Serious biz! #MSWL #GraphicNovel - 2nd request twitter.com/AKA_Lit/status…

Also on our #MSWL: diverse graphic novels for YA and MG audiences. See guidelines here: tubooks.submittable.com/submit/48794

Note, writers of color, that we'll be opening again for the #NewVisionsAward in June. We're choosing winners for 2015 in April. #MSWL

If you're wondering what I'm looking for editorially, I'm tweeting #MSWL needs on @tubooks this afternoon.

In other #MSWL needs here at @tubooks, we're also always on the lookout for books by Native American & Indigenous authors.

Also we're hoping for books in which both religious & non-religious characters treated w/ compassion. #mswl

Where are the conflicts for your characters? How can a character live his/her religion in broader context? Etc. #MSWL

& even if religion is a big part of a character's life, often it's more interesting in story to explore culture surrounding religion. #MSWL

But as far as #MSWL goes, it has to go beyond religion to a good story. I think of coming-of-age stories in which Catholicism plays big part

Also, a lot of religions (for ex: Mormons) have large populations of POC but are not seen as having POC members. Stories welcome. #MSWL

Also on my #MSWL: other stories about POC who are religious, whether that means Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and so forth.

I don't mean that the book be *about* religious observance/oppression/etc, though that being a part of daily life in ms works. #MSWL

The examples in that article are all picture books, but the principle applies to MG & YA as well. #MSWL

So, for example, books for MG & YA that fit what this article is talking about: blog.leeandlow.com/2016/03/08/div… #MSWL

What I mean by that is not straight historical fiction, however. Plenty of SFF and contemporary novels have use in the classroom #MSWL

We're also on the lookout for manuscripts that have a classroom connection, literary allusions, etc. #MSWL

Whether set in US or elsewhere, we'd love to see more Muslim characters from all walks of life, historical and contemporary #MSWL

#MSWL time: One big gap on our list is our lack of any books about Muslim main characters (MG or YA).

Bumping this, since I still #mswl it. With the feel of THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY or THE STORIED LIFE OF AJ FIKRY!

Crime fiction like Louise Penny, Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich. @curtisPSLA #MSWL bit.ly/1aqPTe4