Bee Historic: FREE-TIQUE Contest for Picture Book Writers

September 10, 2012

FREE-TIQUE Contest for Picture Book Writers

Hello Picture Book writers!

In the midst of all the excitement of late with a new agent and contest win (squee!), I'm closing out the Kick Off Launch Party of my critique service this weekend and I thought it would be extra fun to throw a FREE-TIQUE Party too.

What's that, you ask? It's a FREE picture book critique contest. All you need to do to enter the contest is leave a comment on THIS POST before midnight, Saturday, Sept. 15th. I will throw each name into a hat (one per person) and I will randomly choose one WINNER!

To add a little extra fun, tell me your favorite picture book of all time and I'll post mine too.

Of course, you can read more about my critique service HERE.

Good luck!

Rebecca C Monday, September 10, 2012 at 12:02:00 PM PDT: That's so generous of you Jenni! I would love the opportunity to win a critique from you. Good luck with your agent and new crit service and congratulations again on the SCBWI award!

Rebecca Colby
S Dempsey Monday, September 10, 2012 at 12:16:00 PM PDT: I would love the oppurtunity to get your input. What a great idea! I have a couple of transcripts I would love to have someone look at, so fingers crossed.

Sarah Dempsey
Jenni Bielicki Monday, September 10, 2012 at 12:18:00 PM PDT: My favorite picture book of all time is The Other Side by Jaqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis. I cry every time I read it. It evokes a lot of childhood memories & feelings for me. I grew up in a small town in Alabama and had a fence just like the one painted by Mr. Lewis. And the two girls remind me a lot of me and my 2nd grade best friend. And then, when I heard the back story from Mr. Lewis at the 2011 SCBWI Summer Conference, it made it even more special. Ok... Enough rambling. Haha.
Katie Sparks Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:22:00 PM PDT: Congrats on all of your good news! My favorite picture book is Avocado Baby. As a little girl, I used to read this with my twin over and over again every night!!
Louann Mattes Brown Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:38:00 PM PDT: My favorite picture book, so far, is "Piggie Pie" (Love funny pb's). Thanks for doing this! (Hope I win!)
Alison K Hertz Monday, September 10, 2012 at 3:58:00 PM PDT: I love, love, love Harold and the Purple Crayon. Thanks for the contest!
Lori Degman Monday, September 10, 2012 at 4:01:00 PM PDT: Pick me!! Pick me!!

It's too hard to pick a favorite but I still want to win :-)
Mirka Breen Monday, September 10, 2012 at 4:55:00 PM PDT: More than wanting a freetique, I want to read YOUR winning PB... Guess we'll have to wait for that.
Jennifer DuBose Monday, September 10, 2012 at 5:13:00 PM PDT: Oh, what a fun thing to do! Thanks for the opportunity and congratulations on all of your exciting news! My favorite (first one I thought of, there are SO many ;) is Big Red Barn By Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond. Read it EVERY night MANY times with my kids. Their fave ;)
Eric VanRaepenbusch Monday, September 10, 2012 at 5:29:00 PM PDT: Thank you for this opportunity. It is hard to pick one favorite picture book so I will name a few -- Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming, Harold and Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, Fortunately by Remy Charlip, and I Stink by Kate McMullan.

Good luck with your critique service!!
Ramona Monday, September 10, 2012 at 5:32:00 PM PDT: A free-tique would be a valuable win and a generous prize!
My favourite picture book is Once We Were Giants by Martin Waddell.

Ramona
Margaret G. Monday, September 10, 2012 at 7:34:00 PM PDT: I would love a free-tique. My favorite pb of all time would have to be Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Donna L Martin Monday, September 10, 2012 at 8:56:00 PM PDT: Thanks, Jenni for this wonderful opportunity!

My favorite picture book of all time is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Every time I read it I cry from the beauty of it...

Donna L Martin
www.donnalmartin.com
www.donasdays.blogspot.com
Laura Ripes Monday, September 10, 2012 at 9:18:00 PM PDT: Jenni, so excited about your new crit service and all your amazing news! Congrats!

When I was little, there were three books I read over and over again. . .
Are You My Mother?
Where the Wild Things Are
Green Eggs and Ham
Tina Cho Monday, September 10, 2012 at 11:48:00 PM PDT: This is great! One of my favorite pb's is Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.
Unknown Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 3:06:00 AM PDT: yeirateThank you for the generous offer Jenni! I have a pb (okay many pb's) that could use some freshining up :)
Right now my favorite pb book to read is The Very Cranky Bear.
Maja Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 7:36:00 AM PDT: I would love love to win a critique from you.

