The Highlights Foundation @HighlightsFound
The Highlights Foundation positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves. linktr.ee/highlightsfound The Barn at Boyds Mills, PA Joined August 2012-
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💃🏽Happy international dance day! 💃🏽 Celebrate with my board books on salsa, merengue and cumbia 🎶 #WritingCommmunity #latinxauthors
I am so excited to announce that I am a @HighlightsFound Renée Watson scholarship recipient! It’s been years since I’ve had dedicated time to write and write only (in a space that isn’t my apartment), and I can’t wait to hang out in a beautiful cabin to do so. ✨
What a month! I am beyond excited and humbled to be the recipient of a Highlights Foundation scholarship this year and for being sponsored by one of my favorite organizations-PJ Library! I can’t wait to learn and grow among so many professional’s that inspire me.
What a month! I am beyond excited and humbled to be the recipient of a Highlights Foundation scholarship this year and for being sponsored by one of my favorite organizations-PJ Library! I can’t wait to learn and grow among so many professional’s that inspire me.
I just returned from a wonderful week @HighlightsFound and am missing it already. If you’ve never been, you must go! Thank you so much, @reneewauthor, for making my visit possible with your generous scholarship! 🥰
I am overwhelmed to receive the encouragement and support of a 2024 Highlights Foundation Scholarship. Thank you @HighlightsFound and @viviankirkfield. I’ll be attending Summer Camp for Writers, with high hopes and the deepest gratitude. Thank you for making a dream come true.
Proud to be a recipient of a @HighlightsFound scholarship for online coursework!😊🎉💫
Proud to be a recipient of a @HighlightsFound scholarship for online coursework!😊🎉💫
I am so proud to announce that I am a recipient of a Highlights Foundation scholarship this year sponsored by PJ Library. It was such a magical retreat and inspired me to keep writing. highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/hig… @HighlightsFound @PJLibrary
I can't express how wonderful the @HighlightsFound is and my appreciation for the way they support #kidlit creators. I'm grateful to be a recipient of an in-community retreat scholarship this summer. Looking forward to writing more fantastical stories! highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/hig…
I am so grateful and honored to be included in this year's scholarship winners. Thank you to the @HighlightsFound! #kidlitauthor #kidlitartist #highlightsfound
I am so grateful and honored to be included in this year's scholarship winners. Thank you to the @HighlightsFound! #kidlitauthor #kidlitartist #highlightsfound
So grateful to receive this scholarship and excited to visit @HighlightsFound next month, iA, for both a Muslim Storyteller retreat and a personal retreat to get a jump start on drafting my new YA Horror. Things have been A LOT, and I cannot express how much I need this! 💜💜💜
So grateful to receive this scholarship and excited to visit @HighlightsFound next month, iA, for both a Muslim Storyteller retreat and a personal retreat to get a jump start on drafting my new YA Horror. Things have been A LOT, and I cannot express how much I need this! 💜💜💜 https://t.co/A5mWuLH0HQ
🚨ICYMI: IG Live Edition🚨 Linda Epstein, faculty for Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive, joined Highlights Foundation Social Media Manager @catgaleano on Instagram Live to talk about the course. Watch below or read the transcript: highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/3-q…
🚨ICYMI: IG Live Edition🚨 Linda Epstein, faculty for Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive, joined Highlights Foundation Social Media Manager @catgaleano on Instagram Live to talk about the course. Watch below or read the transcript: highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/3-q…
To join us for the 2-night mini, Disability Representation in Picture Book Illustration with @KWindness & @kdmaz, click here: highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/disab…
To join us for the 2-night mini, Disability Representation in Picture Book Illustration with @KWindness & @kdmaz, click here: highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/disab…
🚨8 Spots Left 🚨 for Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent, Linda Epstein. Join us: highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/shape…
🚨8 Spots Left 🚨 for Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent, Linda Epstein. Join us: highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/shape…
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5K Followers 1K Following Award-winning author. Ana on the Edge, Ellen Outside the Lines, Camp QUILTBAG & Just Shy of Ordinary. Up next: Shabbat Is ... (2025) Rep: @thejordache
jonny garza villa @JONNYescribe
5K Followers 2K Following Pura Belpré and Stonewall Honor author of very chicane and incredibly queer stories • up next (2025): 👀💙⚽️🍍• rep: @draper_claire • they/them
VICKI JOHNSON🏳️�.. @vickijohnson
2K Followers 4K Following ⚡️in stores NOW!⚡️MOLLY'S TUXEDO @littlebeebooks | '22 Lambda Literary Fellow | #LGBTQ+ | she/her | also: vickijohnsonwrites on IG + others | Rep: @zosandler
Pérez Literary & Ent.. @perez_literary
2K Followers 1K Following Founded by a New Yorker and Latina, we are a full-service transatlantic agency based in London. Open to queries!
