The Weekly 411 (10/7/22)

Oct. 6, 2022 vol. 40

The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Kelly Mangan.

Author Spotlights

We're excited to feature author Maya Prasad and her debut young adult novel, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things (Disney-Hyperion) out on October 18. Enter to win a copy!

cover art by Chaya Prabhat, design by Marci Senders

We're excited to feature author Suma Subramaniam's picture book, She Sang for India: How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change, illustrated by Shreya Gupta (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (BYR) (November 8, 2022). Enter to win a copy!

Special Multi-Book Giveaway

We are happy to host a multi-book giveaway by a group of authors known as The Mighty Middle Grade authors, with 30+ books between them. They are available for visits to schools, libraries, and more. Follow them on twitter at @MightyMGAuthors. Enter to win in the Rafflecopter below or in the linked giveaway.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

For Writers

How to Reveal a Character's Internal Conflict

How to Pull Off a Plot Twist

How to Write Character Arcs

Character Development: 12 Steps, Arcs, & Guides

School Visits

Call for Author and Illustrator Volunteers for World Read Aloud Day

Contests & Awards

Oct. 7 #CookiePitch

What: a fake Twitter pitch day; pitch your silly, inappropriate kid lit stories for fun and mayhem
Who: anyone
Prize: the most like pitch gets a cookie; internet acclaim

Conferences, Workshops & Retreats

Last day to register: Oct. 8 Picture Book Summit: The Write Stuff: Creating Picture Books that Are Out of this World Join this one-day virtual conference with superstar speakers, innovative workshops on the craft of writing picture books, agent and editor submission opportunities, seven hours of picture book insight and instruction, a private Facebook group just for attendees, replays through January 31, 2023. Pricing options to fit your budget

Inspirational Things

Imitation and Emulation: Stealing Style, Structure, and Subject from Other Writers