Win a 30-minute phone or video chat with freelance children's and young adult editor Julie Scheina to discuss your picture book, middle grade, or YA query, and any other industry questions.

Picture Book, Middle Grade, or YA only, please.

Julie Scheina is a former senior editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers with over fifteen years of experience editing acclaimed and bestselling books for children and young adults. Julie has edited more than 200 titles across a variety of genres, from picture books and poetry collections to middle grade and young adult novels. Please visit www.juliescheina.com to learn more about Julie's work.

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Win a 30-minute call with Annette Pollert-Morgan, Executive Editor at Sourcebooks Fire and Young Readers, to discuss the first 25 pages of your YA manuscript (fiction or nonfiction) and the industry.

Young Adult only, please.

Available within the United States only.

Annette Pollert-Morgan, executive editor at Sourcebooks Fire and Young Readers, acquires young adult and middle-grade fiction (across genres), as well as the occasional nonfiction project and memoir. She loves working with debut authors to launch new voices and is particularly drawn to narratives that create-and validate-the teen experience in all its diversity. Annette has edited 13 NYT bestsellers, including novels by Marieke Nijkamp and Natasha Preston.

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Win a 30-minute call with Michelle Lee, Assistant Editor at Dial Books for Young Readers to talk about the first 50 pages of your manuscript or picture book manuscript and any industry questions you might have.

Picture Book, Middle Grade, or Young Adult only, please.

Michelle Lee (she/her) received her M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the New School before joining Dial in 2019 and is a junior mentor with the Representation Matters Mentorship Program. In addition to editing her own titles, she assists Kate Harrison and Lauri Hornik.

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Win a 30-minute Zoom call with Feather Flores, editor at Simon & Schuster's Atheneum Books for Young Readers, to discuss any and all things publishing: industry, craft, career, you name it! Feather will also provide a critique of your manuscript (full picture book text or first 25 pages of a YA novel) during your call.

Picture book or YA only, please.

Feather Flores joined Atheneum in 2022 after a four-year stint at Chronicle Books. She works on smart, joyful picture books; middle grade romps with coming-of-age themes; and bold, open-hearted YA that reimagines everything our identities can be. You can find her expressing endless enthusiasm on Twitter @featherfully and explore her full manuscript wishlist at featherflores.com.

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