#JoyPit @JoyPitch
982 Followers 531 Following Twitter pitch event for light hearted feel-good books #JoyPit | Official Date - June 7, 2024 | Founded by @authoranima
Isaac Fitzsimons is n.. @IsaacFitzBooks
73 Followers 34 Following Writer of quietly radical queer joy | THE PASSING PLAYBOOK (2021) | he/him/his
Genielysse Reyes 🌟.. @genielyssereyes
866 Followers 2K Following 🇵🇭🇺🇸 She/her ~ MG, PB, & GN creator rep’d by @JanineHLe ~ Simmons MFA ~ NESCBWI 🪟🪞Award ‘21 ~ Highlights Scholarship ‘23 ~ WNDB Mentee ‘24 🖤🤍💜
Christiana Doucette @doucette515
3K Followers 2K Following Author. Poet. Verse Novel Enthusiast. San Diego Writers Kids Write Judge. SCBWI mentee of @jmcwrites, #MGpies, Repped by @LiteraryLeslieZ at Open Book Lit
Stacy Nockowitz @snockowitz
2K Followers 2K Following THE PRINCE OF STEEL PIER available now from @KarBenPub! 💖Rep'd by @renarossner❣️Outstanding Jewish mother and unrepentant Jersey girl. #22Debuts
❤ JaNay Brown-Wood,.. @janaybrownwood
2K Followers 987 Following Author & Educator, Lover of Words Represented by Karen Grencik with Red Fox Literary
Lambda Literary @LambdaLiterary
27K Followers 3K Following Celebrating queer books & writers every day. Home of the #Lammys #LambdaFellows #LambdaRetreat @LGBTQWIS @LambdaLitfest
Alex Gino @lxgino
6K Followers 488 Following They/them. Stonewall-winning MG author. Fat femme. Pun wielder. Curser. Good, not nice. Defund cops and pay reparations. Making things complicated since 1977.
Hannah Moushabeck @HMoushabeck
976 Followers 413 Following 🇵🇸 Palestinian American 📚 Book Worker ✊🏽 Author of HOMELAND: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) 🏳️🌈Opinions are my own
Jane Kurtz @janekurtz
2K Followers 3K Following Children's book author. I grew up in Ethiopia, live in Portland, Oregon and teach in the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in children's literature #kidlitwomen
Dr. Artika Tyner @DrArtikaTyner
2K Followers 2K Following The Inclusive Leader | Architect for Change | Author | Motivational and DEI Speaker | 2022 Bush Fellow | Researcher | https://t.co/v0PycMiEsk
Well-Read Black Girl .. @wellreadblkgirl
66K Followers 6K Following Book club turned literary series, festival & podcast 📚 Founder @guidetoglo ✨ ON GIRLHOOD anthology out now 📖 #WellReadBlackGirl
Dr. Nevien Shaabneh @NevienShaabneh
1K Followers 748 Following Writer. PhD in Literacy, Language,& Culture; Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)®.
Kungliga biblioteket @kungbib
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Astrid Lindgren Memor.. @AlmaAward
3K Followers 1K Following The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is a global award created in 2002 by the Swedish government, to promote every child’s right to great stories.
Gloria Muñoz @bygloriamunoz
1K Followers 2K Following Writer, poet, translator. @stpetefl’s Poet Laureate. DANZIRLY (@AZpress) @poetsorg @tin_house @lasmusasbooks #Macondista #DiverseVerse #SomosStpete
Theresa Cocci @cocci_theresa
1K Followers 2K Following #PB, #SCBWI, #amwriting, #kidlit, #writeforkids, #Music Teacher, #Musician
Judie Offerdahl is ta.. @judieofferdahl
4K Followers 4K Following 📝 Writer (SCBWI/#12×12PB #POC),🍎Teacher, ☔ Washington Alum, 4ever 🏈 Seahawks & ⚾️ Stan Musial fanI am so excited to announce that I am a @HighlightsFound Renée Watson scholarship recipient! It’s been years since I’ve had dedicated time to write and write only (in a space that isn’t my apartment), and I can’t wait to hang out in a beautiful cabin to do so. ✨
@HighlightsFound Thank you so much for this opportunity ❤️
What a month! I am beyond excited and humbled to be the recipient of a Highlights Foundation scholarship this year and for being sponsored by one of my favorite organizations-PJ Library! I can’t wait to learn and grow among so many professional’s that inspire me.
