Jenn Gautam (she/her)
- So honored!! Looking forward to an amazing 2026 ☺️
- We’re kicking off the new year by celebrating our 2026 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners! 🎉 Congratulations to: Arifa Afzal Azra Rahim @jenngautam.bsky.social @jennifertarr.bsky.social Keishia Louis Sheena Garg We can’t wait to see what you create this year. #12x12PB #kidlit
- Reposted by Jenn Gautam (she/her)For querying writers: I did a critiques today for an SCBWI conf & got questions about what kind of books you can cite as comps, & I think it’s worth distinguishing between *pitching* comps and *selling* comps. A brief 🧵:
- Reposted by Jenn Gautam (she/her)Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter my #giveaway contest to win a query critique from agent Mara Cobb & read my agent spotlight interview to find out what she's looking for. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.literaryrambles.com/2025/11/lite...
- 😁😁😁😁😁 I won!! #50preciouswords
- Check out my #50preciouswords entry! viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/02/5...
- Pumped for #pbrisingstars after last night's meet the mentors zoom!
- Critique groups are ESSENTIAL! I think what surprised me most about writing picture books, was how much other stuff you have to do in addition to the writing. Read tons of picture books, attend webinars, be active on social media, critique others work, etc. list probably grows once published!
- Share your best tips & resources for writing PBs. What surprised you about writing & revising, #PBParty? *Read, read, read! *Join supportive groups like SCBWI, 12x12PB & take workshops *Great critique groups are priceless *Don't get stuck on 1 PB - keep writing new ones, too
- Reposted by Jenn Gautam (she/her)Our next #pbchat will be 2/12 - we’re taking a pendulum swing between new books and classics, and for February we’re going to discuss a favorite, The Story of Ferdinand. #kidlit briankirbystudio.com/658-2/
- Day 1 of the #scbwiny25 conference has been great! Talked with other writers, had great consultations, and really enjoyed the tour of Delacourte Press!
- On the train to the #scbwiny25 conference! Woohoo!
- Nothing better than supportive friends ❤️ who buy you candles like this ☺️ #kidlit #picturebook
- Woohoo! Almost here 😃 #scbwiny25 #kidlit
- This article is amazing! All about how weird Goodnight Moon is, but we tend not to notice because we are just used to it. lookingatpicturebooks.substack.com/p/goodnight-...
- Joined #12x12 this year! so excited to start exploring the forum.
- Woohoo #pbparty announcement is live!!
- If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches in the past...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year. mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...
- Working on my #pbparty manuscript. Two lines are vexing me. I have approximately 20 options for both of them and don't love any 🫠🫠🫠🫠 back to the drawing board.
- Reposted by Jenn Gautam (she/her)This advice is important now, and will be even more important in two weeks, when the next administration is going to flood the zone with horribleness, with the intent of overwhelming everyone into compliance. Pick your battles and keep your focus. Trust others are doing the same elsewhere.
- Reposted by Jenn Gautam (she/her)"Writing a picture book is a bit like packing for a trip in a tiny carry-on bag. … The challenge [is] … making those words powerful enough to carry half the story while leaving room for the illustrations to shine." scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-... #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #Writing
- Love this illustration in the book Boats on the Bay by Jeanne Walker Harvey illustrated by Grady McFerrin! The swirly water is entrancing.
