Win a picture book manuscript critique over a 30-minute Zoom call. Award-winning author and illustrator Jim Averbeck will read the manuscript with the writer and provide coaching on how to improve it and get it closer to submission-ready. The Zoom call will be recorded and the recipient can download the recording.

Expires June 5, 2022.

Jim Averbeck works, plays, and evades the law in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. His first book, In a Blue Room, was a Charlotte Zolotow Honor book. His popular books Except If and Oh No, Little Dragon! feature charming protagonists with pointy teeth. His book, The Market Bowl and his middle grade novel A Hitch at the Fairmont were Junior Library Guild Selections. Chosen by indie booksellers for their very first Diversity Initiative his book, One Word From Sophia, was a Top 100 African-American Kids' Book included in Marley Dias' viral 1000blackgirlbooks video, as well as a Kirkus and Bank Street Best Book of 2015 and a "must read" IndyNext Top 10. Other books include Trevor for Roaring Brook Press/Neal Porter; and the "fun, clever, and empowering" Two Problems for Sophia and Love by Sophia, companion volumes to One Word From Sophia.

Spy agencies can find Jim online at jimaverbeck.com

Image: A headshot of Jim Averbeck.