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

Order Here: Me and Only Me

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:

Logo Selected for Children’s Books created by Zsa-Zsa Venter
Logo Selected for Adult Books
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!

2nd Place Winner: Fortune’s Flight by Michael Ripley

Order Here: Fortune’s Flight

3rd Place Winner: The Octopus Who Wore Shoes! by Andrew Frodahl. Illustrated by Teresa Garcia.

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