Spring/Summer 2022 Pen It! Publications Children’s Picture Book Contest
SUBMISSION FEE:
* 1st book title can be submitted for $25.00
* Additional book titles can be submitted for $20.00 per book
* Submit payment to PayPal using DEBICL40@yahoo.com (Note your book title in the comments)
* Submit your book text to Submissions.PenIt@yahoo.com
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
1. Book should have no more than 25 stanzas.
2. Book must not have been previously published
3. Book should not already have a contract with Pen It! Publications, LLC
4. Submissions and fees must be received by May 1, 2022
5. Book must not already have illustrations
6. Winner will be announced by May 20th, 2022
WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
1st Place winner receives
* A publishing contract with Pen It! Publications, LLC
* Up to 25 FREE illustrations
* 1 extra FREE book once book is published (normally 2 are given)
2nd Place winner receives:
* A publishing contract with Pen It! Publications, LLC
* 1/2 off Illustration fees (up to 25 illustrations)
* 1 extra FREE book once book is published (normally 2 are given)
3rd Place winner receives:
* A publishing contract with Pen It! Publications, LLC
* Return of their Submission Fee
Previous Winners – Watch for More Covers Coming Soon
Summer 2020 Children’s Book Contest Winners
1st Place Winner: Me and Only Me by Apara Sylvester
2nd Place Winner: Little Bear’s Friends by Janice Taylor
3rd Place Winner: Out of Season by Erin Lee
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Pen It! Illustrator Logo Contest Winners
In November 2019, Pen It! held a Logo Contest for all of our Illustrators. We had 10 entries. The top 3 were chosen to represent us on various projects, books, correspondence. Congratulations to the Winners:
created by Korey Woods
General Correspondence and Web Logo
created by Donna Cook
Winter 2020 Children’s Book Contest Winners
1st Place Winner: Kevin and the Kaleidoscope by Merrilee Franklin – Coming Soon!
Order Here: Fortune’s Flight
Order Here: The Octopus Who Wore Shoes
Summer 2019 Children’s Book Contest Winners
Winner: See You Laters by Stacey Allgeier. Illustrated by Madi Chambers
Published November 2020
Click to Order: See You Laters by Stacy McKell Allgeier – Pen It! Publications, LLC
Winter 2019 Children’s Book Contest Winners
1st Place Winner: Jinx Thinks Valentine’s Day Stinks! by Suzanne Hill. Illustrated by Bryan Werts.
Published January 2020
Click to Order: Jinx Thinks Valentine’s Day Stinks by Suzanne Hill – Pen It! Publications, LLC
2nd Place Winner: Mari-Gold’s Garden Tea by Karla-Harney Thompson. Illustrated by Melanie Kidd
Published November 2019
Click to Order: Mari-Gold’s Garden Tea by Karla Harney-Thompson – Pen It! Publications, LLC
Summer 2018 Children’s Book Contest Winners
1st Place Winner: Princess Polliwog & the Swing Thief. Illustrated by Bryan Werts
Published February 2019
Click to Order Paperback: Princess Polliwog and the Swing Thief by Angie McPherson – Pen It! Publications, LLC or Click to Order Coloring Book: Princess Polliwog and the Swing Thief Coloring Book by Angie McPherson – Pen It! Publications, LLC
2nd Place Winner: When I Grow Up by Ernesto Patino. Illustrated by Zsa-Zsa Venter
Published June 2019
Click to Order: When I Grow Up by Ernesto Patino – Pen It! Publications, LLC
3rd Place Winner: Vroom Vroom by Sherry Schult. Author won a free magazine subscription but chose not to publish the book.
Our 1st Ever Children’s Book Contest Winners – 2017
1st Place Winner: From Mess to Best by Judy Kiel McKain. Illustrated by Savannah Horton
Published January 2018
Click to Order: From Mess to Best by Judy Kiel McKain – Pen It! Publications, LLC
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Smile! by Ernesto Patino. Illustrated by Abira Das
Published April 2018
Click to Order: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Smile! by Ernesto Patino – Pen It! Publications, LLC
Horus the Misunderstood Buzzard: Horus Has a Problem! by M. Deborah Bowden. Illustrated by Andrew Robertson
Author won magazine subscription. Published July 2018
Click to Order: Horus the Misunderstood Buzzard and Friends: Horus Has a Problem by M. Deborah Bowden – Pen It! Publications, LLC