The Weekly 411 (5/19/17)

May 19, 2017, vol. 20

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KIDLIT NEWS

Purple Crayon News and Updates

SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winners were announced

AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR SPOTLIGHTS

This week we feature picture book author Rosie Pova, whose picture book, IF IT WEREN'T YOU, illustrated by Philip Martineau, came out recently.

We also feature illustrator Jia Liu, whose U.S. debut picture books, TERRIFIC TONGUES, by Maria Gianferrari, and YOU CAN'T HURT ME, NO, by Leslie Staub, will come out in 2018 from Boyds Mill Press.

Conferences, Workshops & Retreats

Ask the Agent: Do You Need to Go to Writing Conferences?

Submissions: Agents & Editors

Just How Important Are Those Dang Query Letters?

Knowing When to Walk Away from a Publishing Deal

Picture Books

Mentor Texts: Breaking the Fourth Wall in Picture Books

Ten Essential Picture Book Elements

The Six Stages of Writing