Thank you all so much for entering our contest.

In judging this contest there were many things to consider: which were the most exciting and unusual pitches, how did they relate to social media scores, which seemed the most complete, which seemed the most marketable, and of course, which had wonderful characters. There were many fabulous pitches to choose from.

Here are the winners:

1) Wendi Silvano gets to submit to Christy Ottaviano & gets the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-course for free.

2) Marcy P. receives a critique from Marsha Diane Arnold & gets the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Book e-course for free.

3) Laurie Young gets to submit to Karen Grencik of Red Fox Literary.

4) Mandy Yates gets to submit to me, Mira Reisberg, of Hummingbird Literary.

I will coordinate connecting the winners to editor, agents, and Marsha. Contact me at miraguy AT gmail.com

You will have until November 7th to make your submission.

Remember, everyone is a winner in this contest!  You all get the opportunity to take the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course for only $75 with this link (normally $149). Enjoy!

Thanks again to everyone for sharing your wonderful characters and pitches!

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY OCTOBER 6th
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OMG - Sometimes you have a great idea that takes off way more than you expect and turns into Spam. EEEK!! (The horror). Apologies. I have tweaked the social media part of the contest so it's less spammy

All you have to do is describe your most compelling character-driven picture book plot in 50 words or less and participate in getting the word out about the contest. There will be FOUR winners for FOUR great prizes. BUT EVERYONE who enters gets a prize with a special half off discount to our Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course with one-year of access.

If you are wondering what a character-driven story is – have a peek here in the descriptions of the sessions. http://www.picturebookacademy.com/writing-character-driven-stories.html and find out more about this jam-packed e-Course.

And here's a helpful article on writing pitches http://www.teachingauthors.com/2013/03/wednesday-writing-workout.html

And now for our awesome prizes...

First prize – The opportunity to submit your manuscript to Executive Editor Christy Ottaviano of Christy Ottaviano Books at Henry Holt and the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course for free!

Second prize – A one-on-one Skype critique with Marsha Diane Arnold and the Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course for free!

Third prize – The opportunity to submit your manuscript to Karen Grencik of closed house Red Fox Literary agency!

Fourth prize - The opportunity to submit your manuscript to Mira Reisberg of mostly closed house Hummingbird Literary agency!

The winning prizes will be based on the combination from your pitch and social sharing. Just log in below and describe your most compelling character-driven picture book story in 50 words or less and then then post about the contest all over the universe!!!

Don't forget to sign up for our mailing list below so that we can send you  winning prizes and/or the special half-off link for our awesome Writing Wonderful Character-Driven Picture Books e-Course!!