Joyce Uglow, award-winning kidlit poet and picture book author
flower gardener, poet #PB writer inspired by nature & ocean life 🌳🌸🌞🌙💦 #CoRA #SCBWI #12x12 #CtC #NSTA | Storied Ink on Substack substack.com/@jpuglow
https://joyceuglowauthor.com repped by Liza Voges at Eden Street
- #WRAD26 And here we go! Let's READ! Let's WRITE!
- “When we love the Earth, we are able to love ourselves more fully.” bell hooks bell hooks (1952-2021) did not capitalize her name to focus readers’ attention on the content of her message.
- Verdict: ✅ Get this beautiful book!
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- Greetings from STUCK! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits! Thanks, April.
- A new book is coming! Take a look! Mel Rosenberg Shares His Creative Point of View! open.substack.com/pub/ugronews...
- It's Day 3 of #Storystorm! How many solid ideas will be generated this month?
- “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” – KURT VONNEGUT
- Join us in celebrating LIMELIGHT: Curtain Up on Poetry Comics by Renee M. LaTulippe, ill. by Chuck Gonzales. @charlesbridge.bsky.social Our interview: uGROnews on SubStack ugronews.substack.com/p/renee-m-la... Request your library add it to their collection. Gift it this holiday season, too.
- Thank you, Lydia, for selecting my poem as one of the #FallWritingFrenzy 2025 winners. @lydialukidis.bsky.social & @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social lydialukidis.wordpress.com Please support prize donors! lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf... Here is my poem. joyceuglowauthor.com/2025/10/03/a...
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- Kettle ballet childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/10/02/p... #mashupPoem 1 Witch’s midnight dance Wand pointed up Broom floating ready Pointy red shoes tied tight Tricks bubbling, kettle ready Hips stirring ever so slightly Dance of witch’s sweet ballet begins Shout & perform the costumed kettle grab!
- lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f... Check out my four Etheree poems #FallWritingFrenzy For A Good and Sweet Year of Abundance and Hope @lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social Please support the prize donors. lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf... joyceuglowauthor.com
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- I got this cool message today. "Joyce, CONGRATULATIONS! You are a GRAND PRIZE WINNER in this year's #SunWriteFun! 😍🥳🤩" 😍 @buchetbooks.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social I am honored to be in a this group of incredible writers! www.karengreenwald.com/bookhero
- Author Visit & TPT Gift Card GIVEAWAY for Educators open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...
- GIVEAWAYS for Educators! Author visit with me & TPT Gift Card from Lindsay Moretti (article on kidlitgrove.substack.com) open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...
- @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social Lindsay is amazing! Check her SubStack and get in on the giveaways and resources!
- “Poetry has a crucial role to play in our lives, society, and the world. It helps us slow down, hear clearly, see deeply, and envision what matters most in our lives.” ARTHUR SZE
- choose zero it is worth it
- “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” —Alden Nowlan
- Interview with #Kidlit Writer Rebecca Gardyn Levington on Finding Forgiveness writersrumpus.com/2025/08/26/i... Another winner!
- "Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost." Usain Bolt
- bsky.app/profile/inke... Check it out!
- Non-member registration is open for our upcoming Adult/YA SFF workshop with Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary. This is a great opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your opening chapters! find out more and register at app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...
- Children's Book Week: Nov 3-9 "An Ocean of Stories" & an ocean of #SCBWI #wisconsin creatives Children's Book Festival: Nov 9 noon to 2 at Wisconsin's own Burlington Public Library! #everychildareader #educators #childrensbookcouncil #americanlibraryassociation #burlingtonwisconsin
- Today on my #KidlitLOVEItLists on jpuglow.substack.com I feature fabulous #NF #picturebookbiographies by #jillesbaum and Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...
- 😎 @drdanger.bsky.social for donating STUCK! Mine are: BROWN: The Many Shades of Love @nancyjauthor.bsky.social IN OUR GARDEN @patzmiller.bsky.social #SunWriteFun @buchetbooks.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
- “Wherever you look, there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.” GAVIN ROSSDALE
- Wow! Emily, this is FUNtabulous! and generous. Thank you!
- Andrew, these look fantastic!
- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." Lucille Ball
- @steamteambooks.bsky.social @educators You’ll want to add Animal Climate Heroes to your read aloud list!
- Hello #educators! @steamteambooks.bsky.social Look what’s flying onto shelves and into hearts by @lydialukidis.bsky.social
- www.kidlit411.com/2025/07/the-... Great giveaways!
- Lois Ehlert Legacy: A Kenning Poem
- Morning dew on leaves Rose welcomes needed moisture Ready for day’s heat #PBwriters #ImpromptHaiku
- #LoveItLists: A-one, ace, first-rate, super, tiptop, excellent, don't-pass-this-book-up! In support of the best of the best in kidlit! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/... @steenahernandez.bsky.social
- “Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time." Sandra Day O'Connor
- Check out #LoveItLists on jpuglow.substack.com/SubStack And Then Came You by the uber-talented Christina Shawn! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...
