2024 PB Rising Stars Mentor Teasers
Hello, friends!!
Who is getting excited for the 2024 PB Rising Stars mentorship program??
We know we are! It’s going to be such a treat!
We are seriously BLOWN AWAY by the mentors this year. And we know you will be too!
We decided to do something a little differently this year, and host our mentor teasers right here on the blog! Make sure to read through all of them and leave your guesses below…. first of all, because it’s FUN, but also because you may just win an awesome giveaway!
Read all the way to the end to find out how to enter!
Now… you may have seen that we did our first four teasers on Twitter.
But as we all know… Twitter is dying a slow and painful death. And not many of you were seeing our posts.
So if you missed those… here are the first four!
This Canadian poet's 2020 debut was a NYT Bestseller, translated into nineteen languages, and won the ALA Schneider Family Book Award!! Guess who!
This illustrator wows us with everything from the SUN and STARS to the deepest ocean adventures! One mentee is going to find their perfect catch!
With a sweet, sweet debut coming this summer, this two-time mentee turned mentor knows a little something about HOW TO make a manuscript delicious enough to eat!
This author mentor had us dancing for joy in the application stage... and with a dancing debut hitting shelves this summer, we'll all be moving our feet!
Did you make your guesses on Twitter?? If not, guess below!! (Or guess again!)
And now…
join us for another set of teasers!
This award winning author-illustrator definitely knows a thing or two about teaching. While the teacher might not be who you expect, they’re definitely golden!
We would love to sit down and chat with this mentor over LUNCH. This award-winning, notable author puts a lot of herself into gorgeous lyrical books.
This next mentor is one of many skills. From carpentry to writing, this author has our mouths watering with delicious stories that send us to the KITCHEN.
This author-illustrator really knows their stuff! From doing color work on major projects to their own graphic novel series AND upcoming picture book, one lucky mentee is going to learn a lot!
We can’t wait to share this author’s NAME with you all! Weaving in culture and tradition to every book, you won’t want to miss your chance to work with this mentor!
This author-illustrator has us dancing in the MOONLIGHT! With work from PB to Graphic novels, this mentor knows how to FIGHT through this turbulent publishing world.
We really WISH we could reveal this author’s name, but you’ll just have to wait until we tell you just how DEAR this year will be!
This New York Times Best Selling author is going to be an absolutely DREAM to work with! From YA to PB, this is a star to watch!
Following up with ANOTHER New York Times Best Seller, this illustrator loves bringing stories of Black children and families to life. And some day, may just illustrate a lightsaber wielding alien!
This author has us DANCING and PARTYING! From growing up in India to living in three different countries, this author brings a lot of perspective and vision that we can’t wait to share!
We can’t wait to see how this next mentor helps a future mentee BUILD a career and EXPLORE all that they can accomplish. We’re sure they’ll reach for the STARS.
We are bursting with PRIDE that this next author’s upcoming debut was just awarded a Kirkus starred review. We’ll be parading to grab our own copies!
We can’t wait to CELEBRATE this next author who brings some major joy to nonfiction stories from AROUND THE WORLD.
This author-illustrator has been drawing since childhood and is ready to help one STUCK creator truly come out of their shell!
Well, friends…. What do you think? Do you have some guesses??
Leave your guesses in the comments below!
For every guess you make, you will receive one entry into our…
***GIVEAWAY!!***
Kailei Pew, one of our founders, will be giving away a 45 min. AMA. You can use this for a live critique, industry chat, or ANYTHING else you want! Each guess below equals one entry! And for a bonus entry, share this post on Twitter or Instagram using #PBRisingStars
Winner will be announced on our PART TWO post and newsletter, next Monday the 12th.
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