Thank you for patience! Every year after Storystorm, I vow that I will get to the prizes right away, but every year I take a loooong break.
Many thanks to Urania Smith for helping me with this. She got her part done long ago but I’ve been dragging my feet. And away we go…
Two of the Grand Prize Winners, Melissa Koch and R.G. Spaulding, already have agents, so they are passing on their prizes to two others. I allowed them to choose any daily prize they wanted instead, and they chose a signed ABSURD WORDS and a critique from me, so those daily prizes are now off the table. (Can I use any more clichés in this post???)
The two alternate Grand Prize Winners are:
Dawn Prochovnic: Stephen Fraser, Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Stephanie D. Jones: Sean McCarthy, Sean McCarthy Literary Agency
Congratulations! Be on the lookout for an email from me!
And here are the rest of the daily winners!
Day 2: Mirka Hokkanen–MOSSY AND TWEED plus a picture book critique
Winner: Cait Darfler
Day 3: Monica Acker–Non-rhyming picture book critique under 600 words
Winner: Ashley Chance
Day 4: Abi Cushman–WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD
Winner: Abby Mumford
Day 5: Megan Litwin–TWINKLE, TWINKLE, WINTER NIGHT
Winner: Maria Bostian
Day 6: Picture Book Junction
David McMullin–PB critique
Winner: Colleen Owen Murphy
Lisa Varchol Perron–Poetry bundle (3 children’s poetry anthologies: Things We Eat, Things We Feel, Imperfect II: Poems About Perspective)
Winner: Pat Haap
Ana Siqueira–PB critique (fiction and non-rhyming) or Zoom “Ask Me Anything”
Winner: Sharon Langler
Suzy Levinson–Children’s Poem critique (rhyming)
Winner: Sandy Belford
Aimee Isaac–picture book critique
Winner: Amanda Zeigler
Marie Boyd–PB critique
Winner: Teresa Robeson
A.J. Irving–Fiction PB critique in prose
Winner: Sarah Skolfield
Carrie Kruck–”Ask Me Anything” Storystorm edition! 30-minute Zoom
Winner: Kelly Vavala
Gabriela Orozco Belt–PB critique
Winner: Srividhya Venkat
Astrid Kamalyan–30-minute Zoom “Ask Me Anything” focusing on the process of creating PBs
Winner: Delia Ruiz
Sarah Hovorka–“Anything Goes!” 30-minute Zoom talk and/or critique of PB, query, first five pages of CB or MG, or outlines/prep work
Winner: Charles Trevino
Jack Wong–Publisher/agent query critique
Winner: René Bartos
Day 7: Laura Zarrin–WALLACE AND GRACE TAKE THE CASE
Winner: Diane Mittler
Day 8: Kathleen Doherty picture book critique, fiction, up to 650 words
Winner: Colleen Owen Murphy
Day 9: Natalie Rompella–MALIK’S NUMBER THOUGHTS: A STORY ABOUT OCD
Winner: Linda Kulp Trout
Day 10: Justin Colon–The Kidlit Hive webinars, as well as a 30-minute AMA session to discuss querying, submission, ideas, etc.
Winner: Rosemary Basham (Supermario6)
Day 11: Lydia Lukidis–DEEP, DEEP DOWN
Winner: Joy Wieder
Day 12: Jewish Board Books Group
Vivian Kirkfield–PB Critique OR Copy of PIPPA’S PASSOVER PLATE
Winner: Mona861
Nancy Churnin–copy of COUNTING ON SHABBAT
Winner: Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod
Sarah Aroeste–MAZAL BUENO
Winner: Sara Ackerman
Ann Koffsky–15-minute Zoom Critique
Winner: Jennifer Vose
Varda Livney–CHALLAH!
Winner: Jilanne Hoffmann
Day 13: Dianna Murray–PB critique
Winner: Sophie Furman
Day 14: Hillary Homzie–IF YOU WERE A PRINCESS
Winner: Claire Bobrow
30-minute Zoom critique of your picture book manuscript or the first five pages of your novel
Winner: Sue Macartney
Day 15: Rebecca Gardyn Levington–BRAINSTORM! (US)
Winner: Reed Hilton-Eddy
WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW
Winner: Bethanny Parker
30-minute Ask-Me-Anything Zoom Session!
Winner: Jennifer Jahn
Day 16: Karen Henry Clark–LIBRARY GIRL and Nancy Pearl librarian action figure
Winner: Rozanark Rozana Rajkumari
Day 17: Patricia Tanumihardja–RAMEN FOR EVERYONE
Winner: Suzanne Lewis
Day 18: Jessica Shaw–THE GREAT COOKIE KERFUFFLE
Winners: Lauren Barbieri and Amanda Backof
Day 19: Kidlit in Color Group
Valerie Bolling–15-minute AMA
Winner: Jennifer Blanck
Kaitlyn Wells–15-minute AMA or picture book manuscript critique
Winner: Janie Reinart
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris–30-minute AMA or a picture book manuscript critique
Winner: Bonnie Lambourn
Natasha Khan Kazi–15-minute AMA or a PB non-rhyming fiction manuscript critique
Winner: Johanna Peyton
Aya Khalil–15-minute AMA or a PB non-rhyming fiction manuscript critique
Winner: Ana Kelly
Alliah L. Agostini–15-minute AMA or a copy of Big Tune or The Juneteenth Story
Winner: Rebecca Gardyn Levington
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow–15-minute AMA
Winner: Kirsten Bock
Day 20: Jill Davis–signed ABSURD WORDS
Winner: (Kidlitgail) Gail Handler
Day 21: M.O. Yuksel–ONE WISH: Fatima al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University
Winner: Judy Abelove Shemtob
Day 22: Jackie Azúa Kramer and Jonah Kramer–MANOLO AND THE UNICORN
Winners: Deb Adamson and Kathleen Clark
Day 23: Lauren H. Kerstein–30-minute video-call consultation
Winner: David McMullin
Day 24: Louise M. Aamodt–picture book critique
Winner: Shyrelle
Agent, Emily S. Keyes of Keyes Agency LLC–feedback on a picture book manuscript plus its accompanying query
Winner: Jennifer Cowan
Day 25: Marzieh Abbas–picture book critique (under 650-word fiction and non-rhyming manuscript)
Winner: Beth Pollock
Day 26: CK Malone
Ask Me Anything Session with myself and my agent Dan, founder of Page Turner Literary (30 minutes)
Winner: Carlisle Malon
Critique of a Fiction PB up to 2,000 words with multiple revisions (just me)
Winners: Sylvia Mary Grech and Melissa Kay Valente
CHARLY Signed Prize bundle of book and LGBTQ+ Items + A surprise book not by me: 3 winners
Winners: Carol Gwin Nelson, brennajeanneret, and Natalie Lynn Tanner
Day 27: Ebony Lynn Mudd–scholarship to her upcoming course: How to Find the Right Picture Book Structure to Save Your Story
Winner: Pamela Harrison
Day 28: Kirsten Pendreigh–picture book critique, or a virtual classroom visit to read LUNA’S GREEN PET Winner: Stacey Gustafson
Day 29: Laura Lavoie–30-minute Ask-Me-Anything Zoom chat
Winner: Karin Larson
Day 30: Corey Finkle–YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT
Winner: Hilary Mankovsky
Manuscript review and/or Zoom career consultation
Winner: Danya Vasquez David
Phew! That’s alotta prizes!
Please be on the lookout for an email from me within the next week!
Congratulations to all AND SEE YOU for STORYSTORM 2024!