One of my favourite picture book is The Rabbits by John Marsden, illustrated by Shaun Tan.
Anonymous Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 7:41:00 AM PDT: Hi Jenni!
I would love to win a critique :-)

And I am sooooo happy for you....soooo happy!!!!

Favorite book??? No way I can name one favorite...but I do love Seuss... especially The Grinch Who Stole Christmas!

Penny Klostermann
Leslie Gorin Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 4:28:00 PM PDT: Thanks so much for this opportunity!

Ooooh, favorite PB of all time, that's a toughie. I'll have to go with a recent fave, which is "A Visitor for Bear."
mona Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 2:40:00 AM PDT: I'd love to win a critique from you.
It's hard to choose a favorite book, but right now a favorite in this house with 2 year old niece is, Barnyard Dance, Sandra Boynton. We "stomp our feet and clap our hands!"
Kenda Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 5:31:00 AM PDT: Excellent! Thank you for doing this, Jenni!

I LOVE Click, Clack, Moo andSailor Moo, Cow at Sea. (See a theme there?)

Continued success to you!!

Kenda Henthorn
Jayne Moraski Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 5:38:00 PM PDT: This is a great contest Jenni. My favorite picture book is Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, though it is hard to pick just one.
EttyOop Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 6:13:00 PM PDT: Thank you so much for this contest Jenni! :-) Would love a critique!

As for my favorite picture book of all time, I don't know that I can choose just one!

Madeleine, Moo Baa La La La, The Lorax, The Giving Tree, Goodnight Moon ...
BarbaraB Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 9:40:00 PM PDT: Jenni, please put my name in the hat. And thanks for this generous offer.
One of my favorite picture books is Rainbow Crow, retold by Nancy Van Laan and illustrated by Beatriz Vidal.
Tracie Phillips Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 5:27:00 AM PDT: Congratulations! What a wonderful opportunity you are offering. I would have to say my favorite picture book is Because a Little Bug went Ka-Choo! My kids couldn't get enough of that book. We had to make it go away several times just so we could read something new.

Tracie Phillips
jaimiengle Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 5:50:00 AM PDT: Thanks for the offer. I have been writing picture books since the third grade when I fell in love with storytelling. I have yet to sign with an agent or publish one, although my journey has just begun. My favorite picture book to read with my 5 year old is The Digging-est Dog by Al Perkins. It's adorable, emotional, relate-able, and the rhyming scheme is flawless. Congrats on your recent accomplishments and thanks for offering this contest!
Will the Writer Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:28:00 PM PDT: I hope I win!

Good luck to the rest of you too! :)

Will
Wendy Mintz Friday, September 14, 2012 at 9:38:00 AM PDT: What a fabulous contest- I would love to win a critique from you. I love rhyming picture books; congratulations on all your success!
My favorite picture book right now is The Kissing Hand.
My twin 5 year old daughters started kindergarten a few weeks ago. We read it everynight and with a morning kiss in hand, they fearlessly board the morning school bus.
Gina Perry Friday, September 14, 2012 at 11:18:00 AM PDT: A fantastic contest! As far as favorite PB - too hard to pick, but I'll go with what my 3yo is smitten with at the moment: Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. She taught my son the word 'glower' - and did it in rhyming, fun way. Now THAT is the magic of picture books.
Kelly (Kidlit Underground) Friday, September 14, 2012 at 9:00:00 PM PDT: Wow, thanks for the awesome contest! I've got a few PBS manuscripts that just need that extra eye. :)
Turtle Tail by Frank Ashe was my favorite. It launched my lifelong obsession with turtles.
cynthia iannaccone Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 11:32:00 AM PDT: My favorite picture book of recent years is a love story about a cat that runs away from home...titled Mr. Pusskins, by Sam Lloyd.
There are so many favorites but this one made me cry.. It reminded me of the cat I owned when I was little, called Beauty.
Kristen Remenar Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 12:41:00 PM PDT: Woohoo for you on your contest win and a new agent, and thanks for celebrating with a FREE-tique! I have so many favorite picture books, but my latest love is "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen. The ending gets me every time!
LJ Moz Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 4:24:00 PM PDT: Congrats, on your contest win and new agent! A FREE-tique . . . WOW!
I have to agree with the others that selecting just one favorite picture book is difficult.
My favorite book from childhood is HATS FOR SALE. Much more recent favorite is Lisa Wheeler's ONE DARK NIGHT.

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