Children's Writing Update

At first I felt skeptical about the Children's Writing Update. After all, it's got some ads. Okay, it's got a lot of ads. But they're all for writing related products and, if you're a children's writer (or want to be) the products might be right up your alley. It also has some useful tidbits about book clubs (can you say "Oprah"?) and conferences for children's writers.

That's all very nice and worth a scan-through if you're really into children's writing, but what really got my attention was this update issue's feature article. As an aspiring children's writer I read it attentively, and will be visiting future issues of the Children's Writing Update to make sure I don't miss their next feature article.

UPDATE: Thanks to Jon Bard of Children's Book Insider / Write4Kids.com, here's a link to the back issues of Children's Writing Update. Each one features an article from Laura Backes. She also wrote the current issue's article, "Have You Lost the Plot?" that caught (and held) my eye.

Children's Book Council

Looking to publish a children's book? Visit the Children's Book Council, click on "Getting your Book Published" in the left menu bar, then click "CBC Members List" to get an extensive list of children's book publishers plus notes on genre, format, and whether they're accepting submissions or not.

Updated Educational Markets for Children's Writers

Evelyn B. Christensen has updated her listing of Educational Markets for Children's Writers - you can also visit her main page here. Great resource!

Educational Markets for Children's Writers

Evelyn B. Christensen maintains a lengthy list of Children's Markets in the Educational Markets section of her website. You can also sign up to be notified by e-mail when she updates the list (see the box at the top of the markets list). This is a great resource for children's and education writers.

Thanks to Laura Coulter at Writing for the Education Market for suggesting this site!