Writer and Illustrator Opportunities

This fun June illustration was sent in by Dow Phumiruk is a pediatrician who has found her passion in children’s book illustration.  Most of her work is digital, and she enjoys using a bright, colorful palette.  She joined SCBWI in 2011 and is looking forward to her first national conference in LA this summer.  Here is a link to see more of her art: www.artbydow.blogspot.com.

Looking for an agent critique? You might be interested in this critique auction:

Literary agent Anna Olswanger has donated a critique for an online auction by The Born Free Foundation (an international wildlife charity that works throughout the world to stop individual wild animal suffering).

You can submit up to 10 pages of a manuscript for a 10-minute phone consultation. It’s a great chance to get feedback from a professional.

For those of you who don’t know Anna, she has been an agent with Liza Dawson Associates in New York for eight years and has sold to Bloomsbury, Chronicle, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin, Penguin, Random House, and Simon & Schuster, among other publishers. She is also this month’s Guest Critiquer for Free Fall Friday. Stop back tomorrow and see what Anna has to say about the first pages that were chosen this month.

Please visit www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=198872671 and consider making a bid before the auction closes this Saturday, June 29th.

Do you have a book coming out and would like to have it reviewed. Here is an opportunity for you:

In the July issue of Parenting: School Years, Christine Brower Cohen reviewed nine children’s books for summer 2013.  She says, “The experience was both exhausting and exhilarating. Although exhausting, it is something I’d like to do again, so if any NJSCBWI writers have a book coming out that they would like it reviewed, they can contact me at my new blog, www.bookgirlblogger.blogspot.com.

Even if I am not working on a freelance review for a print magazine at the time an author contacts me, I can review it on my blog.  A link to my blog was placed in my author bio that ran with the review, so my blog is getting more exposure.” You can read about it here.

Would you like to win an new book to read? I have won a few books by entering similar contests.

Chance to win FAKING NORMAL by Courtney C. Stevens! Published by Harper Teen. http://kristintubb.blogspot.com/

Chance to win A ROYAL PAIN by Megan Mulry http://www.lauragerold.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-royal-pain-baby-name-game-and-giveaway.html  Winner picked on July 1st. Another give-a-way Coming July 2nd – If the Shoe Fits by Megan Mulry.

YA and Kids Books Giveaways – Here are ten books YABC is giving away this month, June 2013.

Do any of the following to enter. Do more and increase your chances of winning a basket of Jen Bryant’s autographed books and more:

Are you an illustrator and use Photoshop and a Wacom Tablet? If so, You might be interested in this:

About the Contest

It’s quite a challenge bringing your creativity to reality. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, especially when using Photoshop and a Wacom tablet to expand the creative possibilities of your work.

Here’s your chance to share one of your incredible makeovers for an opportunity to win some cool prizes, as well as see your work featured in an upcoming issue of Photoshop User magazine.

Simply submit a before and after image of your greatest hit and tell us how Photoshop and a Wacom tablet helped you transform your creative vision into a real-life masterpiece.

People’s Choice Award

While a panel of NAPP and Wacom officials will decide the grand prize winner, the contest will include the bestowing of a special People’s Choice Award. The general public will have a chance to view and rate all entries. Once all votes are calculated, the image with the most votes and highest rating will be crowned the People’s Choice Award winner.