Writers Resources

• Wild Ink: How to Write Fiction for Young Adults by Victoria Hanley, Cottonwood Press
• Institute of Children’s Literature
  Book Markets for Children’s Writers (current year) and Magazine Markets for Children’s Writers (current year)
• The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children
  Free to Members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

• The SCBWI Annual Market Report (both are for members only) Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• WriteForKids Great for new and established writers of children’s publishing.

• Publishers Weekly
  About books for all ages, children and adults. Articles, book reviews.
• School Library Journal
  Articles and book reviews targeting public and school librarians working with children and young adults.
• The Horn Book
  Articles, essays, and extensive book reviews of books for children and young adults.
• Book  List Online
  Publications of the American Library Association; book reviews for librarians working with children and young adults.

• We Need Diverse Books Resources to help you write more diversely.
• Who’s Moving Where?
  Great source for seeing which editors are moving to which houses
• Children’s Book Council (CBC)
  Members are listed here with their manuscript acceptance policies.
• American Library Association (ALA)
• The Center for Children’s Books
  Book review journal for school and public librarians working with children and young adults.
• New York Times Book Review
  Reviews of books, including children’s books.
• Writing World*
  Resource for a variety of writing opportunities.
• Publishers Lunch
  Free e-mail service listing recent book deals, for both children’s and writers of books for adults.
• Publishers Marketplace ($)
  Similar to Lunch, above, except you get ALL book deals and access to a searchable database of all deals.
• Getting the Most Out of a Conference Critique Wonderful advice from author Dianne Ochiltree about preparing for a one-on-one in-person critique at a conference. Though she focuses on agents and editors, these suggestions also apply to critiques with authors.

There are hundreds of resources for writers on the Internet–this is only a small sampling!