We all need a little good news for a change! All of today’s good news was submitted before September 1st. If you submitted news after September 1st, it will be included in our October 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 Eva Wong Nava on the August release of TUN DR SITI HASMAH MOHD ALI: THE ACCIDENTAL DOCTOR (World Scientific Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Kirsti Call on the September 1st release of MOOTILDA’S BAD MOOD (little bee books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Jenna Grodzicki on the September 1st release of WILD STYLE: AMAZING ANIMAL ADORNMENTS (Millbrook Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Tziporah Cohen on the September 1st release of NO VACANCY (Groundwood Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Lauren Kerstein on the September 1st release of ROSIE THE DRAGON AND CHARLIE SAY GOOD NIGHT (Two Lions)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Ashley Wheelock on the September release of THE SAFE RETURN (House of Tomorrow)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Angela Kunkel on the September 8th release of DIGGING FOR WORDS: JOSÉ ALBERTO GUTIÉRREZ AND THE LIBRARY HE BUILT (Random House/ Schwartz & Wade)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Tina Shepardson on the September 8th release of WALKOUT (Clear Fork Publishing/Spork)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Nancy Roe Pimm on the September 22nd release of FLY, GIRL, FLY: SHAESTA WAIZ SOARS AROUND THE WORLD (Beaming Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Carol Gordon Ekster signed with Kaitlyn Sanchez of Olswanger Literary! Woohoo!

Cheryl MacAller signed with Deborah Warren of the East/West Literary Agency! Hooray!

Joanna Rowland signed with Lynnette Novak of the Seymour Agency! Congrats!

Linda Booth Sweeney signed with Janna Morishima of Janna Co.! Woohoo!

Olga Herrera signed with Natalie Lakosil of Bradford Literary Agency! Way to go!

Tina Shepardson signed with Aften Brook Szymanski of Golden Wheat Literary Agency! Huzzah!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Nancy Churnin on the sale of DEAR MR. DICKENS to Wendy McClure at Albert Whitman! Bethany Stancliffe will illustrate.

Congratulations to Ashley Belote on illustrating  VALENSLIME written by Joy Keller. The book was sold to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends!

Congratulations to Rina Singh on the sale of GARDEN OF GRENADES AND OTHER STORIES to Kallie George at Greystone! Hoda Hadadi will illustrate.

Award Winners!

Congratulations to Robin Currie on THE VERY BEST STORY EVER TOLD being named The Book of the Decade by Serious Writer.

Congratulations to Nancy Churnin on the MANJHI MOVES A MOUNTAIN being a Sakura Medal Nominee!

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 September 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 October 1st to be included in our October Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up your hard work!