Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course, Updated in 2022
November 26, 2022Hello, WFCAT fans, The pooch crew has been hard at work on an update of the Crash Course that started it all! Strap on your helmet. Buckle up! Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course has been updated in 2022. ...
<<Continue Reading...>>AFCC Call for Papers Open Now!
September 6, 2016Looking for a chance to connect and share with fellow professionals and experts in children’s publishing? Network, explore and learn at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore! The festival runs from May 17th-21st, 2017 and will feature a wide ...
<<Continue Reading...>>The RLGL Longer Works Category Has a Winner!
June 14, 2016Thank you to all of the authors who participated in RLGL this year!. Kissy loved digging through all of your submissions, and he found stories with intriguing characters, snappy dialogue, and imagery that were almost as good as bacon! After weeks of searching, Kissy has ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL Round 8-Longer Works is OPEN until Friday, 6/3/16 CST, New entrants may enter anytime
May 18, 2016Round 8 for this year’s Red Light, Green Light contest is OPEN for submissions! Remember, this is only for longer works; we are no longer accepting entries for picture books. New entrants to the longer works category may enter at any ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL Round 7-Longer Works is OPEN until Tuesday, 5/17/16 CST, New entrants may enter anytime
May 8, 2016Round 7 for this year’s Red Light, Green Light contest is OPEN for submissions! Remember, this is only for longer works; we are no longer accepting entries for picture books. New entrants to the longer works category may enter at any ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL Round 6-Longer Works is OPEN until Saturday, 5/7/16 CST, New entrants may enter anytime
April 21, 2016Round 6 for this year’s Red Light, Green Light contest is OPEN for submissions! Remember, this is only for longer works; we are no longer accepting entries for picture books. New entrants to the longer works category may enter at any ...
<<Continue Reading...>>We have our RLGL Picture Book and Early Reader Category Winner!
April 21, 2016Thank you to all of the Picture Book/Early Reader authors who participated in RLGL. Kissy loved digging through all of your submissions. Along the way he read stories with awesome hooks, tales with wonderful characters, and narratives that made him howl at ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL Round 5 is OPEN until Thursday, 4/21/16 CST, New entrants may enter anytime
March 11, 2016Hello, everyone! We swear we’re not trying to torture all of you lovely folks waiting for your RLGL Round 4 feedback, but between Cynthea’s recent 2016 Oklahoma Book Award win for Bike On, Bear!, her radio appearance this last Monday,an upcoming school ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL Round 4 OPEN extended until Wednesday, 3/9/2016 @ 11:59 CST, New entrants may enter anytime
March 3, 2016****Pardon for the pooch’s clerical error! We are so busy over here we didn’t update the post and the round on Submittable! Due to unforeseen circumstances, Cynthea has been called away to deal with some things that required her immediate attention so ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL Round 3 OPEN extended to Tuesday, 3/1/2016 @ 11:59 CST, New entrants may enter anytime
February 26, 2016*I want to thank you all for your patience with receiving feedback! I’ve got so much to munch on. I’m extending the round until March 1st (11:59pm CST) so that everyone can get their Round 3 submissions in. Keep an ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL – ROUND 2 OPEN extended until Wed 2/24/16 @ 11:59 PM CST, New Entrants Welcome
February 22, 2016The second Round for this year’s Red Light, Green Light contest is open for submissions! *Update posted 2/24 at 5:30PM CST: All Round 1 results have been given. If you didn’t hear anything on your ROUND 1 submission, let us know. Round ...
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