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Professional Development Days

Coach Camp publishers

Pitch Pro Program

First Pages Writing Competition

Illustrator Exhibition

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Ticket and Event Details

Professional Development Days

Coach Camp publishers

Pitch Pro Program

First Pages Writing Competition

Illustrator Exhibition

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18 Dec

Written By Stef Gemmill

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FINAL DAY to ENTER! Last year’s winners FIZZED over their ZOOM manuscript consultations with publishers. 1 ms went to acquisitions✨
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🥇WIN PUBLISHER ASSESSMENT + PUBLISHER ZOOM CONSULTATION + JUDGE feedback prizes + certificates
✨3 categories

ONE DAY left to ENTER! Last year’s winners FIZZED over their ZOOM manuscript consultations with publishers. 1 ms went to acquisitions✨
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🥇WIN PUBLISHER ASSESSMENT + PUBLISHER ZOOM CONSULTATION + JUDGE feedback prizes + certificates
✨3 categor

Hello story lovers 📕 time to meet our COLLABORATION panellists.
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📚Aunty Fay Muir - senior Boon Wurrung and Wamba Wamba Elder, First Nations community leader and Koori Court Elder, author of best-selling, CBCA Book Eve Pownall Award winning Always

2 days left to ENTER! Last year’s winners FIZZED over their ZOOM manuscript consultations with publishers. 1 ms went to acquisitions✨
📚
🥇WIN PUBLISHER ASSESSMENT + PUBLISHER ZOOM CONSULTATION + JUDGE feedback prizes + certificates
✨3 categori

‼️NEW TICKET RELEASES‼️
📢More tickets added for previously sold out Pitch Pro Sessions
They will sell fast!
DO NOT DELAY!
What’s available;
✅Larrikin House
✅Wombat Books
✅Windy Hollow
✅EK Books
✅UWA
✅Affirm Press (1!)
✅Rhiza Edge
✅Riveted Pre

‼️‼️ONE SPOT HAS BECOME AVAILABLE‼️
🎟️ In-Person Sept 6
TASH BESLIEV fromAFFIRM & global publisher SIMON SCHUSTER
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Festivals are now the only way to submit to this publisher ✨ the 2025 Coach Camp with Tash saw 5 manuscripts heading o

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WIN WIN PITCH PRO TICKETS 🎟️
There are TWO Pitch Pro tickets up for grabs for EVERYONE attending EVENT 1 IN-PERSON!
🏆PRIZES: 1 SCHOLASTIC & 1 PENGUIN HOUSE Pitch Pro Ticket 🎟️
✅Pitch PB, JF, MG, YA, GN, Illustration- anything kidlit!!
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🩷💙🩷MEET OUR SPEAKERS🩷💙🩷

The PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS program is filled with AWARD-WINNING creatives sharing their tips & process✨
📝award winning author-illustrator & 2022-23 Oz Children’s Laureate
✨GABRIELLE WANG✨
present

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