Kidlit411 Bday Bash 2017 Day 3: All About Critiques

Jan. 18, 2017

Welcome to Day 3 of the Kidlit411 Birthday Bash Giveaway: ALL ABOUT CRITIQUES!

This is the third day of our four-day celebration of the kid lit community. They roughly mirror the creative journey:

Read great books (Jan. 16: All About Books).

Learn the craft (Jan 17: All About Craft).

TODAY: Revise based on feedback All About Critiques

Jan. 18: Submit to agents, All About Submissions

Day 3's giveaways end at noon, EST, Jan. 25, 2017.

Each prize has its own Rafflecopter widget. You must enter each prize separately. (Sign in with your name and email on each widget and follow the instructions). Taking an action once (like commenting on this post or following us on Twitter) qualifies you for all of that day's giveaways.

We are lucky to have these giveaways due to the incredible generosity of our kid lit community, so if you happen upon these people elsewhere on the internet, please be sure to thank them!

TODAY'S GIVEAWAYS: ALL ABOUT CRITIQUES

For Illustrators

PRIZE 1: A 30-minute portfolio critique with Penguin Random House Art Director Giuseppe Castellano ($100 value)

Giuseppe Castellano is an award-winning Designer, Illustrator, and Executive Art Director at Penguin Random House; with over seventeen years of book publishing experience. He oversees the imprints of Grosset & Dunlap, Mad Libs, Frederick Warne and Co., the Penguin Young Readers, Penguin Young Readers Licenses, and Cartoon Network Books.

Giuseppe is a guest speaker, critic, and teaches at a number of art schools and institutions; is an SCBWI and ICON faculty member; and provides personal consultations through the Illustration Department.

He is giving away a 30-minute Skype or phone portfolio consultation!

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PRIZE 2: A one-year membership in Mark Mitchell's Guest Group Critiques ($108 value)

A complimentary one year subscription to "Guest Group Critiques,"

which is a monthly live program featuring a guest instructor, illustrator, author-illustrator, agent or art director) talking and answering questions about their own working processes, and commenting on illustration art pieces submitted by the group.

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For Middle Grade Writers

PRIZE 3: Win a spot in an Agent MG First Pages Event with Inked Voices ($95 value)

Share your first 15 pages with literary agent Alex Slater of Trident Media Group in an upcoming First Pages event, kicking off January 30. Inked Voices’ First Pages Events offer the opportunity for agent feedback in an intimate, small group setting online. Besides receiving agent comments, you'll meet other kidlit writers and benefit from exchanging critiques as a group.

Each event includes a 2-hour call where participants get one-on-one time to ask agents questions about their manuscripts and the industry. Learn more about the Middle Grade First Pages with Alex Slater and about other Inked Voices agent events and workshops.

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For All Writers

PRIZE 4: A 6-month Inked Voices membership for yourself and a friend.

Inked Voices is a community of and platform for small online writing groups. Each group on Inked Voices has a private workspace designed for the workshopping process. Start new critique or accountability groups and allow invitation requests or keep hidden. Or request to join existing groups. Get personal help from Inked Voices’ founder Brooke McIntyre finding groups that match your writing, pace and goals.

The core of Inked Voices is its groups, but memberships also include complimentary passes to Inked Voices’ craft webinars, plus access to recordings of past events. Members also get discounts on Inked Voices’ online agent First Pages events and workshops.

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For Picture Book Writers

PRIZE 5: A FULL Picture Book critique from author Lee Wardlaw ($125 value)

Lee Wardaw, author of over 25 books including the award-winning books, Won Ton and Won Ton and Chopstick - A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku. Lee will critique one picture book manuscript, under 1,000 words. Read about her in Kidlit411's interview.

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PRIZE 6: A FULL Picture Book Critique from Josh Funk ($125 value)

Josh Funk writes silly stories and somehow tricks people into publishing them as picture books - such as Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast and its upcoming sequel The Case of the Stinky Stench along with Pirasaurs!, Dear Dragon, It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk and more!

Josh is a board member of The Writers' Loft in Sherborn, MA and the co-coordinator of the 2017 New England Regional SCBWI Conference.

Josh Funk will critique one picture book manuscript, under 1,000 words! Read about him in Kidlit411's interview.

Be sure to check out Josh Funk's 12 Step Guide to Writing Picture Books!

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PRIZE 7: A FULL Picture Book Critique from editor Deborah Halverson ($125 value)

Deborah Halverson has been working with authors—bestselling, award-winning, debut, and aspiring—for over twenty years. She spent a decade as an editor with Harcourt Children’s Books and is now the award-winning author of Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies and Writing New Adult Fiction as well as teen novels, a picture book, and books for struggling readers.

She’s the founder of the popular writers’ advice site DearEditor.com and serves on the advisory board for the University of California San Diego Extension “Children’s Book Writing and Illustrating” certificate program. Deborah edits picture books and middle grade, teen, new adult, and adult fiction and nonfiction on a freelance basis. She is available for schools, writers groups, and conference appearances.

Read about her in Kidlit411's interview.

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PRIZE 8: A FULL Picture Book Critique from Danielle Davis
($75 value)

Danielle Davis is an agented writer with a children's book blog called This Picture Book Life and a master's degree in literature and creative writing. Her debut novel, ZINNIA AND THE BEES will be coming in 2017. She offers critique services for picture books, middle grade, and YA.

Danielle helps writers make their work the best it can be while staying true to their own voice and vision. She will offer comprehensive notes in your manuscript, in-depth feedback, and comparative titles. Check out her critique services here

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