#SummerWritingCheer raises £ for charity & helps #writers.
It runs every Monday in August Week 2: get a 45-min #StoryGodmother coaching session for only £22 - over 50% discount on the usual price. You can have #KidLit texts critiqued, get career help - whatever you want! All £ raised for Alzheimer's Research UK.
5 spaces available.
To enter, please comment below why you love writing.
Winners drawn at random across multiple social media platforms.
Closes Friday 18th August, 5pm BST.
Thank you!

***WRITING MAGAZINE CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE***

Congratulations to everyone who entered the Chapter Book category in the #WritingMagChildrensBookPrize and special congratulations to all our brilliant shortlisted writers.
Tough decisions, but here are our winners!

Thanks to Writing Magazine and agent Julia Churchill for helping with the judging. The prize will be running again this autumn.

#StoryGodmother

It's the final week of #WinterWritingCheer! Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far.
For week 5, I'd like to offer a relaxed, informal session with tips, inspiration, Q&A and how to progress your career.
Weds 15th February 2023
7.30pm GMT
Tickets £5
All £ from tickets going to Alzheimers Research UK.
#WritingCommunity
#StoryGodmother #KidLit

Week 4 of #WinterWritingCheer raising funds for
Alzheimers Research UK.
(How is it week 4?!).
This week, I'm offering a 1 hour #StoryGodmother freestyle Group Coach session for you & 5 writer friends.
Worth £60 - yours for £42 - that works out at only £7 each for the hour!

Come & ask questions...
Pitch stories...
Share problems...
Find solutions...
Whatever you want!

To enter, please comment below. Closes Thurs 26th January 5pm GMT.
Thank you!

#WritingCommunity

https://www.storygodmother.co.uk/index.php/opportunities/groupcoach/

Delighted to announce the shortlisted entries of the Writing Magazine Children's Book Prize Picture Book category.
It really was so tough making these decisions - any of the longlisted titles could have gone through to the shortlist, but we had to make decisions.
Congratulations to those writers on the list below.
Now to choose the three winners...!
#KidLit #WritingMagChildrensBookPrize #PictureBooks
#StoryGodmother

Week 2 of #WinterWritingCheer and this week I'm offering 3x #PictureBook #writers a critique for just £30. All going to Alzheimers Research UK.
To enter, please comment below with the title of your book. Please only enter on one social media platform!
Closes Wednesday 11th January 5pm GMT.
Thank you and good luck!

#StoryGodmother
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting

The next #StoryGodmother newsletter is about to fly its way into the world. If you'd like to receive it and you haven't signed up, you can do so here:
https://buttondown.email/storygodmother?tag=mastodon
#WritingCommunity
#KidLit
#Writer

The #WritingMagazine
#WritingMagChildrensBookPrize is hotting up!

Longlist for the #PictureBook category is done!!
Shortlist for the #ChapterBooks category is done!!

I am SO EXCITED.
Announcements coming soon!

#WritingCommunity #StoryGodmother #writing

I set up the #WritingMagChildrensBookPrize in 2017 with #WritingMagazine and my agent Julia Churchill to give unagented and not-yet-published #KidLit #authors a helping hand in the #publishing industry. Today I'm delighted to announce the longlist for the #ChapterBookCategory. Congratulations to everyone on the list! Longlisted authors will be contacted to submit their first 3 chapters. #PictureBook category longlist coming soon!
#WritingCommunity
#StoryGodmother

If you're looking for a #PictureBook #WritingCourse, I'm running an online weekend on 21st /22nd January.
5 teaching sessions, Q&A session with Scholastic editor Fiz Osborne, breakout rooms, optional 1:1s & the opportunity to submit your text to Scholastic. £75 for whole weekend. £40 for one day. 20 spaces available.
More info:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/picture-book-weekend-going-deeper-tickets-480443919697

#StoryGodmother #KidLit

I'm getting into the swing of my newsletter! Issue 2 drops today. If you write #kidlit, feel free to check it out.
#StoryGodmother #WritingCommunity
https://buttondown.email/storygodmother

Today I am going to try very hard to make a final decision on who my mentees will be in 2023. So many brilliant applications, so many talented #writers. A really hard choice. Thank you to everyone who applied. Watch this space... #kidlit #writingcommunity #StoryGodmother

#introduction

Hello!
I'm Amy and I write #childrensbooks, and also do #screenwriting for #TV and #film.
I'm a big fan of supporting #writers, especially #kidlit authors, sometimes known as #StoryGodmother.

I'm also a #producer at Sword & Fiddle Productions.
Looking forward to connecting!

#picturebooks #chapterbooks #middlegrade