Nicola Pearce

[Kailei Pew @KaileiPew]

Our awesome judges finished Round 1 of voting last week & I just sent off links to vote in Round 2!
#KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest

36 PB & 19 MG entries moved on to round 2. YA is going straight into the finals!

On March 2nd, I will announce the finalists in all categories!

[Penny Neville-Lee @PennyNevilleLee]

I went to a natural ink workshop earlier. It was fascinating!

[Kailei Pew @KaileiPew]

The kid judges officially have their entires for round 1 of the #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest!!!

It was so fun to get these entries off to them.
Our final numbers of entries were:
179 PB
59 MG
26 YA

264 total entries!!

Thank you so much to all who entered and good luck!!

[The Toy - 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🌈🛼🎈🐢 - Submissions closed @TheToyPress]

Here is your final #WordoftheWeek for January!
Submissions are now closed for our 3rd edition. We have about 150 emails in our inbox (most with multiple poems in), so thank you to each of you! We'll be choosing about 28-30 contributors for the mag. Decisions will be made soon!

[Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 | kidlit author @SylviaiChen]

Woohoo!!! The 🌟amazing🌟@MindyAlyseWeiss just shared details for the 2023 #PBParty contest! Who in #KidLit is planning to participate? So excited to see how this year goes—please RT/QRT to share this huge opportunity! 🥳🤩🥳

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

After feeling full of nerves I have just entered! Hope my PB puts a smile on one child's face! Good luck to everyone - I have loved reading the entries. Thanks for the opportunity!

[Kailei Pew @KaileiPew]

It’s day 2 of the #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest!

Who is entering today, #kidlit friends??

Would especially love to see more #MG and #YA entries to send to our KID judges. And of course #PB too!!!

https://t.co/7jLQxTGzGM

[Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield]

Busy gathering prizes for #50PreciousWords...we've already got several editor and agent critiques, seats in writing classes, and a bunch of author critiques - with more goodies to come - it's only been less than 24 hours and guess how many prizes we have already?

[Searchlight Writing for Children Awards @WritingAwards]

Time to announce the results of Searchlight’s Best Novel Opening for Children or Young Adults 2022 competition. How exciting! Congratulations to everyone who entered - we loved your stories - and thank you to our judge @AmberCaraveo @SkylarkLit . https://t.co/9cSwCNkJUo

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@FloraQuiney Fab Christmas story pitch - love it!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@AyaxYasser Definately sounds like a book you wouldn't be able to put down!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

THEO & TRASHOPUS
Theo is out on his boat when all of a sudden he meets Trashopus-a 20ft beast made from trash. Trashopus helps clean plastic from the ocean but he can't do it all alone,can Theo help him? #KidLitPit #STEM #PB

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

First time participating in #KidLitPit I have loved reading all the great pitches and there are some lovely people out there in the writing community. Wishing everyone the best of luck!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@JaxKingWrites This sounds lovely!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@Shannonteaches Love it!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@ThomsonScott Thank you!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

THEO & TRASHOPUS
Theo is out on his boat when all of a sudden he meets Trashopus-a 20ft beast made from trash. Trashopus helps clean plastic from the ocean but he can't do it all alone,can Theo help him?
Will Theo help Trashopus or will he continue to be careless?#KidLitPit #STEM

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@katie_mcenaney Thank you!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@ThomsonScott Sounds very interesting!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@jesssicawatts This sounds like a lot of fun! My daughter would love it!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@janycampana Wow! Sounds great!

[Nicola Pearce @NPearceBooks]

@katie_mcenaney Sounds so original!