How about a little good news this week? We have lots of October book releases for 12 x 12 members and lots of 12 x 12 books to come judging by all the book deals announced recently! How awesome is that?

Remember, all of today’s good news was submitted before October 1st. If you submitted news after October 1st, it will be included in our November post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post. A link to the Good News form can be found under Important Announcements in the 12 x 12 forum.

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Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Joan Sloane on the September release of WIGGLE YOUR HIPS WILDEBEEST (Maclaren Cochrane Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Keila Dawson on the September release of NO VOICE TOO SMALL (Charlesbridge)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Anita Amin on the October 1st release of RAJA’S PET CAMEL: THE MAGIC OF HOPE (Cardinal Rule Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Craig Macnaughton on the October 1st release of A B SEA CREATURES (Little Mitten Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Rina Singh on the October 6th release of 111 TREES: HOW ONE VILLAGE CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF EVERY GIRL (Kids Can Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Joana Pastro on the October 20th release of LILLYBELLE: A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS (Boyds Mills Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Melissa Stoller on the October 20th release of SADIE’S SHABBAT STORIES (Clear Fork Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Rajani LaRocca on the October 27th release of SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS (Lee & Low Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Susan Novich on the October 28th release of GUESS WHO IS BEHIND THE DOOR: A COUNTING BOOK IN FOUR LANGUAGES (Schiffer Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Belen Medina Cabot signed with Deborah Warren of East/West Literary! Woohoo!

Jason Perkins signed with Natascha Morris of The Tobias Literary Agency! Hooray!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Angela Dalton on the sale of SHOW THE WORLD to Liza Kaplan at Philomel! Daria Peoples-Riley will illustrate.

Congratulations to Anitra Rowe Schulte on selling WILLOW AND BUNNY to Kelsey Skea at Amazon/Two Lions! Christopher Denise will illustrate.

Congratulations to Charlotte Offsay on the sale of GRANDMA’S MAGIC to Frances Gilbert at Doubleday! Asa Gilland will illustrate.

Congratulations to Christina Dendy on the sale of THE WALL AND THE WILD to Lantana! Katie Rewse will illustrate.

Congratulations to Christy Mihaly on the sale of PATIENCE, PATCHES to Ellen Cormier at Dial! Sheryl Murray will illustrate.

Congratulations to Janice Milusich on the sale of I HEAR THE SNOW, I FEEL THE SEA to Anne Schwartz at Random House/Schwartz! Kate Pugsley will illustrate.

Congratulations to Karen Yin on the sale of WHOLE WHALE to Kate DePalma at Barefoot! Nelleke Verhoeff will illustrate.

Congratulations to Sharon Giltrow on the sale of SAMARA AND THE UTILITY BELT to Callie Metler at Clear Fork!

Congratulations to Stephanie Wildman on the sale of BRAVE IN THE WATER to Lawley Publishing! Jennifer Fiedler-Aguilar will illustrate.

Congratulations to Teresa Traver on the sale of SPRINKLES TO THE RESCUE to Hurn Publications!

Award Winners!

Congratulations! Cathy Stenquist was awarded Second Place in The Boston Authors Club Discovery Award 2020 PICTURE BOOK CONTEST! It is the first time picture books have been recognized. Way to go!

Congratulations to Nancy Churnin on the MANJHI MOVES A MOUNTAIN being selected for Greenwich Reads Together!

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to October 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by November 1st to be included in our November Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up your hard work!