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Congratulations to winner Emily Roberts!
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To celebrate Children’s Book Week, Chronicle Children's Books is open to unagented children’s book creators. www.chroniclebooks.com/pages/submis...
The grant will fund eight authors and provide them with end-to-end production support, including editing, mixing, and voice actors. Authors can then publish the finished audiobook on any platform of their choosing. Open to applicants through June 15.
Fun! As a focal point for Little Free Library Week, held May 17–23, the nonprofit has named May 17 "National Little Free Library Day," encouraging neighborhood involvement with a mobile app, bingo game, and photo contest.
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Submissions are now open for the 2027 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children's and Young Adult Novelists. This $5000 grant supports the completion of a book-length work in progress. Submission guidelines at link:
pen.org/literary-gra...
