KIDLIT411 BIRTHDAY BASH 2016 Day 2: ALL ABOUT CRAFT

Jan. 12, 2016

Welcome to Day 2 of the Kidlit411 Birthday Bash Giveaway! 

Today's prizes are about improving your writing and illustration craft. This is the second of our four-day giveaway. Be sure to visit our other giveaways:

• Monday, Jan. 11 was ALL ABOUT BOOKS
• Wed. Jan. 13 is ALL ABOUT CRITIQUES
• Thursday is ALL ABOUT SUBMISSIONS.

You may enter into any and all of the giveaways. Taking an action once (like commenting) qualifies you for all of today's giveaways (for that category, ie. commenting).

Unless otherwise noted, All giveaways end at noon, EST, Jan. 21, 2016.

We are lucky to have these giveaways due to the incredible generosity of our kid lit community, so if you happen upon these people elsewhere on the internet, please be sure to thank them! 

TODAY'S GIVEAWAYS

PRIZE 1: The Craft of Poetry:  THE LYRICAL LANGUAGE LAB: PUNCHING UP PROSE WITH POETRY, with Renee M. LaTulippe ($249 value)

In this online class, poet Renée M. LaTulippe teaches children’s writers the poetic techniques that will make their writing more powerful and infuse their manuscripts with poetry, music, and magic. Great for writers of both prose AND rhyme, the course includes in-depth feedback on assignments and gives you a strong foundation in meter; trains your ear for rhythm, lyrical language, and rhyme; and sharpens your analytical and critical eye for revision. 

This is the full, guided class that includes feedback on your work. It is one of the best writing craft courses out there. Plus it's fun!


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PRIZE 2:  The Craft of Picture Books: Shel SILVERstein Membership in Julie Hedlund's 12x12 challenge ($147 value)

Are you ready to write 12 picture book manuscripts in 12 months, surrounded by a passionate community of like-minded authors? Gain access to 12 free writing craft webinars, a members-only forum to share critiques and advice, a Facebook page, and an amazingly supportive community. Win a free SILVER membership in 12x12.   

If you win this and already joined 12x12, Julie Hedlund will refund you the fee for Silver, or apply it to Gold if you are in Gold!         
    
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PRIZE 3-8: The Craft of Writing SIX WINNERS WILL BE PICKED. Kidlit College, run by Jodell Sadler, offers amazing webinars and online classes for children's writers and illustrators. Enter to win one of these offerings:

• Picture Book Workshop with Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann  ($75 value) Join Caldecott and Silbert medalists as they share the five key components of a successful picture book. Choose one of the webinars in this four-week series, that begins on Jan. 13 (pick either a replay or future webinars in the series). This giveaway ends on Friday, Jan. 15.

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• Character Building Through Worldview in Writing MG & YA with Alexadria LaFaye (4 week webinar, begins Jan. 12, replays available) ($75 value) Key components and elements to building character in MG & YA. Choose one of the webinars in this four week series, that begins on Jan. 12 (pick either a replay or future webinars). This giveaway ends on Friday, Jan. 15.

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• Candace Fleming: Five Secrets to Writing Narrative Nonfiction ($75 value) Candace Fleming reveals the secrets to shaping facts into page turners and crafting passions into compelling truths for young readers. Choose one of the webinars in this four week series, that begins on Feb. 10.

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• Pacing Picture Books to Wow with Jodell Sadler ($75 value) Learn the 10Ps and 20 ordinary tools to get to extraordinary pacing results and amazing picture books  Choose one of the webinars in this four week series, that begins on Jan. 11 (choose a replay or future webinar). This giveaway ends on Friday, Jan. 15.

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• Editor Allison Moore Discusses the ALA Awards, Join Allison Moore, Associate Editor, Little Brown, as she discusses the ALA winners. (Jan. 16) ($35 value) This giveaway ends on Friday, Jan. 15.

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• Be a Better Critique Partner, with Agent Heather Alexander  ($35 value) (Feb. 13) Learn techniques to break apart a PB manuscript into its elements and identify what the heart is.  

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PRIZE 9: The Craft of Narrative: ART OF ARC: HOW TO ANALYZE YOUR PICTURE BOOK MANUSCRIPT with Alayne Kay Christian. ($79 value)

This self-study course that will deepen your understanding of picture books written with a classic arc and introduce you to other picture book structures. The course 

• gives you tools to analyze your work prior to investing in professional critiques
• shows you how to avoid common writing errors and apply writing elements that will enhance your stories to take them to a higher level. 
• includes 217 pages with ten lessons, seventeen supplements, and eighteen worksheets. Plus bonus materials and resources. 

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Prize 10: Picture Book A-Z Online Class With Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen ($300 value) (beginning Feb. 2016)

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen is an award-winning children’s book author whose books include DUCK DUCK MOOSE (a CBC Children’s Choice Award Finalist), TYRANNOSAURUS WRECKS (a Junior Library Guild Selection), ORANGUTANGLED, and CHICKS RUN WILD. She in the founder of Kidlit Writing School and frequently speaks about the craft of writing at schools and conferences all around the world. You can learn more about her and her books on her website www.sudipta.com or at her blog www.NerdyChicksRule.com 

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PRIZE 11: The Craft of Character Emma Dryden's Interview a Character Worksheet

Editor extraordinaire Emma D. Dryden, who we interviewed last spring, is the founder of drydenbks LLC, the children's editorial and publishing consultancy firm she established in 2010 after 25 years as an editor and publisher with several major publishing house, most recently Simon & Schuster.  

Here's your chance to win one of her amazing craft worksheets that is made available only to workshops she teaches or to her clients. She is giving away a worksheet on Interviewing Your Characters. 


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PRIZE 12: The Craft of Illustration: Will Terry & Jake Parker's ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN'S BOOKS ($300 value)

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Win the The School of Visual Storytelling (SVS) course,  Illustrating Children's Books, taught by author-illustrator Will Terry (featured in our Author-Illustrator Spotlight in April 2014.) and illustrator Jake Parker (illustrator, animation designer and comic artist).

This professional level online class has two parts. Part 1 (Creating the Artwork) will cover the development of content. It does not focus on mediums, but will teach the decision making process (creating characters, designing the illustration, POV, developing mood, unity of background, thumbnails, roughs, etc.). Part 2 (Business and Marketing) covers the business side of illustration, from submitting to marketing to making dummies to negotiating contracts. A 200 page PDF accompanies this course along with a 20 page assignment workbook.
  

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PRIZE 13:  The Craft of MG: Middle Grade Mastery with Hillary Homzie and Dr. Mira Reisberg ($409 value) 

Join Children's Book Academy award-winning master teachers Hillary Homzie and Dr. Mira Reisberg as they help you how to write or illustrate and sell those much-desired Middle Grade Novels in fun and “you-can-do-it” ways. Up-grade your chapter book or even your picture book concept in ways that you can’t even imagine now to open new doors. Are you ready for an extraordinary adventure in this empowering, and highly interactive e-course with awesome, submission opportunities and tons of bonuses? Enter now!



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Are you excited to improve your craft? If you aren't lucky enough to win one of these prizes, please check out the amazing courses and services featured here.