Kudos to everyone who's made the longlist for the CANSCAIP contetst!

Hi, Brian.

Thank you for all your wonderful teaching and feedback. I made the CANSCAIP longlist for my picture book (“I am a Cheetah”) and YA manuscript (“The Memory Collector”), and I attribute this to you. Now fingers crossed for the short list!

YvonneDenomy

Children's author Lana Button,
one of the guest speakers for 
our upcoming Kid Lit course

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Note: See details of our upcoming weekly course, “Writing Kid Lit ~ The Next Level,” here.

And see details or our one-day “Writing for Children and for Young Adults” workshop with Karen Li, publisher at Groundwood Books on Sept 22 here. ~Brian

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Hi, Brian.

Two of my picture books (“Tofino Tidepools” and “The Best Beach Day Ever”) have made the CANSCAIP longlist!

Vanessa Bedford Gill

 

Also, special congrats to many others from my classes who have made the long list this year:

In picture books (Title – Author): 

Good Morning/Good Night – Andrea Bishop

The Best Beach Day. Ever. – Beth Elliott

The Very Stinky Princess – Jillian Hamilton Oley

Eager Beaver: Nature's Superhero! – Heather McLennan

Harriet and the Heat Wave – Heather McLennan

Willa and the Wildfire – Heather McLennan

Mery and the Box – Janet Tufts

A Monster's Guide to Children – Susan Wollison

Catherine McKenzie, the 2023 winner
for Middle Grade (Yay Catherine!)

And in Middle Grade:

Wicked Like a Witch – Christine Michaud

Riches – Penny Thompson

Rebel Dragon – Sally Wylie

 Plus, I recognize more names from one-day workshops – congratulations to you all!

(And if you've been in my weekly classes and I've managed to leave you off my list of congrats, please forgive me! I remember stories better than names.) ~Brian

CANSCAIP offers this competition for would-be authors of picture books, middle grade, and young adult novels each year. This is a great opportunity, and thanks to the wonderful efforts of numerous volunteers, the hundreds of entries, not only get read, they get comments.

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See all my upcoming weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and four-day  retreats here.

See where else your fellow writers are getting published, landing agents, winning contests, and more here.

And if you’ve had any good news, send me an email so I can share your success. As writers, we’re all in this together, and your success gives us all a boost. 

Email me at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca