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Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman
Now, specifically what that looks like as far as stories go, institutional appeal is a broad brush. That might mean many things. #MSWLOur literacy team is often looking for how our books meet certain educational themes. Examples in next tweets: #MSWL
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Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman
Particularly looking for #ownvoices Pacific Islander/Pasifika stories for #NewVisionsAward & beyond in MG/YA both novel/graphic novel #MSWLNow, specifically what that looks like as far as stories go, institutional appeal is a broad brush. That might mean many things. #MSWL
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Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman
Always a good thing to go to our website & look at what we've published and show in your cover letter how your book fills in gaps #MSWLParticularly looking for #ownvoices Pacific Islander/Pasifika stories for #NewVisionsAward & beyond in MG/YA both novel/graphic novel #MSWL
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Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman
What I'm actively looking RN for #NewVisionsAward & more: diverse MG/YA novel/graphic novel w/ strong school/institutional appeal>Particularly Native American, Muslim, Latinx w/ heritage from South America/Central America (set there or in US) #MSWL
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Rebecca Roanhorse @RoanhorseBex
If you wanted a crime thriller on the rez, Erdrich's The Round House would be devastating. I'd watch that x10000.Related, I've had a mystery-solving Indigenous MG or YA on my #MSWL for a while, because yes.
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Mikki Kendall @Karnythia
I....might write woke Black farmer romance at some point newsplex.com/content/news/A… I think you can understand why<and now that's a big reason one of my #MSWL items is diverse rural settings for young readers.
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Mary C. Moore @Mary_C_Moore
@africanarchives @writersyndrome This has been on me #MSWL foreverI'd love to read thistoo! #MSWL
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Brooding YA Hero @broodingYAhero
Writing a historical or fantasy novel? Don't forget these items:1. The patriarchy
2. Horses
3. Swords
4. Masquerade balls
5. Modern hygiene
The best way to get on my #MSWL is to subvert the use of all these in the same scene
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Over at @tubooks I talked abt part of my #MSWL: Native American/indigenous & Muslim #ownvoices MG/YA novels & graphic novels.
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Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman
And we've got so many excellent books from years past. And more amazing books coming out next year (5 on next year's list!).If YOU would like to become a @tubooks author, qualifying mss have less than a week to enter #NewVisionsAward leeandlow.com/writers-illust… #MSWL
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Hey, #MSWL! New #writers of color have 1 week left to enter @tubooks #NewVisionsAward contest: tubooks.submittable.com/submit/38797/n… #amwriting
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On my #MSWL right now: graphic novels. I'm actively looking in my submissions pile them in the next few days. Must be diverse, MG or YA.
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Alternate history writers: write me that book: a YA in which MLK & RFK live & the Poor People's Campaign succeeds. #MSWL
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So the #sciencefiction I want to see in my #MSWL? Smart SF that takes a diverse future as a given.
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And I don't mean sidekicks either. I mean heroes. And full on casts. #sciencefiction #MSWL
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And then look at demographic predictions for the next 50 or 100 years. If you're writing #sciencefiction you need a diverse cast! #MSWL