We’ve just awarded scholarships to 115 storytellers who write and illustrate for kids! The Highlights Foundation has awarded a record 115 scholarships to aspiring and established children’s authors and illustrators for use in 2024. 💙💚💙💚
I just returned from a wonderful week @HighlightsFound and am missing it already. If you’ve never been, you must go! Thank you so much, @reneewauthor, for making my visit possible with your generous scholarship! 🥰
No big deal. Just a pic of me holding my debut picture book for the first time 🥹 Abuelo’s Flower Shop will be here on June 4th but it’s available for preorder now at your favorite indie or wherever books are sold 🌸💛 @BeamingBooksMN
I am overwhelmed to receive the encouragement and support of a 2024 Highlights Foundation Scholarship. Thank you @HighlightsFound and @viviankirkfield. I’ll be attending Summer Camp for Writers, with high hopes and the deepest gratitude. Thank you for making a dream come true.
Proud to be a recipient of a @HighlightsFound scholarship for online coursework!😊🎉💫
We’ve just awarded scholarships to 115 storytellers who write and illustrate for kids! The Highlights Foundation has awarded a record 115 scholarships to aspiring and established children’s authors and illustrators for use in 2024. 💙💚💙💚
I am so proud to announce that I am a recipient of a Highlights Foundation scholarship this year sponsored by PJ Library. It was such a magical retreat and inspired me to keep writing. highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/hig… @HighlightsFound @PJLibrary
I can't express how wonderful the @HighlightsFound is and my appreciation for the way they support #kidlit creators. I'm grateful to be a recipient of an in-community retreat scholarship this summer. Looking forward to writing more fantastical stories! highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/hig…
I am so grateful and honored to be included in this year's scholarship winners. Thank you to the @HighlightsFound! #kidlitauthor #kidlitartist #highlightsfound
We’ve just awarded scholarships to 115 storytellers who write and illustrate for kids! The Highlights Foundation has awarded a record 115 scholarships to aspiring and established children’s authors and illustrators for use in 2024. 💙💚💙💚
So grateful to receive this scholarship and excited to visit @HighlightsFound next month, iA, for both a Muslim Storyteller retreat and a personal retreat to get a jump start on drafting my new YA Horror. Things have been A LOT, and I cannot express how much I need this! 💜💜💜
We’ve just awarded scholarships to 115 storytellers who write and illustrate for kids! The Highlights Foundation has awarded a record 115 scholarships to aspiring and established children’s authors and illustrators for use in 2024. 💙💚💙💚
Look at what a cute dog Finn is! And he's posing with my latest book Making Sense of Dog Senses (ill. by @RazLatif, from @owlkids). Maybe his humans will read it to him.😉
Finn hopes his humans will understand him better after reading @GibeaultWrites ' latest #mg #nonfiction #book
We are going to talk about secondary AND tertiary characters and how they can create more tension, conflict, emotion, and forward motion! So really, everything!!!! Join me! This is one of my very favorite things to dissect.
The Untapped Influence of Secondary Characters: A Two-Night Mini for Writers w. @sarah_aronson. 🗓️ May 21 & 23 @ 7pm ET 💻 Online highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/the-u…
@KrisRashid @HighlightsFound Yay! Im going in a few weeks, I just have to hang in there until then! 😂
A topic all #kidlit illustrators must know! Join me & @kdmaz for Disability Representation in Picture Books. You'll learn things you never considered + have the opportunity to receive personalized help and feedback. Illustration submissions due 4/30. Sign up now!
Disability Representation in Picture Book Illustration: A Two-Night Mini w. @KWindness & @kdmaz. 🗓️ May 7 & 9 @ 7pm ET 💻 Online highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/disab…
@HighlightsFound @catgaleano Thank you so much. It was an honour!
@GibeaultWrites @HighlightsFound @RazLatif @owlkids Such a great chat on IG! While I walked my neighbour's dog yesterday I thought a little differently about what she was sensing!! Highlights sounds magical!
@jillian_dobson @HighlightsFound @RazLatif @owlkids Thank you, Jillian! I'm so glad you felt that way about your neighbour's dog. That was my goal for the book! And yes, I highly recommend everything @HighlightsFound!
If you missed my @HighlightsFound IG chat with Cat Galeano yesterday about my book MAKING SENSE OF DOG SENSES (ill. by @RazLatif, from @owlkids), you can catch it on their blog or YouTube channel.🐶We also spoke about the ✨magic✨ that is Highlights! highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/22/cel…
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