Announcing the 2024 Kids' Choice KidLit Writing Contest Honorable Mentions!
Hello, friends! Thank you so much for your patience waiting for the 2024 Kids' Choice Honorable Mentions. I know it has been a long wait. But I've had good reason! I just launched a brand new book into the world!
Kid-ventors tells the true stories of 35 kids and their amazing inventions! From 6-player chess to the windsurfer, the trampoline to a hollow flashlight, kids have made some incredible things.
And before we talk about the real reason you're here, I just want to take a moment to thank you all for the support you've given me. To be honest, I can only continue offering these extra competitions and community things if I can keep working on books too. So it would mean the world to me if you would please consider supporting in one of these ways:
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Okay... that's enough self promotion!! Thank you for baring with me and supporting this journey so I can keep doing the fun things too!
So finally, for the reason you all opened this...
Announcing the 2024 Kids' Choice Kidlit Writing Challenge Honorable Mentions!
If you missed the winner's announcement, you can see that HERE.
Now, we will announce the honorable mentions! These are the entries who made it on to the middle round of judging. Please remember that if you don't see your name on this list, it does not mean that your story wasn't wonderful. To be honest, almost every story had at least one child choose it as their favorite! So remember that no matter what, your work is needed. Keep working and keep putting your words out there. Real kids read your stories and that is such a happy thing!
And now... take a moment to congratulate the following honorable mentions!
(These are in no particular order).
YA Honorable Mentions
COLD WATER by Jessie Raspbury
MY MOTHER’S GARDEN by Miral Azam Khalil
FROM ANTARCTICA, WITH LOVE by Christine Letizia
CRUSH(ED) by Brenna Jeanneret
THE PRINCE’S HEART by Ali Herbek
JUST A GIRL AND HER DOG by Kelly Kandra Hughes
THE BREAK UP by Lori Keating
DEAR CLAIRE by Sarah Meade
K ISLAND by Jess Freeman
TALISMANS AND TRAITORS by Michelle Kastanek
MG Honorable Mentions
THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS OF THE EINSTEIN ACADEMY BOTANY CLUB by Hannah Lorenzo
PICK YOUR BATTLES by PJ Lemer
HAUNTED POND by Suzanne Elson
WENDY & WAGS by Claudia Sloan
A SLIME-Y SITUATION by Ashley Sierra
IS BAKING COOKIES USUALLY SO HARD? by Lilyana Page
GRUMPY CHAIRS by Zahra Raza
THE WITCH OF EYNHALLOW SOUND by Judy Broad
THE PURPLE BIRD by Stacey Bartlett
THE FORGOTTEN HORSE by Kelly Clasen
THE SNOLLYGOSTER CHRONICLES by Carrie Karnes-Fannin
THE DRAGON NEXT DOOR by Nicole Frees
DIMES FROM HEAVEN by Sharon McCarthy
THE WILDNESS IN MELLIE FEYE by Candice Conner
STU AND THE SKETCHY TIME STOPS by Rebecca Chaney
JAREN SILVERWING AND THE FORBIDDEN SPELL by Dor Atkinson
PB Honorable Mentions
MAIL ME TO THE MOON by Laura Smetana
RAYLEE’S KERFUFFLE by Mary Lou Mires.
CARL LEE FLOWER by Delano Brown
I DON’T LIKE THIS BOOK by Nikki Del Vecchio
WEIRDOMETER by Chandra Mayer
ROOTS, ROCKS, TRAILS, TREES by Laureanna Raymond-Duvernell
KITTEN’S FIRST CHRISTMAS by Maura Lance
PERCY'S PERFECT PLANE by Jeanette Fazzari Jones
WHAT’S FOR DINNER? By Emily Dunckle
SAIL THE SALTY SEAS WITH PIRATE PICKLE by Jess Burbank
FIRE DANCE by Donna Rossman
LATE BLOOMER by Erin Rew
MAPLE’S PERFECT PICKLE by Katie Lee Reinert
THE HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE by Nichole Stratton
FOR NO REASON by Ashley Laffin
WHEN A BEAGLE GETS A BOOK by Beth Janes
20 STEPS TO GET TO THE BEACH by Caitlin T.D. Robinson
FIVE TWINKLING STARS DANCING ON A CLOUD by Susan Elizabeth Schipper
BANANAS IN THE BATH by Andi Chitty
Congratulations to all of these honorable mentions! You will receive an email from me on Monday with details on your prize!
Thank you again to everyone who entered and to all of our wonderful kid judges for making this possible! It was so fun to run this contest for the third year in a row. Remember, you got your words in front of kid readers and that alone is a prize!
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