way to the top of the podium and claim the final Superstar Speaker spot at the 10th Anniversary Picture Book Summit coming to a computer near you on October 5, 2024?
Press play to hear Julie’s coverage of the last moments of this exciting event…
Superstar Speaker #3 Announcement
Wow! We have not one, but TWO Superstars to fill our final Speaker spot! Please welcome…
Thank YOU to all of you who shared about PBSummit 2024 on social media! Welcome to those of you who are new the Summit. We’re happy to have all of you picture book lovers along for the ride.
Let’s announce the winners of the Reveal Giveaway and the BIPOC Scholarships!
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Today, picture book newscaster Katie Davis is covering the PBSummit Olympic Trials taking place at Picture Book Summit Arena. Who will cut through the competition and grab the second Superstar Speaker spot at the 10th Anniversary Picture Book Summit coming to a computer near you on October 5, 2024?
Press play to hear Katie’s coverage of the event already in progress…
Superstar Speaker #2 Announcement
What an incredible way to knock the competition! Our second Superstar Speaker is….
Press play to hear Emma’s broadcast of the event already in progress…
Superstar Speaker #1 Announcement
Wow! What a performance! This makes it official. Our first Superstar Speaker is….
We’ve invited editors from three major picture book publishers to critique first pages from picture book writers like you in…
Strong Out of the Gate: Editors Critique First Pages
If your first 100 words don’t pull your reader in, it won’t matter what happens in the rest of the story. In this training session, Feather Flores of Atheneum Books, Maria Camila Correa of Random House Books for Young Readers, and Sydnee Monday of Kokila/Penguin Young Readers assess the strengths and weaknesses of first pages from picture book manuscripts in progress. This one-hour pre-recorded panel is hosted by Katie Davis.
Let’s get to know this year’s editors:
So, what will lead your manuscript from the slush pile starting block to the top spot on the podium? We ask 3 experienced picture book agent that question and more in…
Top 10 Questions for Agents: Featured Agent Panel
Get ready to hurdle over the competition in your submissions! Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency, Jazmia K. Young of Curtis Brown, and Jennifer Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary come together in this one-hour pre-recorded panel to give expert advice to apply to your submissions immediately. Hosted by Emma Walton Hamilton.
Let’s get to know this year’s Featured Agents:
