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10/18/2020 2 Comments #PBCritiqueFest ContestTwitter contests to win picture book critiques are all the rage. But what if you didn't actually have to write anything to enter? What if you could simply fill out a registration form and BOOM! you're entered. That's all you have to do to participate in author Brian Gehrlein's #PBCRITIQUEFEST. Brian can be reached on Twitter @BrianGehrlein.
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Lydia Lukidis and Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez are running this annual writing contest. The rules can be found here: https://lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fall-writing-frenzy-contest-2020/. Using a photo prompt, contestants write any kind of story, poem, or mood piece up to 200 words. My entry follows.  Jennifer Raudenbush
Twitter: @jenraudenbush Middle Grade opening Image #1 198 words PB (rhyming or non-rhyming) or MG critique The Book Everly tapped sock-covered toes on her back porch steps, leaves of garnet and gold twirling above her, and breathed in the scent of apples. She wrapped chilly fingers around her mug of hot cocoa, sipped, and sighed contentedly at the perfect reading weather. She opened the library book. Her belly still warm with chocolate, a sudden chill slunk up her spine. Just the crisp autumn air, she thought, with a shiver. She gathered her wool blanket, tucked it around her shoulders. And peeked at the book. It was fine. Everything would be fine. The wind swirled, fluttering the book’s pages thwop-thwop-thwop. Another gust swept flying debris into her hair. She jerked up, swatting at her head. Phew! Only a crusty leaf. Everly smiled at her foolishness. Took a deep breath. Again, the wind whipped, flipping the pages in a violent cascade. Her toes curled. Something was wrong. She peered across the yard. Her stomach, heavy as a pumpkin, dropped. A churning, twisting cone of destruction, gray as a nightmare, loomed above a bile-green sky. The tornado whisked toward her. Everly shuddered. Even as she slammed shut The Wizard of Oz, she knew it was too late. Not again! |
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